Takes note of the rcport of the Secretary-General on thc role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of developing countries;117 2.
Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/48;
3
Invitesthe United Nations Dcvelopment Programme and other competcnt organizations, within the context of national development systems and priorities, where appropriate, to give due consideration to technical co-operation projects for strengthening the role of the public sector and improving the performance of public enterprises;
4
Invitesthe regional commissions to examine in detail the role of the public sector in promoting the economic developinent of the developing countries of their respective regions, giving particular attention to the aspects noted in paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 32/179;
5
Invitesthe Secrctary-General to continue his detailed study of the role of the public sector and to submit, through the Economic and Social Council, a comprehensive report to the General Assembly at its thirtyeighth session, paying special attention, inter alia, to the following aspects:
a
Role of the public sector in the mobilization of national resources for social and economic development;
b
Role of public enterprises as the main instruments of the public sector and ways of increasing their efficacy;
e
Ways and means, where appropriate, of strengthening the public sector, including its institutional and managerial capabilities, as a possible basis for developing appropriate national and international measures;
(á)
Role of the public sector as a lever for introducing national development plans and establishing social and economic development priorities;
m See A/ 10112, chap. IV.
116 See A/34/542, annex, sect. IV.
117 B/1979/66.
e
Ways and meaos of facilitating the practical exchangc of experience and information among developing countrics on the role of thc public sector, for example, the possibility of holding seminars and publishing handbooks on the experience of different countries in developing the public sector;
Role of the public sector in relation to other (f) sectors of economic activity;
6
Rea[firms Economic and Social Council resolution 1978/60 in which the Council, inter afia, invited regional commissions and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system to continue to assist the Secrctary-Gencral in preparing further studies on the role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of dcveloping countries.
34 / 183.
Marine pollution
1
Urgesthe competent internationa1 institutions and organizations, in particular the Inter-Govemmental Maritime Consultative Organization, to expedite and intensify their activities relating to the prevention of pollution and the determination of responsibilities in this matter in accordance with the work already done on these questions by the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea;
118 Intemational Labour Office, Offecial Bulletin, vol. LX, 1977, series A, No. 1, Convention No. 147.
Calls upon States parties to the lntemational Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954110 to discharge fully their obligations under the Convention and, in particular, those contained in article VI of that Convention;
3
Urgesall States which have not already done so to examine the possibility of ratifying at the earliest opportunity the intemational conventions and protocols designed to ensure better protection of the marine environment, to improve the safety of navigation and to guarantee the training and competence of crews;
4
Urgesall States to co-operate in order to implement material measures for the effective combating of marine pollution, without prejudice to the results of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea with regard to marine pollution;
Requests the Inter-Governmental Maritime Con- 5. sultative Organization and the Goveming Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to continue to consider the problems relating to marine pollution and to report thereon, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session.
34/184. Plan of Action to Combat Desertification
1
Takes note with satisfaction of the opening by the Secretary-General on 15 March 1979 of the Special Account for financing the implementation of the Plan of Action to Cornbat Desertification, bearing in mind the voluntary nature of that account;
2
Notes with concern the lack of adequate financia! resources for the irnplementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and the slow progress achieved thus far;
3
Also notes with concern that no contribution to the Special Account has been made thus far;
4
Calls upon donar Govemrnents and financing organizations to contribute generously to the Special Ac- 110 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 327, No. 4714, p. 4.
120 A/CONF.74/36.
121 lbid., chap. l.
122 See Of!icial Records of the General Assembly, Thirtyfourth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/34/25).
128 A/34/575. V. Resolutlons adopted oa the reporfll of tbe Secoad Commlttee count, with a view to accelerating the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification;
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Environment Programme for its work in co-operation with Govemments and interested organizations of the United Nations system within the framework of its responsibilities as co-ordinator for the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification;
6
Calls upon donar countries and interested organizations to participate actively in the work of the Consultative Group for Desertification Control and to support the projects submitted to them through the Consultative Group;
7
Requeststhe Secretary-General, in consultation with the Goveming Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session a report, on the basis of a study to be prepared by a group of high-level specialists in intemational financing to be convened by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, which will deal with:
a
A complete inventory of relevant ideas and proposals put forward in the United Nations system of possible new ways and means to finance programmes of multilateral organizations at the world level, additional to regular assessed budgets and conventional extrabudgetary resources;
b
A financia! plan and analysis outlining the components and costs of a programme to stop further desertification and identifying what is already being financed and what additional resources may be needed to meet the mínimum objectives of stopping the spread of desertification;
e
Methods for the mobilization of domestic resources;
d
The practicality of obtaining loans from Govemments and world capital markets on a concessionary basis;
e
The feasibility of the creation of a public international corporation which would attract investments from countries as well as institutions and would provide financing for suitable anti-desertification projects with non-commercial rates of retum;
f
The means for encouraging the active participation of foundations in the financing of anti-desertificatlon training and research programmes.
34/18S. Restoration and bnprovement of the Fouta- Djallon masslf
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