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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Establishment of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

A/RES/44/19View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 82b Trade and development, published in 1990.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects
AnniversariesDeclarationsDevelopmentInternational TradeRecommendationsTrade Promotion

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

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Reaffirms that the re,.,lltu!Hm IP :1, uuntr} "fits o/, jets d'art, monuments, museum p1,:ce"· a1chive", rnan11 scripts, documents and an::,, tither cultural tir artistic trea:, ures contributes to the strengthening uf 1nternatio11al co-operation and to the preservation and tlowenng ,. 11 universal cultural values through fruitful c,H>perat1on he tween developed and dC'\cloping countne":
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Rccomme11ds that Member State"
adopt (ll strengthen the necessary prolel live legislat10n with ll'.g,11 d to their own heritage and that ()f \It her peoples:
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Requests Member States to study the poss1hi1Ity ()I mcluding in permits for excavationԂ a clause requiring ar chaeologists and palaeontologistԃ In provide the national authorities with photographic documentation of e-ac:h ob­ ject brought to light during the cxrnvat1011-, 111rn1ediatel_\ after its discovery:
5_ Invites Member Slatc:s t.i ,:u11tmuc drawmg tlp, 111 co-operation with the United Nat1011s Educational, Scie11 tific and Cultural Organization, systematic inventories nr cultural property existing in I heir kniln1 y and nl t ht:11 cultural property abroad 6.
Also recom,ne11Js that Membn 'ltalc·, '>hould vnsu1,· that inventories of museum collcct1011,- mclude 1101 011h the items 011 display hut al,(> thnSt 111 stnragc. and t h;il they comprise all neces',:JrԄ drn·urnenf at ion, part icularh photographs of each item 7.
Also invites Member State" engaged in '>eekiug tht· recovery of cultural and artistic treasures from the sea­ bed, in accordance with inkrnational law, to facilitate hy mutually acceptable condition;, the participation of -;tatc·-.
having a historical and cul!ur:il !111k with !hoԅe lrl'a'>un·,,
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Appeals to Member State, tn co-operate closcl, wll I, the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Re­ turn of Cultural Property to It;, Count ne;, of Origin or ItԆ, Restitution in Case of Illicit Apprnpnati,m and ti• con elude bilateral agrccmenh tԇ,r I lu, pur po,,e:
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Also appeols to Member States lo e11c(1urage the mass information media and educational and cultural 111 stitutions to strive to arouse a greiltcr and more general awareness with regard to the return ur restituti.in ,,r cul tural property to ih courilry of origin 10.
Requests States parlles to the< 'onvcnt1011 ,,n the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit l111pt•rt. Export and Transfer of Ownership or Cultural Property 1,, keep the Secretary-General of the lJl!lted Nations and the Director-General of the United Natl(llls Educat1onal. Scientific and Cultural Organi,atiun fully informed ,if the measures taken to ensure impl,.·11H·n1;,tio11 ,.if the<. "c,nvcn tion at the national level:
Welcome the stead::,, 111crcas,· 111 1hc number ur 11. States parties to the Con vcn t1011,
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Invites once again th,lԈt· Member States that ha\,· not yet done so to sign and rԉ.1tify the f-,H1vc11tio11.

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Requests the Secn.·t,lr) Uennal, 111 ,,1--npe1at1011 with the Director-General of the t:nill'd Nations Educ:1- tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to s1Jhmit t,· the General Assembly at ih fony-si.\th scs'>ion ;1 1Tp,1rt, "! the implemenlat11m nf tlw pr,·,.-111 ., .. ",Ii,t,,,11.
Decides 1() 1n,·lude 111 the provisional agenda of ih fortv-stxth sessiun the item entitled "Return or rcstitutio11 ,r c·ultuLil prnp,-rt} to the countne:, of origi11"
4_Ԋ,h plcnurv llll'C'li11g /'1 Vove111hcr I <>X9
44.119.
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Conference on Trade and De­ velopment
The General . IS.\t'lllhly,
Recall/Ilg its resolution 1995 (XlX) of 3() Decemhn 1964 by which the United Nations Conference on Trade ,md Development ( UNCTAD) was established,
Rccall//1:,! al\,, 1h resolution -B/18.1 \lf ԋ() Decemhn 1988,
Noting that 1989 marks the twent\-tifth anniwrsary of the establishment of UNCTAD,
Noting with appreciation the valuable contnhution thal l 'NCTA D as a who!e has made to the promotion of inter ,iational economic en-operation and devdopment.
Recognizing that important policy advances and agree­ ments have been achieved through interg,ivernmental ne­ gotiation and deliberation, conceptual innovation and im­ plementation, and recognizing also the influence of the work ort,NCT,'\D on the thinking and decisi,m;, of(im l'rnmentԌ and ol other international forum;.,
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Congratulates the United Nations Conference 011 lrade and Development (UNCTAD) 011 the twenty-fifth 111nivers:1ry of it-.; establishment:
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Reaffir111.11he role of UNCTAD as set out in res,ilu r1on:-. of the General Assembly and the United Nations t \mfcrencc ,m 1 radt: and Development and in the Final 1\ct of tlic seventh session or the Cunfcrcnce:63 J.
/nl'itcs UNCTAD to continue its efforts to hnng lresh thinking 111 hear on long-standing problems and ne\\ area-, of c:mH.:ern, with a view to promoting effective and 111novati, e polin measure";
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Invites the member States of UNCTAD to enhance 1 heir political support for that organization and to make 11 c1 mnre dfectivl' and responsive instrument of interna­ l 1,mal co-operat 1,m for trade, growth and ,kvclopm<'lll particularly of dcvdoping L"OL111tries,

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Endorses the Declaration on the twentv-tifth an111 ,crsary ol'UNCTAD adopted by the Trade ai1d Develo£ "t1,·111 Board at the first part ,if its thirty-sixth session.
541'1 plcnarv 111ccti11g 14 Nov<'mhcr /9R9
Reca/li11g 1b resolution 41/11 of 27 October 1986. 111 which it ԍolemnlv declared the Atlantic Ocean, in the re g.1011 situated he-tween Africa and South America, the ··/one of peace :111d co-operation of the South Atlantic",
Reca//i11g u/1, ih resolution 42/ 16 ()r It) November l'IX-7, in wh1d1 ·1 url!;cd Stall'Ԏ ()f th,: region IP c.·ontinu,·
,11ppl,•n1t·11 \n i \ 44/1:ii. q,[ II. ,,,:1 IL\ 1,·,<>lu11,rn 171 '\\:'\Vil
Gl'ncral Assemhl)--l·orly-fourth Session ,,, ll)!J·•(I t,40f!icw, l<.{11 or<:· iu <,'1·11crai .-hsenihfi,. l-'unr-/u1irrh .\'n\UH.1 1)/

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