Strengthening Technical Co-Operation Among Developing Countries in Food and Agriculture

A/RES/43/190View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 82c Food problems, published in 1989.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Agricultural Development Development Plans Financial Assistance Focal Points Food Production Recommendations Technical Cooperation Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries

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9 operative paragraphs

Endorses the relevant conclusions and recommendations contained in the reports ofthe World Food Council on the work of its thirteenth and fourteenth sessions;42 2.

Reaffirms the role and importance of technical cooperation among developing countries in their socioeconomic development in general and in their agricultura) development in particular, and in the reinforcement and final achievement of their individual and collective selfreliance;

Welcomes the progress made in technical cooperation among developing countries in food and agriculture, and emphasizes that such co-operation should be carried out in accordance with the national development plans, objectives and priorities ofthe developing countries concerned;

Affirms that tripartite co-operative agreements and other existing arrangements constitute an effective means of promoting technical co-operation among developing countries in food and agriculture, in particular in food production, and welcomes the progress made so far in this regard;

Calls upon the developing countries, in the context of their primary responsibility for promoting technical cooperation among themselves, to place greater emphasis on technical co-operation in food and agriculture and to strengthen and improve the mechanisms for such cooperation at the national, subregional and regional levels, especially their national focal points, so as to facilitate policy co-ordination and exchange of experience;

Urges the developed countries, if so requested by participants in programmes concerning technical cooperation among developing countries, to provide financia) and technical assistance to such programmes in food and agriculture, including through participation in tripartite co-operative agreements;

Urges the organizations of the United Nations system, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and other international development and financing institutions, to provide increased financia! and technical assistance for technical co-operation among developing countries in food and agriculture, and in particular to encourage and take part in tripartite co-operative agreements and other arrangements;

Recommends that organizations of the United Nations system and other international development and financing institutions, within their respective spheres of competence, give priority in their programmes of work to technical co-operation among developing countries in food and agriculture;

Requests the World Food Council to continue its work in identifying effective ways and means of technical co-operation among developing countries in food and agriculture and to make recommendations thereon to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council;

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Requests the Secretary-General to in elude in his report to the General Assembly on technical co-operation among developing countries, to be prepared pursuant to resolution 42/180 of 11 December 1987, information on the implementation of the present resolution, including recommendations for the enhancement of technical cooperation among developing countries in food and agriculture.

40 Report of the United Nations Conference on Technica/ Co-operation among Developing Countries, Buenos Aires, 30 August-12 September 1978 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.78.II.A. l l and corrigendum), chap. I.

41 See Report of the Conference of FAO. Twenty-third Session. Rome, 9-28 November 1985 (C 85/REP).

42 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-second Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/42/19) and ibid., Forty-third Sessiorz, Supplement No. 19 (A/43/19).

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