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Activities in the Field of Industrial Development

A/RES/1940(XVIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1964.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects
ConferencesIndustrial DevelopmentIndustrialization

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs
Recalling its resolution 1712 (XVI) of 19 December 1961, as well as Economic and Social Council resolutions 873 (XXXIII) of 10 April 1962 and 969
(XXXVI) of 25 July 1963,
10 United Nations publication, Sales No.: 64.II.B.3. General Assembly-Eighteenth SeHion
Mindful of the aim expressed in the Pream~le of the Charter of the United Nations to employ mte~- national machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, and of the p~ovisions of Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter, which place upon the Organization. t~e responsibility for promoting higher standards of hving: full employment and conditions of economic and social progress and development,
Recognizing that a dynamic i?dustrial sector. is of strategic importance in diversifying the economies of. developing countries generally, in r_aising t~e per caput income of their populations and m assurmg a more balanced economic and social structure,
Considering the priorities which are being given to industrial development in the national economic plans of developing countries,
Bearing in mind that the developing countries need the greatest possible international assist~nce and c?- operation in the solution of technical, financial, ec~no"'.1c, commercial and social problems connected with industrial development,
Convinced of the need to expand the means of providino- advice information and assistance through the United Nations system to the developmg countries m the planning and execution of their industrial development,
Having considered the report of the Advisory Committee of Experts on the Industrial Development Activities of the United Nations System,11 established under Council resolution 873 (XXXIII), and all other relevant documentation,
1
Endorses the view of the Advisory Committee of Experts on the Industrial Development Activities of the United Nations System that the present institutional framework of United Nations activities in the field of industrial development is not satisfactory and tha.t existing resources are not adequate;
2
Declares that there is a need to carry out changes in the existing United Nations machinery so as to provide an organization capable of dealing with the problems of the developing countries, in order to intensify, concentrate and expedite United Nations efforts for industrial development ;
3
Recommends the Economic and Social Council at its resumed thirty-sixth session to instruct the Committee for Industrial Development to consider, in the light of the report of the Advisory Committee of Experts and of the views expressed at ,the eighteenth session of the General Assembly, the establishment of such an organization for industrial development, including its structure and functions, having due regard both to the close relationship between industrial development and the utilization of natural resources and to the advisability of close co-operation between this organization on the one hand, and the regional economic commissions, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency on the other hand, and to submit its report to the Council at its thirty-seventh session and to the Assembly at its nineteenth session, for a final decision ;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a working paper on the subject referred to in paragraph 2 above for submission to the Committee for Industrial Developmei:it at its fo~rth session ;
11 Official Records of the Economic and Social CoWtcil, Thirty-sixth Session, Supplement No.14 (E/3781), annex VIII.
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Requests the Secretary-General, without prejudice to the need for organizational changes, to initiate consultation and studies with States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies, with the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the regional economic commissions and the Committee for Industrial Development, on the advisability of holding, not later than 1966, an international symposium, preceded, as appropriate, by regional and sub-regional symposia, relating to the problems of industrialization of developing countries, and to report to the Economic and Social Council at its thirty-seventh session and to the General Assembly at its nineteenth session.
11 December 1963.
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