Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

A/RES/43/186View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 82b Trade and development, published in 1989.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 1989–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/213

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/213	Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	1,668	16%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/171	Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	1,533	25%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/213	Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	1,119	22%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/203	Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	1,623	57%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/211	Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	1,140	22%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

11 reports · 2002–2012

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2012	A/67/262	Ensuring the effective implementation of the functions of the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States and strengthening its capabilities and its effectiveness, as well as the effectiveness of the United Nations system support provided to least developed countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/213
2012	A/67/88	Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/213
2010	A/65/80	Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/213
2008	A/63/77	Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/203
2007	A/62/322	Advocacy strategy on the effective and timely implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/61/211

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Coordination Within UN System Least Developed Countries Programme Implementation Programmes of Action

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Emphasizes the crucial importance of adequate preparation for the Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, taking into account the priorities to be put forward by the least developed countries themselves;

Calls upan all Governments, intergovernmental and multilateral institutions and others concerned to take appropriate steps to ensure that adequate preparations are made for the Conference and to participate effectively in the two above-mentioned preparatory meetings, as well as in the Conference itself;

Requests all concerned organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to submit, befare the first preparatory meeting, reports containing a review of the implementation ofthe Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries4 within their fields of competence and proposals for further action as input to the preparations for the Conference;

Notes the steps being taken by the Secretary- General of the United Nations, with the assistance of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and urges them to ensure full mobilization and coordination of ali organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in the preparations for the Conference;

Takes note with appreciation of decision 88/30 on the Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme on 1 July 1988,24 in which the Administrator ofthe United Nations Development Programme was requested, in close consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to assist the least developed countries to ensure that they are able to participate fully in the preparations, including preparatory meetings, for the Conference and in the Conference itself;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session on the state of preparations for the Conference.

21 A/43/612.

23 A/43/698.

22 See Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua 24 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. 1988, (Nicaragua v.

United States of America),

Merits, Judgment,

Supp/ement No. 9 (E/1988/19), annex l. l. C. J. Reports. 1986, p. 14.

2~ A/43/749 and Corr.1.

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