Economic Assistance to the Eastern European States Affected by the Developments in the Balkans

A/RES/56/110View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20b Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2000–2002

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/110	Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans	766	82%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/170	Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans	688	—
2000	A/RES/54/96[G]	Economic assistance to the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Balkan Region Danube River Development Eastern Europe Economic Assistance Economic Cooperation Foreign Trade Inland Water Transport Post-Conflict Reconstruction Privatization Purchasing Reconstruction Regional Cooperation Structural Adjustment Transport Vendors

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8 operative paragraphs

Expresses concern at the persistence of special economic problems confronting the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans, in particular their impact on regional trade and economic relations and on the navigation along the Danube and on the Adriatic Sea;

Welcomes the support already provided by the international community, in particular by the European Union and other major donors, to the affected States to assist them in coping with their special economic problems during the transition period following the developments in the Balkans, as well as in the longer-term process of economic recovery, structural adjustment and development in the region;

Also welcomes the progress made in the implementation of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, the objective of which is to strengthen countries in South-Eastern Europe in their efforts to foster peace, democracy, respect for human rights and economic prosperity, in order to achieve stability in the whole region, and in its follow-up activities, aimed, inter alia, at economic reconstruction, development and cooperation, including economic cooperation in the region and between the region and the rest of Europe;

Invites all States and the relevant international organizations, both within and outside the United Nations system, in particular the international financial institutions, to continue to take into account the special needs and situations of the affected States in providing support and assistance to their efforts for economic recovery, structural adjustment and development;

Emphasizes the importance of a well-coordinated and timely donor response to the external funding requirements of the process for economic reconstruction, stabilization, reform and development in the Balkans, as well as financial support to other affected countries of Eastern Europe;

Encourages the affected States of the region to continue and enhance the process of multilateral regional cooperation in the fields of transport and infrastructure development, including the resumption of full navigation on the Danube, as well as to foster conditions favourable to trade, in such areas as customs, investment and private sector development, including privatization, in all the countries of the region;

Invites the relevant international organizations to take appropriate steps, consistent with the principle of efficient and effective procurement and with the agreed measures for procurement reform, in order to broaden access for interested local and regional vendors and to facilitate their participation in the international assistance efforts for the reconstruction, recovery and development of the region;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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