Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Economic Development

A/RES/41/182View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1987.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Economic Development Entrepreneurship Information Exchange Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Reaffirming the right of each country, in accordance with its chosen economic and social system and priorities, to determine its objectives, to endeavour to fulfil its development plans, to strengthen the public and prívate sectors of its economy and to promote the development of its human resources,

Recognizing the responsibility of the international community, in particular of the developed countries, to promote and endeavour to provide an equitable international economic environment, supportive of the development of developing countries, in the light of the goals and objectives of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade,34

Recognizing a/so the role and responsibility of each Government to promote development and provide an environment conducive to it.

Reaffirming its resolution 34/137 of 14 December 1979 on the role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of developing countries, as well as Economic and Social Council resolutions 1985/10 of28 May l 985 on public administration and finance for development and 1986/73 of 23 July 1986 on the development of human resources,

Noting that indigenous entrepreneurs can play a crucial and positive role in mobilizing resources and promoting economic growth and socio-economic development,

Aware that many countries are actively seeking to encourage, strengthen and improve the effectiveness of indigenous entrepreneurs in expanding and modernizing productive capacities, particularly by increasing productivity and technological capabilities, and in contributing generally to the development process,

Bearing in mind that the promotion and development of indigenous entrepreneurs requires a dynamic capital formation process in developing countries, which is also related to financia) and technical resources and to broader market opportunities available to these countries,

Recognizing that people are the mainspring and inspiration of social and economic progress,

Invites the Secretary-General and relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, such as the regional commissions, the United Nations Development Programme, the lnternational Labour Organisation, the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/ GATT, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the World Bank, as well as regional development banks, within their existing mandates, programmes and priorities:

To continue to support, through, inter afia, techni- (a) cal co-operation projects, the efforts ofStates in encouraging indigenous entrepreneurs in the prívate, public and/or other sectors in accordance with national laws, priorities and regulations;

To facilitate the practica) exchange of information and experience among all countries on the role of indigenous entrepreneurs in economic development;

Requests the Secretary-General to study measures at the national and international levels to promote the contribution of indigenous entrepreneurs in both prívate and public sectors to the economic development of developing countries, drawing upon the work already in progress in the United Nations system and bearing in mind the need to avoid duplication of effort and cost, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-third session through the Economic and Social Council.

JS Official Records of" thl! General A.,semblv. Forty-Jir.st Ses.,ion, 34 Resolution 35/56. annt'\.

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