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Report of the Industrial Development Board

A/RES/2639(XXV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1968–1977
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/31/164
  • 1977A/RES/31/164Report of the Industrial Development BoardLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1971A/RES/2639(XXV)Report of the Industrial Development BoardCompare with previous version
  • 1970A/RES/2577(XXIV)Report of the Industrial Development BoardCompare with previous version
  • 1968A/RES/2299(XXII)Report of the Industrial Development Board

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Country ProgrammesField StaffGeneralized System of PreferencesIndustrial DevelopmentIndustrial ServicesWorkforce

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Industrial Development Board on the work of its fourth session;
2
Urges the Industrial Development Board to ensure that all the resources available for the activities of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization shall be used, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2152 (XXI}, to serve most effectively the objectives of industrialization within the framework of the Secoud United Nations Development Decade;
3
Stresses the need to provide the United Nations Industrial Development Organization with adequate manpower and resources for its field activities to enable it to give greater substantive support. for the imp~ementation of a larger number of pro1ects for the mdustrial development of developing countries;
4
Recommends that the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme, taking into account the country-programming procedures, study ways and means of increasing the number of projects for which the United Nations Industrial Development Organization is designated as executing agency;
5
Recognizes the need to increase further the cooperative endeavour of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the countries participating in it to improve its operational programmes and field activities;
6
Reaffirms the importance of the programme of industrial field advisers and urges the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to provide the necessary financing for a larger number of field advisers, bearing in mind the need for, and the importance of, the strengthening by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization of its links with the field;
1
Requests the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to take all the necessary measures to ensure, within the new provisions of the Programme, the continuity of the programme of Special Industrial Services, which has proved to be highly effective as a flexible instrument of assistance to meet the particular requirements of the developing countries in the field of industry;
8
Draws the attention of Governments to its invitation to provide additional resources through voluntary contributions to the United Nations Industrial Develop- 14 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/8016).
15 Resolution 2626 (XXV).
ment Organization, in accordance with section II, paragraph 23, of resolution 2152 (XXI);
9
Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to enter into appropriate arrangements with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in order to enable the developing countries to derive increasing benefits from the generalized system of non-reciprocal, non-discriminatory preferences.
19 November 1970.

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