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Agenda for Development

A/RES/49/126No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 92Agenda for development, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1995–1997
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/51/240
  • 1997A/RES/51/240Agenda for DevelopmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1995A/RES/49/126Agenda for development

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
DevelopmentEstablishmentSustainable DevelopmentWorking Groups

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Decides to establish an ad hoc open-ended working group of the General Assembly to elaborate further an action-oriented, comprehensive agenda for development, which should begin its work as early as possible in 1995;
2
Requests the ad hoc working group, in its deliberations, to take into account the reports, and the recommendations contained therein, submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolutions 47/181 and 48/166, 1/ the outcome of the high-level segment of the substantive session of 1994 of the Economic and Social Council, the views expressed by representatives in the high-level debate held during the present session of the General Assembly, as well as the summary of the World Hearings on Development, 2/ and proposals presented by groups and/or States, including the convening of a United Nations conference on development;
3
Requests the Economic and Social Council, at its organizational session for 1995, to consider ways and means for the Council to give further substantive input to the work of the ad hoc working group;
4
Also requests the ad hoc working group to consider appropriate modalities for the finalization and adoption of an agenda for development;
5
Further requests the ad hoc working group to submit a report on the progress of its work to the General Assembly before the conclusion of its present session;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session the item entitled "Agenda for development".

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