Technical Co-Operation Among Developing Countries

Urges the Governments of developing countries to give full support to the implementation of recommendations 1 to 14 of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action;41 4.

Urges the Governments of developed countries to give full support to the implementation of recommendations 35 and 36 of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action;

Invites the developing countries to continue to strengthen their focal points for technical co-operation among developing countries with a view to promoting their activities at the country leve!;

Recommends that the United Nations Development Programme and other appropriate organizations of the United Nations system continue to support ali coordinating activities for technical co-operation carried out by developing countries among themselves, particularly the biennial meetings of the heads of national technical cooperation organs, and to take appropriate follow-up action on the recommendations adopted at such meetings relating to the support provided by the United Nations system for the promotion of technical co-operation among developing countries;

Requests ali organizations of the United Nations development system to explore additional sources of financing for projects and activities for technical co-operation among developing countries, including those of an interregional and global nature, and to allocate an increasing proportion of their resources to activities and projects for technical co-operation among developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General and calls upon ali organizations of the United Nations development system to take the steps necessary, in keeping with existing rules and regulations, to increase procurement of equipment and services from the developing countries by, inter alia, moving to obtain information about the procurement possibilities offered by those countries and by disseminating information about the procurement possibilities and practices of the United Nations system;

Requests the United Nations Development Programme and the organizations of the United Nations development system to take the necessary measures to enable each developing country to have the choice of

Recommends tbat tbe Governing Council of tbe United Nations Development Programme consider tbe allocation for tecbnical co-operation among developing countries of at least 25 per cent of tbe regional, interregional and global indicative planning figures, and requests tbe Secretary-General to include in tbe report called for in paragrapb 18 of tbe p~esent resolution, tbe suggesti~n~ of tbe Governing Councll on ways and means of acb1evmg tbis goal;

Urges ali organizations of tbe United Nations development system, in tbeir relevant spberes of competence, to participate actively in support oftbe implementation of decision 5/9 of 27 May 1987 of tbe Higb-level Committee;42 13.

Requests tbe organizations of tbe United Nations development system to participate actively in tbe overall review and appraisal of tbe implementation of tbe Buenos Aires Plan of Action, to be carried out at tbe sixtb session of tbe Higb-level Committee in 1989;

Requests tbe organizations of tbe United Nations development system to take tbe necessary action, in tbeir particular fields of activity, to ensure tbe implementation of tbe decisions of tbe Higb-level Committee and tbe present resolution;

Requests tbe Governing Council of tbe United Nations Development Programme, at its tbirty-fiftb session, to give tbe necessary attention to tbe implementation of tbe resolutions and decisions oftbe Higb-level Committee, including decision 5/2 of 27 May 1987;

Requests tbe Secretary-General, in formulating bis proposals for tbe next medium-term plan, to give tbe necessary priority to tecbnical co-operation among developing countries;