Third Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

A/RES/2820(XXVI)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1972.

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14 versions · 1967–1996

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1996A/RES/50/98Ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentLatestCompare with previous version
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10 topics

Data Collection Generalized System of Preferences Guidelines International Trade Least Developed Countries Negotiation Programme Evaluation Santiago (Chile)Tariff Preferences Trade Agreements

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13 operative paragraphs

Accepts with appreciation the invitation of the Government of Chile to hold the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at Santiago, from 11 April to 19 May 1972;

Urges Member States to make maximum efforts, in their further preparations for the third session and during the deliberations of the United Nations Con-

ference on Trade and Development, to ensure its success and, to this end, to give serious consideration to the Declaration and Principles of the Action Programme adopted at Lima by the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Seventy-Seven Developing Countries, which contain concrete and specific proposals aimed at solving through international co-operation the urgent problems of trade and development of developing countries as well as other proposals which may be put forward by other countries or groups of countries;

Also urges the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session to adopt comprehensive action-oriented programmes incorporating special measures in favour of both the least developed among developing countries and the landlocked developing countries;

Expresses the view that the conclusion of an international cocoa agreement as soon as possible would be of great importance and would contribute to the success of the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, as stated in Trade and Development Board resolution 85 (XI) of 20 September 1971 ;30

Urges the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session to review the progress achieved since its second session in promoting trade relations among countries having different economic and social systems, bearing in mind Conference resolution 15 (II) of 25 March 1968;31

Also urges the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session:

To appeal to preference-giving countries which have not yet done so to implement their offers under the generalized system of preferences in favour of developing countries;

To pursue efforts in a dynamic context for

further improvements of these preferential arrangements, bearing in mind the agreed conclusions contained in the annex to Trade and Development Board decision 75 (S-IV) of 13 October 1970,32 inter alia, that developing countries sharing their existing tariff advantages with the rest of the developing countries as a result of the implementation of the generalized system of preferences will not be adversely affected;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to undertake further consultations with the Governments of States members of the Conference and with appropriate international organizations, with a view to contributing to the success of the Conference;

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Agrees that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session should undertake a comprehensive review of its institutional arrangements with a view to improving the efficiency of its operations, strengthening its role as a centre for the initiation of action-where appropriate in co-operation with the competent organs of the United Nationsfor the negotiation and adoption of multilateral legal instruments in the field of trade, bearing in mind that the task of negotiation, including exploration, consultation and agreement on solutions, is a single process, with due regard to the adequacy of the existing organs of negotiation and without duplication of their activities, thus enabling the Conference to fulfil its basic objectives as set forth in General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX);

Reaffirms the essential role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to review and appraise the progress achieved in the implementation of the International Development Strategy within its field of competence and to seek new areas of agreement and the widening of existing ones as well as to evolve new concepts and seek agreement on additional measures as envisaged in the Strategy;

Invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session:

To provide general guidelines for the establishment by the Trade and Development Board of adequate procedures and mechanisms for defining and

keeping under constant review the indicators and other data necessary for assessing the progress in the implementation of the policy measures within the field of competence of the Conference;

( b) To make the institutional machinery of the Conference fully oriented towards the implementation of the relevant provisions of the International Development Strategy, and particularly to this end to promote consultations aimed at enabling member States to make a fuller and more effective contribution to the achievement of the goals and objectives thereof;

( c) To give consideration to such reforms of the fundamental provisions of General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX) as to promote further evolution in the continuing machinery and in the method of work of the Conference designed to increase its effectiveness;

III Decides to consider at its twenty-seventh session, as a matter of high priority, the results of the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

16 December 1971.

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