Assistance to Zambia

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1979.

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5 versions · 1974–1982

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1974A/RES/3173(XXVIII)Assistance to Zambia

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Development Assistance Zambia

What does this mandate say?

15 operative paragraphs

Strongly endorses the appeals made by the Security Council and the Secretary-General for international assistance to Zambia;

Endorses fully the assessment and recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General of 3 October 197 8;

88 A/33/343.

Expresses its appreciation for the assistance provided thus far to Zambia by various States and regional and international organizations;

Expresses its deep concern that the total assistance provided to date falls far short of Zambia's needs;

Draws the attention of the international community to the additional financial, economic and material assistance urgently required by Zambia, as identified in the Secretary-General's report of 3 October 1978, and to the particular need for immediate assistance in the transport sector;

Calls upon Member States, regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to provide financial, material and technical assistance to Zambia, wherever possible in the form of grants, and urges them to give special consideration to the early inclusion of Zambia in their programmes of development assistance if it is not already included;

Further urges Member States and organizations which are already implementing or are negotiating assistance programmes for Zambia to strengthen them, wherever possible;

Draws the attention of the international community to the special account established at United Nations Headquarters by the Secretary-General for the purpose of facilitating the channelling of contributions to Zambia;

Requests the appropriate organizations and programmes of the United Nations system-in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund-to maintain and increase their current and future programmes of assistance to Zambia to enable it to carry out its planned development projects without interruption and to cooperate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance;

Further requests the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to report periodically to the Secretary-General on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to assist Zambia;

1 l. Invites the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development to bring to the attention of their governing bodies for their consideration the assistance they are rendering to Zambia, for which the General Assembly has requested the Secretary-General to implement a special economic assistance programme, and to report the results of that assistance and their decisions to the Secretary- General in time for consideration by the Assembly at its thirty-fourth session;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue his humanitarian assistance programmes on hehalf of refugees in Zambia and urges the international community to provide him speedily with the necessary means to carry out those programmes;

Requests the Security Council to examine the situation in Zambia as a matter of urgency, in the context of Chapter VII, Articles 49 and 50, of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to proposing additional measures of assistance to Zambia in view of its critical economic and financial position;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for an effective programme of financial, technical and material assistance to Zambia;

( b) To continue to ensure that adequate financial and budgetary arrangements are made to mobilize resources and to co-ordinate the international assistance to Zambia;

To keep the situation in Zambia under constant review, to maintain close contact with Member States, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and international financial institutions concerned and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1979, of the current status of the special economic assistance programme for Zambia;

( d) To arrange for a review of the economic situation of Zambia and the progress made in organizing and implementing the special economic assistance programme for that country in time for the matter to be considered by the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session.

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