United Nations Children's Fund

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 81gUnited Nations Children's Fund, published in 1985.

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39 documents · 1954–1985

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What subjects does this mandate have?

13 topics

Africa Budget Contributions Child Development Child Welfare Children Developing Countries Development Strategies Immunization Infant Mortality Inter-Agency Cooperation International Years Maternal Welfare Programme Implementation

What does this mandate say?

24 operative paragraphs

Expresses concern at the lack of implementation of its resolutions on the United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries;

Renews its appeal for adequate resources to be provided to the Fund;

L'rges the international community to give full consideration to the special constraints facing the land-locked developing countries in their economic and social development,

Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. in consultation with the Secrctarv-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the executive heads of the organs. organizations and bodies of the United Nations system. to continue to pursue actmn in favour of the land-locked developing countries within the framework of the interim arrangements, bearing in mind that each country concerned should receive appropriate technical and financial assistance.

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18 Decemher 1984

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United Nations Children's Fund

The < iencral Assemhfr.

Recallmg its resolution 381 175 of 19 December 1983.

Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 1984, 171 of 25 July 1984.

/laving considered the report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund on its session held at Rome from 24 April to 4 May 1984, 180 and having noted in particular in this context the Board's discussions on achieving the child survival and child development revolution 181 and on the present emergency situation in Africa, i,:-

Reaj/irming the principles and guidelines for programme activities established b} the Executive Board in its efforts to reach the most disadvantaged in order to bring about a major improvement in child survival and child development, taking special advantage of developments in primary health care techniques and communications,

Noting the recommendations of the International Conference on Population. 1984 and the Mexico Declaration on Population and Development, 181 which stated, inter alia, that those developments have the potential to achieve a virtual revolution in child survival, 184 Arnte/y aware that the present global situation adversdy affects vulnerable groups, such as children, and therefore makes the need for those efforts all the more critical,

I C ·ommends the policies and activities of the United Nations Children's Fund:

' l:·ndorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund on its 1984 session; 1811

Crges the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund, within the context of the basic services and primary health care approach for children in the delivery of programmes, to continue and intensify his efforts on the basis of recent developments in the social and biological sciences that present a new opportunity to bring about a virtual revolution in child survival and child development, at a low cost and in a relatively short time, in accordance with the relevant decisions of the Executive Board of the Fund and m co-operation with other relevant

bodies and organizations, in particular the World Health Organization;

Notes with satisfaction the important efforts made by the Executive Director of the Fund to respond to the present critical emergency situation of children and mothers in Africa and urges him to continue his efforts in this respect, as well as to continue to implement child survival and child development activities generally in Africa in accordance with the decisions of the Executive Board of the Fund;

Reaffirms the goals of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade with reference to children, in particular the goals of ensuring children's immunization against major diseases by 1990 and of reducing the infant mortality rate to less than SO per 1,000 live births in all countries by the year 2000, 185 and notes the crucial role of the child survival and child development revolution in meeting those goals;

Reaffirms the role of the Fund as the lead agency in the United Nations system responsible for co-ordinating the follow-up activities of the International Year of the Child related to the goals and objectives concerning children set forth in the International Development Strategy; 186 7.

Commends the Executive Director of the Fund for his continuing efforts to enlarge the resources of the Fund so that it can respond effectively to the needs of the developing countries, in continued pursuance of its mandate:

Expresses its appreciation to Governments that have responded to the needs of the Fund and expresses the hope that more States will come forward with positive responses;

Appeals to all Governments to increase their contributions so that, in the light of the current economic situation, the Fund may be able to strengthen its co-operation with developing countries and respond to the urgent needs of children in those countries.

39/223. Economic development projects in the occupied Palestinian territories

Calls for the urgent lifting of the Israeli restrictions imposed on the economy of the occupied Palestinian territories;

Recognizes the Palestinian interest in establishing a seaport in the occupied Gaza Strip to give Palestinian firms and products direct access to external markets;

Calls upon all concerned to facilitate the establishment of a seaport in the occupied Gaza Strip;

Also calls upon all concerned to facilitate the establishment ofa cement plant in the occupied West Bank and a citrus plant in the occupied Gaza Strip;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assemby at its fortieth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.

39/224. Assistance to the Palestinian people

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people; 188 2.

Takes note also of the report of the Secretary-General 189 concerning the meeting on assistance to the Palestinian people which was held at Geneva on S and 6 July 1984 in response to General Assembly resolution 381145;

Expresses its thanks to the Secretary-General for convening the meeting on assistance to the Palestinian people;

Regards such a meeting as a valuable opportunity to assess progress in economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people and to explore ways and means of enhancing such assistance;

Draws the attention of the international community, the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to the need to disburse their aid to the occupied Palestinian territories only for the benefit of the Palestinian people and to ensure that it is not used in any manner to serve the interests of the Israeli occupation authorities;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To expedite the finalizing, through existing interagency mechanisms, of the co-ordinated programme of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people requested in General Assembly resolution 38/145;

To convene in 1985 a meeting of the relevant programmes, organizations, agencies, funds and organs of the United Nations system to consider the co-ordinated programme of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people;

To provide for the participation in the meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Arab host countries and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;

Requests the relevant programmes, organizations, agencies, funds and organs of the United Nations system to intensify their- efforts, in co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organization, to provide economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people;

Also .requests that United Nations assistance to the Palestinians in the Arab host countries should be rendered in co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organization and with the consent of the Arab host Government concerned;

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39/224. Assistance to the Palestinian people

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