World Social Situation

A/RES/1916(XVIII)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1964.

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13 versions · 1964–1992

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Recommends that the Governments of the developing countries should take all necessary steps with a view of the ends to be attained and without such for economic development, as well as for progress and social justice ;

RequC'sts the Economic and Social Council to review its resolution 4% (XVI) of 31 July 1953, entitled "Progr.-imme of concerted practical action in the social field of the United Nations and the specialized agencies", in the light of the Report on the World Social Situation, 1963, and of the objectives of the United Nations Development Decade;

Invites the Economic and Social Council to consider effective means of trauslating the social objectives of the Decade into concrete realities;

Invites Governments of developing countries to prepare specific targets to be achieved in the major social sectors during the second half of the Decade, to integrate those targets with economic plans, programmes or projections for the s.-ime period, and to set forth the volume and types of the external resources that will be required to achieve these social goals, taking into account similar proRrammes in other countries and the advantages of regional and international cooperation;

Requests the ·secretary-General to prepare in so far as is feasible, for submission to the Economic and Social Council in 1%5, a draft programme of social development for the second half of the Decade, to cover not only priorities of international action in the social field but also major targets of social development to be achieved in the different less developed regions by the end of the Decade, and methods of implementation,

taking into account :

The intentions of national Governments and regional bodies, as indicated 0y specific responses to the present resolution as well as by national and regional development plans and programmes ;

( b) The possibilities of external aid;

( c) Feasibilities in terms of material and human resources, both national and international, and the requirements of balanced economic and social development;

( d) Methods of establishing appropriate standards, reducing costs and achieving maximum efficiency in expenditure of the funds available for the social development of the less developed countries ;

Further requests the Secretary-General to undertake far-reaching studies, covering the various regions and countries with different social systems, of basic problems in the social field and measures adopted for their solution, with a view tu incorporating the results of these studies in future reports on the world social situation;

Invites the co-operation of the specialized agencies concerned, the functional commissions and committees of the Economic and Social Council, the regional economic commissions, the regional development pLming insLitntes aml the United ~ations Research Institute for Social Development in these endeavours;

Requests the competent bodies of the United Nations to continue and to exttuJ the facilities granted for the training abroad of national cadres, and to promote and encour.-ige the local 2.nd regional tr.-iining of cadres of the higher .-ind intermediate levels, in order that the indigenous populatiom, may participate with increasing skill in social and economic development;

R,:quests the Economic and Social Council and the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly .-it its nineteenth session on the steps taken to implement the present resolution;

Decides to devote. at its nineteenth and future sessions, the necessary number of meetings to the consideration of practical me.-isures in the social field, so as to promote speedy social and economic progress and to attain the objectives of the Decade.

5 December 1963.

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