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Assistance to Zambia

A/RES/34/128No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1974–1982
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/36/214
  • 1982A/RES/36/214Assistance to ZambiaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/35/94Assistance to ZambiaCompare with previous version
  • 1980A/RES/34/128Assistance to ZambiaCompare with previous version
  • 1979A/RES/33/131Assistance to ZambiaCompare with previous version
  • 1974A/RES/3173(XXVIII)Assistance to Zambia

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Economic AssistanceZambia

What does this mandate say?

17 operative paragraphs
1
Endorses the assessment and recommendations contained in the annex to the report of the Secretary- General of 30 August 1979;
2
Expresses its appreciation for the assistance provided thus far to Zambia by various States and regional and international organizations;
3
Expresses its deep concern that the assistance provided to date falls far short of Zambia's needs;
4
Draws the attention of the international community to the additional financial, economic and material assistance urgently required by Zambia, as identified in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General, 98 and to the particular need for immediate assistance in the transport sector;
Calls upon Member States, regional and inter- 5. regional 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;
6
Further calls upon Member States and organizations which are already implementing or are negotiating assistance programmes for Zambia to strengthen them, wherever possible;
7
Draws the attention of the international community to the account which was established by the Secretary-General under the United Nations Trust Fund for Special Economic Assistance Programmes to receive contributions for assistance to Zambia and urges Member States and international financial institutions to contribute generously to that account;
8
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
V. Children's Fund-to maintain and increase their current and future programmes of assistance to Zambia in order to enable it to carry out its planned development projects without interruption and to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance;
9
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;
10
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 special needs of Zambia and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by 15 August 1980;
I I.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue his humanitarian assistance programmes on behalf of refugees in Zambia, and urges Member States and the international community to provide him speedily with the necessary means to catry out those programmes;
12
Requests the Security Council to examine the situation in Zambia, 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;
13
Requests the Secretary-General:
a
To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for an effective programme of financial, technical and material assistance to Zambia;
b
To ensure that adequate financial and budgetary arrangements are made for continuing the organization of the international programme of assistance to Zambia and the mobilization of assistance;
c
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 1980, of the current status of the special economic assistance programme for Zambia;
d
To arrange for a review of the economic situaation 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-fifth session.

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