Assistance to Benin, the Central African Republic, Ecuador, Madagascar and Vanuatu

A/RES/45/230View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1991.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Benin Central African Republic Development Assistance Disaster Relief Economic Assistance Ecuador Madagascar Reconstruction Resources Mobilization Vanuatu

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10 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-Gen eral, Member States, specialized agencies and other or ganizations of the United Nations system and regional, interregional and intergovernmental organizations for

116 N43/513 and Corr. 1. the assistance they have provided or pledged to those countries;

Expresses its appreciation for the efforts under taken by the Governments of those countries to over come their economic and financial difficulties;

Reaffirms that all Governments and international organizations should fulfil the commitments under taken within the framework of the United Nations Pro gramme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990, contained in the annex to its resolution S-13/2 of 1 June 1986, the Declaration on In ternational Economic Co-operation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries, contained in the annex to its resolution S-18/3 of 1 May 1990, and the Paris Dec laration adopted by the Second United Nations Confer ence on the Least Developed Countries;15

Notes with concern that the assistance made avail able to those countries has not been adequate to meet their urgent requirements and that additional assis tance is needed;

Appeals to Member States, international finan cial institutions, the specialized agencies and organiza tions and programmes of the United Nations system, humanitarian organizations and voluntary agencies to respond generously and urgently to the needs of those countries as identified in the report of the Secretary General107 and to continue and increase their assistance in response to the reconstruction, economic recovery and development needs of those countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to take the nec essary steps and to mobilize the resources needed, in collaboration with the organs, agencies and pro grammes of the United Nations system, in accordance with resolution 43/211 on special programmes of eco nomic assistance, to provide assistance for all disasters, natural or otherwise, striking those countries, both in order to meet any reconstruction needs resulting from disasters that have already occurred and in order to im plement preventive programmes to reduce the effects of future disasters;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session a re port on the implementation of the present resolution, containing:

The identification of priorities for action by the international community;

An assessment of the assistance actually re ceived;

An assessment of needs still unmet and specific proposals for responding to them effectively.

114 N45/483. 115 N44/261. annex.

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