Specific Actions Related to the Particular Needs and Problems of Landlocked Developing Countries

A/RES/52/183View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 95b Trade and development, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1992–2002

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/180

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/180	Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries	1,995	57%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/199	Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries	1,416	61%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/183	Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries	1,259	42%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/97	Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	1,330	66%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/169	Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	1,369	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Conferences Experts Landlocked Developing Countries Least Developed Countries Recommendations Transit Countries Transport Infrastructure

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the progress report of the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries;³

³A/52/329, annex.

Reaffirms the right of access of landlocked developing countries to and from the sea and freedom of transit through the territory of transit States by all means of transport, in accordance with international law;

Also reaffirms that transit developing countries, in the exercise of their full sovereignty over their territory, have the right to take all measures necessary to ensure that the rights and facilities provided for landlocked developing countries in no way infringe upon their legitimate interests;

Calls upon landlocked developing countries and their transit neighbours to implement measures to strengthen further their cooperative and collaborative efforts, including bilateral cooperation, in dealing with transit issues, inter alia, by improving the transit transport infrastructure facilities and bilateral and subregional agreements to govern transit transport operations, developing joint ventures in the area of transit transport and strengthening institutions and human resources dealing with transit transport, and, in this respect, notes that South-South cooperation also plays an important role in this field;

Appeals once again to all States, international organizations and financial institutions to implement, as a matter of urgency and priority, the specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries agreed upon in the resolutions and declarations adopted by the General Assembly and the outcomes of recent major United Nations conferences relevant to landlocked developing countries, as well as in the Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation between Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and the Donor Community;⁴

⁴TD/B/42(1)/11-TD/B/LDC/AC.1/7, annex I.

Takes note of the agreed conclusions and recommendations and proposals for future action adopted at the third Meeting of Governmental Experts from Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Representatives of Donor Countries and Financial and Development Institutions;⁵

⁵See TD/B/44/7-TD/B/LDC/AC.1/11.

Welcomes the Ulaanbaatar Memorandum of Understanding adopted at the first North-East Asia Subregional Consultative Meeting of Landlocked and Transit Countries on transit transport cooperation;

Also welcomes the continuing efforts being made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in collaboration with donor countries and institutions, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the regional commissions and relevant subregional institutions, to organize specific consultative groups, as appropriate, when requested by the landlocked and transit developing countries concerned, to identify priority areas for action at the national and subregional levels and draw up action programmes;

Emphasizes that assistance for the improvement of transit transport facilities and services should be integrated into the overall economic development strategies of the landlocked and transit developing countries and that donor assistance should consequently take into account the requirements for the long-term restructuring of the economies of the landlocked developing countries;

Invites donor countries, the United Nations Development Programme and multilateral financial institutions to provide landlocked and transit developing countries with appropriate financial and technical assistance in the form of grants or concessional loans for the construction, maintenance and improvement of their transport, storage and other transit-related facilities, including alternative routes and improved communications, and to promote subregional, regional and interregional projects and programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to convene in 1999, within the overall level of resources for the biennium 1998-1999, another meeting of governmental experts from landlocked and transit developing countries and representatives of donor countries and financial and development institutions, including relevant regional and subregional economic organizations and commissions, to review progress in the development of transit systems, including sectoral aspects as well as transit transportation costs, with a view to exploring the possibility of formulating necessary action-oriented measures;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to seek voluntary contributions to ensure the participation of representatives of landlocked and transit developing countries, donor countries and financial and development institutions at the meeting referred to in paragraph 11 above;

Notes with appreciation the contribution of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to formulating international measures to deal with the special problems of the landlocked developing countries, and urges the Conference, inter alia, to keep under constant review the evolution of transit transport infrastructure facilities, institutions and services, monitor the implementation of agreed measures, including by means of a case study as necessary, collaborate in all relevant initiatives, including those of the private sector and non-governmental organizations, and serve as a focal point for cross-regional issues of landlocked developing countries;

Invites the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to take appropriate measures for the effective implementation of the activities called for in the present resolution, and to staff and equip adequately, in accordance with the outcome of the ninth session of the Conference, the Office of the Special Coordinator for Least Developed, Landlocked and Island Developing Countries of the Conference so as to allow it to implement effectively its mandate to continue to support the landlocked developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, together with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to prepare a report on the implementation of the present resolution and submit it to the Trade and Development Board and to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session.

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