Assistance for the Development of Liberia

A/RES/36/207View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72 Special economic and disaster relief assistance, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1982–1983

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/37/149

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1983	A/RES/37/149	Assistance for the development of Liberia	1,128	28%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/207	Assistance for the development of Liberia	867	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Economic Assistance Liberia

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

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Urgently appeals to all Member States, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and international financial and development institutions to contribute generously, through bilateral or multilateral channels, to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of Liberia;

Requests the Secretary-General to organize an international programme of financial, technical and material assistance to Liberia to enable it to meet its long-term needs with respect to reconstruction, rehabilitation and development;

Requests the appropriate organizations and programmes of the United Nations system-in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund--to expand their programmes of assistance to Liberia, to co-operate closely with the Secretary- General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance and to report periodically to him on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to help that country;

Calls upon regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations, as well as the international financial and development institutions, to give urgent consideration to the establishment of a programme of assistance to Liberia or, where one is already in existence, to the expansion of that programme;

Urges Member States and the relevant United Nations bodies,.-in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities-to provide all possible assistance to help the Government of Liberia to meet the critical humanitarian needs of the population and to provide, as appropriate, food, medicines and essential equipment for hospitals and schools;

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 consi~eration, the special needs of Liberia and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by 15 July 1982;

Invites the Government of Liberia to provide the Committee for Development Planning, on the basis of the existing criteria, with up-to-date statistical data and information pertinent to the examination of the country's economic situation, with a view to considering the possibility of its inclusion in the list of the least developed countries;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to invite the Committee for Development Planning, in the light of the new data and information provided by the Government of Liberia, to consider, on the basis of the existing criteria, the eligibility of that country for inclusion in the list of the least developed countries;

Requests Member States and the organizations of the United Nations system to accord Liberia, in view of its critical economic situation, assistance that is adequate to the needs of the country until the situation returns to normal;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To dispatch a mission to Liberia with a view to holding consultations with the Government on the additional assistance which it needs for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of the country and to communicate the report of the mission to the international community, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly;

To ensure that adequate financial arrangements are (b) made for the organization of an effective international programme of assistance to Liberia and for the mobilization of international assistance;

To inform the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1982, of the assistance granted to Liberia;

To keep the situation in Liberia under review and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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