Specific Measures in Favour of Island Developing Countries

A/RES/43/189View 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?

6 versions · 1985–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/100

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/100	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	678	—
1993	A/RES/47/186	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/202	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/189	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	959	—
1987	A/RES/41/163	Specific measures in favour of island developing countries	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Conferences Development Assistance Economic Development Experts Export Earnings Financial Flows Focal Points Foreign Trade Information Exchange Inter-Agency Cooperation Public Administration Regional Cooperation Small Island Developing States Technical Cooperation Training Programmes

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19 operative paragraphs

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Reaffirms its resolution 41 / 163 and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and calls for their immediate and effective implementation;

Expresses its appreciation to States and to organizations and bodies within and outside the United Nations system that have responded to the special needs of island developing countries;

Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in convening a meeting of the Group of Experts on Island Developing Countries at Valletta on 24 and 25 May 1988, and expresses its appreciation to the Government of Malta for acting as host to the meeting;

Takes note of the report of the Valletta meeting38 4. and of the report of the Secretary-General on specific problems and special needs of island developing countries;39 5.

Welcomes the efforts made by island developing countries to adopt policies that address their specific problems, including efforts at regional co-operation and integration, and calls upon those countries to continue to pursue, in accordance with their national objectives, policies and priorities, further measures to render their economies less vulnerable to the adverse consequences of their specific situations;

Appeals to the international community:

~g UNCTAD/ST/LDC/9.

To maintain and, if possible, increase the leve! of concessional financia) and technical assistance provided to island developing countries;

To maximize access ofisland developing countries to concessional financia! and technical assistance by taking into account the specific development needs and problems facing those countries;

To consider reviewing the mechanisms of existing procedures used in providing concessional resources to island developing countries;

To ensure that assistance conforms to the national and, as appropriate, regional priorities of island developing countries;

To provide support to island developing countries over a mutually agreed and, where appropriate, longer time-frame to enable them to achieve economic growth and development;

To consider improving existing arrangements for the compensation of island developing countries for adverse effects on their export earnings and to consider wider adoption of such arrangements;

To continue to ensure that a concerted effort is made to assist island developing countries, at their request, in improving their administrative capacities and in satisfying their overall needs with regard to the development of human resources;

Calls upan the international community to consider improving measures, within existing trade arrangements, in favour ofisland developing countries according to their special circumstances, taking into account particularly the special needs and problems of small island developing countries;

Urges once again relevant organizations of the United Nations system to take adequate measures to respond positively to the particular needs of island developing countries and to report on such measures, as appropriate:

Urges the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to strengthen its role as the focal point for specific action at the global leve) in favour of island developing countries and to act as a catalyst in this regard, ínter alia, by organizing and facilitating the cross-regional interchange of information and experience in full cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, both within and outside the United Nations system, as appropriate:

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Calls upan the Secretary-General, taking into account work already done on this issue, including that envisaged in paragraph 9 above, to identify within the appropriate inter-agency framework the problems of island developing countries, in particular those of small island developing countries, in order to elaborate specific measures that the international community might take to address those problems;

Requests the Secretary-General to convene a meeting of governmental experts of island developing countries and donor countries and organizations to review the problems of island developing countries and propose appropriate concrete action with respect to those countries;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

26 See resolut10ns 2904 (XXVII), 31/2 A and B and 34/3.

27 See TD/350.

28 United Nations publication, Sales "Jo. E.88.11.D.8 and corrigcndum.

29 Official Records of the Ge11.,ral A."emhly. Forty-third Se,sion. SufJ"ement No. 15 (A/4.l/l'>), vol. 1 • Ih,d., vol. 11.

31 /bid., Thiny-Jijih Session. Suppl<'me111 No. 15 (A/35/15). vol. 11, annex l.

32 [bid., For!y-third Session. Supplem<'nt No. 15 (A/43/15), vol. II, sect. 11.A.

.n llnilcd Natíons puhhca11011, Sales No. E.81.11.D.8.

34 See Proceedings of the United Natiom Conference on Trade and Development, Fourth Session, vol. 1, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.11.D. IO and corrigendurn), part one. sect. A.

35 /bid., Fifth Session, vol. 1, Report and Annexes (lJnited Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.11.D.14), part one, sect. A.

36 /bid., Sixth Session, vol. 1, Report and Anncxe.1 (lJnited Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.11.D.6), part one, sed. A.

37 See Official Rccords of the Economic and Social Counál, 1986, Supp/ement No. 9 and corrigendurn (E/1986/29 and Corr.1 ). annex l.

39 A/43/513 and Corr l.

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