Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 95 Sustainable development and international economic cooperation, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1990–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/297

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/57/297	Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa	332	14%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/203	Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa	942	15%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/94	Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa	911	—
1990	A/RES/44/237	Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Africa Development Assistance Financial Assistance Focal Points Industrial Cooperation Industrial Development Information Exchange International Decades Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the programme for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa (1993-2002);⁶

⁶A/50/487.

Emphasizes the importance of industrial development cooperation and a positive investment and business climate, at the international, regional, subregional and national levels, in promoting the expansion, diversification and modernization of productive capacities in developing countries;

Requests the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Economic Commission for Africa, as well as the Organization of African Unity and all other partners in the development process, to continue to play an active and more effective role in the implementation of the programme for the Second Decade, bearing in mind the undertakings made in this regard in the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s;

Encourages African Governments to strengthen national committees for the Second Decade in order to monitor its implementation effectively and to fashion effective policy responses to the challenges and the demands posed and the opportunities offered by changes in the domestic and international environment for industrialization;

Emphasizes the continuing need for technical and financial assistance from the United Nations system and from bilateral and multilateral sources to complement the efforts of African countries in achieving the objectives of the Second Decade, as well as the need for African countries to enhance cooperation among themselves in the areas of industrial policy, institutional development, human resources development, technology and investments;

Requests the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to facilitate the exchange of information among African Governments on activities carried out nationally in collaboration with the United Nations system and with the support of bilateral and multilateral partners in connection with the implementation of the programme for the Second Decade as a contribution to subsequent reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the programme;

Calls upon the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Economic Commission for Africa and the Organization of African Unity to enhance their assistance and coordinate their activities in human resources development for industry, with a view to improving the competitiveness of the industrial sector in Africa in the light of the globalization of production and the growth of related trade, investment and technology flows;

Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with all the relevant organizations, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, to take into account the implementation of the programme for the Second Decade when preparing for the mid-term review, in 1996, of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s;

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

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