Land Reform

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1951.

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8 documents · 1951–1963

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1963A/RES/1828(XVII)Land reformCompare with earlier document
1961A/RES/1526(XV)Land ReformCompare with earlier document
1955A/RES/826(IX)Land reformCompare with earlier document
1953A/RES/625(VII)[B]Land reformCompare with earlier document
1953A/RES/625(VII)A-BLand reformCompare with earlier document

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16 topics

Advisory Services Agrarian Structure Agricultural Cooperatives Agricultural Products Agricultural Workers Credit Economic Development Experts Farmers Financial Assistance Land Reform Land Tenure Report Preparation Rural Cooperatives Standard of Living Technical Cooperation

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Recommrnds that the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization and in consultation with other appropriate specialized agencies, prepare and submit to the thirteenth session of the Economic and Social Council an analysis of the degree to which unsatisfactory forms of agrarian structure and, in particular, systems of land tenure, in the under-developed countries and territories impede economic development and thus depress the standards of living especially of agricultural workers and tenants and of small and medium-sized farmers;

Calls upon the Economic and Social Council to consider the analysis referred to above and to prepare recommendations to the General Assembly with a view to the improvement of the conditions of agricultural populations. paying special attention to such measures as the following :

Institution of appropriate land reform;

( b) , \ ppropriate action on the part of the governments concerned to render financial aid to agricultural workers and tenants and to small and medium-sized farmers through cheap agricultural credit facilities, comprehensive technical assistance and the promotion of rural co-operatives;

( c) Construction or development, either by direct government action or suitably financed co-operative groups, of

( i) Small factories and workshops for the manufacture,

maintenance, repair and servicing of the most essential agricultural machinery and for the storage of spare parts ;

Locally-based enterprises for the processing of agricultural products;

( d) Taxation policies designed to lighten, to the greatest possible extent, the tax burden on tenants and small and medium-sized farmers;

( e) Promotion of family owned and operated farms and of co-operative farms, as well as of other measures to promote the security of tenure and the welfare of agricultural workers and tenants and of small and medium-sized farmers;

pJoyment Commission and resolutions 1 (III), 6 (III), 26 (IV), 27 (IV), 29 (IV), 32 (IV), 36 (IV), 37 (IV), 51 (IV), 103 (VI), 106 (VI), 109 (VI), 139 (VII), 140 (VII), 179 (VIII), 180 (VIII), 184 (VIII), 222 (IX), 223 (IX), 225 (IX), 268 (X), 294 (XI), 297 (XI) and 321 (XI).

Recommends to the governments of the underdeveloped countries concerned that they avail themselves of the facilities available to them through the United Nations expanded programme of technical assistance, in order that they may obtain expert advice in the planning of such measures as those listed in the preceding paragraph, for the purpose of improving agrarian conditions.

20 November 1950.

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