Decentralization of the United Nations Economic and Social Activities and Strengthening of the Regional Economic Commissions

A/RES/1518(XV)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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5 topics

Decentralization in Management Economic Development Experts Focal Points Regional Commissions

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N ates 'With satisfaction the conclusion of the Committee on Programme Appraisal of the Economic and Social Council,3 as mentioned in Council resolution 793

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of 3 August 1960, that the regional economic commissions are playing an.increasingly important role in the preparation and carrying out of programmes and activities in the economic and social fields, both as focal centres for the promotion of economic and social development and as meeting grounds for experts who contribute to this development in their respective countries in the several regions ;

Invites all States Members of the United Nations to advance further their active support of the United Nations regional economic rnmmissions and all States members of the respective commissions to take further advantage of the facilities and services which could be made available by or through their secretariats;

Urges the regional economic commissions, with due regard to the relevant resolutions of the Economic and Social Council, to strengthen co-operation among themselves and among their executive secretaries, including the exchange of the results of work and experiences gained on problems of common interest ;

Requests the Secretary-General to make every effort to strengthen the secretariats of the regional economic commissions, and in particular to promote and assist, in continuing co-operation with the independent African States, the effective functioning of the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General to consult the regional economic ~ommissions at their next annual sessions and the specialized agencies, and to report to the Economic and Social Council at its thirty-second session and to the General Assembly at its sixteenth session on the steps taken in implementation of Council resolution 793 (XXX) regarding the decentralization of activities and operations and the increased utilization of the services of the regional ernnomic commissions.

15 December 1960.

1519 (XV), Strengthening and development of the world market and improvement of the trade conditions of the economi<'aJlv less developed countries -

Requests the Economic and Social Council:

To recommend to the Economic Commission for Europe that it ensure the preparation of the studies mvisaged in its resolution 6 (XV) in time for the t hirtv-second Sl"SSion of the Council;

To recommend to the Commission on International Commodity Trade and to the regional economic commissions that they continue to study the causes of, and the obstacles which have resulted in, substantial fluctuations, whether in volume or prices, of exports of the <'conomically less developed countries, as well as the ways and means of improving the existing situation, and present their vie\\'s on th<:'se matters to the thirtysecond session of the Economic and Social Council, which should take into account in its studies and recommendations the problems of all 1Iember States, including those which at presrnt do not belong to any regional economic commission ;

To recommend to the Economic Commission for Furope, th(' Economic Commission for Asia and thf' Far Fast, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Economic Commission for Africa that they elaborate further appropriate nwasnres to promote intraregional tra

To discuss at ih thirty-s('ccmd S('ssion, after a preliminary ('xchangc of vi('~s among the executive set-r('taries of the regional pronomic commissions and the Chairman of the Commission on International Commodity Track. the findings of th(' studies recommended in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above together with the report 4 being prepared under General Assembly resolution 1421 (XIV) on ways and means of promoting wider trade co-operation among States, in order to ·1 Official RecoYds of the Ewnomic and Social Council, Thirtieth, Scss,-nn, Annexes, agenda items 2 and 4, document E/3389, and the further report to be submitted to the Economic and Sn,·ial \otm,il at its thirty-second session.

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