Preparation for the Mid-Term Review and Appraisal of the International Development Strategy for the 2nd United Nations Development Decade

A/RES/3178(XXVIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1974.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Development Planning Development Policy Development Strategies Economic Trends International Decades Programme Evaluation Programme Planning Public Opinion Regional Commissions Statistics

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that in the perspective of the mid-term review and appraisa1 every effort should be made by all

concerned to achieve the goals and objectives of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade;

Requests the Committee for Development Planning to continue its work on developing and elaborating the concept and the contents of integrated socioeconomic development in its different implications;

Requests the Secretary-General, in the light of the experience gained during the first biennial review and appraisal, to submit a report to the Economic and Social Council, together with his recommendations on the need for improvement of the present machinery for sectoral, regional and over-all review and appraisal, including its statistical base, in particular with respect to the co-ordinated contribution of the organizations and agencies of the United Nations system, so as to assist the Council in the review of its machinery as called for in resolution 1621 C (LI) of 30 July 1971;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Committee for Development Planning, the regional economic commissions and the organizations of the United Nations system concernecl, to examine in time for the mid-term review and appraisal:

The major economic and social developments since the launching of the Second United Nations Development Decade;

( b) The implications of those developments for the attainment of the goals and objectives specified for the Decade as a whole;

( c) Tht: need for formulating new measures, as necessary. inc!udir.g socio-economic policies, which may be required in order to fulfil the goals of the International Development Strategy;

5, Requests the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency and the other organizations of the United Nations system concerned, in par-

ticular thi; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, to make all necessary efforts to ensure that the mid-term review and appraisal is prepared and carried out in a co-ordinated and comprehensive manner covering all sectors of economic and social development, and to co-operate with the Secretary-General and with the Economic and Social Council in the review of the machinery for over-all review and appraisal, as mentioned in paragraph 3 above;

Requests the regional economic commissions to continue and intensify their efforts, in conformity with paragraph 81 of the International Development Strategy, in the preparation and carrying out of the midterm review and apprai,sal at the regional level;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation in particular with the United Nations Development Programme and the regional economic commissions, to take all possible steps to increase the assistance which developing countries may need and request for strengthening their planning and evaluation machinery and procedures, which would also facilitate the mid-term review and appraisal at the country level;

Requests the Secretary-General to intensify and stimulate efforts to mohilize public opinion in all countries, in particular the developed countries, in support of the objectives and policies for the Second United Nations Development Decade in the interest of the world community as a whole.

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