Assistance to Former Trust Territories and Other Newly Independent States

A/RES/1527(XV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 topics

Development Assistance Economic Development Groups of Experts Industrial Equipment Investments Natural Resources Surveys Newly-Independent States Public Administration Technical Cooperation Training Programmes

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs

Decides, within the context of an all-rmmrl c:,; pa1i,;ion of aid, to increase technical assistance to ncwlv independent and emerging States to a level c,m1111cn surak with their pressing nerds and so ensure cquitalik distribution of United N"ations aid, in such a wav that no under-drveloped country suffers any curtailrn~nt in th<' :issistance it was receiving or is altogether deprived t1f the cvcnt11al increasl' of that assistance as a consl' qtwnce of increased contrihutions to the prograrn111e, <1f tPrhnical assistance;

' Notes with satisfaction the proposals of t lw ~,ecn·tan· General, co11tained in the report of 22 Nov ,·111lwr I lifiO. for increased assistanre tn tl1es,· State, from the regular budget 0f the UPiterl Nations;

Urycs the economically advanred c:mntries tu rontim1t· to render, and increase, effective financial and terhnical assistance to those States through multilateral :1nd bilateral rhannels with no conditions attached prejudicial to their political and economic sovcreigntv;

lm•ites the Econo1,1ic and Soria] Council to enc onrage and facilit'atc the provision throug-h the appropriate international organs~including the United Nations programmes of technical co-operation. the J,:xpancled Programme of Technical J\ssist;i11rc :111d the Special Fund~-in co-operation with and, wltcrcver apprnpriate. through the Economic Commission for Africa and other regional economic commissions. of assistance requested by Governments for:

Surveys of mineral, hyclroelect ric, fuel and ot hn natural resources of their countries;

( b) Specific inquiries and rC'ports, where eronomic development programmes exist or ar<' lieirn2, prqiarcd. on the needs for equipment and machinery for specific industries and for other sectors of the eronomy :

( c) The establishment, where economic development prog-rammes do not yet exist, ef aclvisorv groups of experts to assist in the preparation of eronomic ckvelop- 111ent programmes and thc cletcrrnination of investment requirements and priorities. and to render other :1dvison .,en-iccs as may he required;

( d) A reel crated programmes for training in practical methods and techniques of economic development prog;ramming and related subjects, inrluding fisral policy and lllanagement, public finance and puhlic adniinistra- 1inn through·

( i) The use of apprnpriate existing institutions in individual couJ1tries;

, ii) The crC'ation of regional and sub-regional training institutes or courses serving several eo1111- tries;

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The organi7ation of seminars on specific subjects of imriiediatc and prartical valut> to tlw rr 11mtrics concernt>d;

The granting of increased fellowships and scholarships and urgent provision of facilities fnr in-service training;

Requests the Economic and Social Council t" review at its thirtv-second session in the light infer alia of the reports' of the United Nations openitional

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programmes and of the reports of the Economic Commission for Africa and of the other regional economic commissions concerned, the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, and to report to the General Assembly at its sixteenth session ;

Requests the Secretary-General to lend the Economic and Social Council' and the regional economic commissions concerned his assistance in the execution of the tasks mentioned in paragraphs 4 an<l 5 above.

15 December 1960.

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