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Special Measures in Favour of the Least Developed Countries

A/RES/3174(XXVIII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1974.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1974–1975
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/3214(XXIX)
  • 1975A/RES/3214(XXIX)Special measures in favour of the least developed countriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1974A/RES/3174(XXVIII)Special measures in favour of the least developed countries

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
Development AssistanceFundsGuidelinesLeast Developed CountriesPledging ConferencesProgramme EvaluationRules and Regulations

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
2
Urges the organizations concerned within the United Nations system and the bilateral and multilateral sources of development financing to expedite action on Economic and Social Council resolutions 1753 (LIV) and 1754 (LIV), and to introduce the necessary ways and means for increasing their capacity to participate more effectively in the implementation of the measures for assisting the least developed countries as spelt out in resolution 62 (Ill) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
3
Requests all developed countries to respond favourably to the trend for reactivating and reorienting the United Nations Capital Development Fund by contributing to it and enforcing its operational activities through the annual pledging conferences;
4
Decides to consider further at its twenty-ninth session the question of the creation of a special development fund for the least developed countries in order to complement the services accorded them by existing financial institutions and, for this purpose, requests the Secretary-General to prepare for submission to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council at its fifty-sixth session, a summary of the studies already made, together with any additional information, on the need for creating a special fund for the least developed countries and the institutional arrangements for that purpose;
5
Further decides that a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of the special measures in favour of the least developed countries. together with a decision on the principles and possible mode of operation of a special development fund for the least developed countries, should be undertaken by the General Assembly, at its twenty-ninth session. and that, on the basis of the reports and studies requested by the Economic and Social Council from the organizations
concerned within the United Nations system, a review of the special measures in favour of the least developed countries should be conducted with the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the organizations in the United Nations system to carry out all the provisions of resolution 62 (III) of the United Nations Omference on Trade and Development and of adapting policy guidelines, operational rules, ,terms and conditions. and institutional frameworks suitable to the conditions and problems of the least developed countries.

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