Special Economic Assistance to Benin

A/RES/40/222View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1981–1986

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/222	Special economic assistance to Benin	741	32%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/185	Special economic assistance to Benin	725	—
1984	A/RES/38/210	Special economic assistance to Benin	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/151	Special economic assistance to Benin	—	—
1982	A/RES/36/208	Special economic assistance to Benin	927	23%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Benin Economic Assistance Financial Assistance Intergovernmental Organizations International Financial Institutions Resources Mobilization Structural Adjustment

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the steps he has taken to organize and mobilize support for the international programme of economic assistance to Benin;

Takes note of the summary report of the Secretary- General;

Expresses its appreciation for the assistance already provided or pledged to Benin by Member States, United Nations bodies and regional, interregional and intergovernmental organizations;

Notes with satisfaction the efforts undertaken by the Government of Benin to make structural adjustments in the economy of the country and to take other measures designed to help it to overcome its economic and financial difficulties;

Notes with concern that the assistance given to Benin has not been sufficient to cover all the country's pressing needs and that additional resources are still essential for the implementation of its recovery, reconstruction and development programme;

Appeals to Member States, international financial institutions, the specialized agencies and other United Nations bodies to respond generously and urgently to the needs of Benin;

Urges donor countries to provide financial assistance to help Benin to bear the counterpart costs of projects receiving external assistance, bearing in mind that it is one of the least developed countries;

Appeals to the international community to make contributions to the special account for Benin opened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters, for subsequent transfer to Benin;

Invites the programmes, specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system - in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development:

To maintain and expand their programmes of assistance to Benin;

To co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing and promoting the special programme of economic assistance to Benin;

To bring to the attention of their governing bodies, for their urgent consideration, the special needs of Benin;

To report to the Secretary-General by l 5 July l 986 on the measures they have taken and the resources they have made available, as well as the decisions of their governing bodies on assistance to Benin;

l0. Requests the Secretary-General:

To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for implementing the projects of the special programme of economic assistance to Benin;

To evaluate, in consultation with the Government, the economic situation in Benin, the most urgent needs of the country and the implementation of the special programme of economic assistance;

To keep the situation in Benin under constant review, in close collaboration with the Government of Benin, the specialized agencies, regional and intergovernmental organizations and international financial institutions, and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1986, of the status of assistance to Benin;

To report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its forty-first session.

I 20th plenary meeting

17 December 1985

149 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Second 150 ,\/40/441, sect. Ii Commillee. 32nd meeting, paras. 7 l and 22.

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