Land Reform

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

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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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18 topics

Agrarian Reform Agricultural Cooperatives Agricultural Credit Agricultural Equipment Agricultural Production Agricultural Workers Draught Animals Farmers Fertilizers Food Shortage Land Reform Land Tenure Loans Migrant Workers Recommendations Seeds Social Legislation Wages

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

Recommends that :Members of the lTnited Nations, within the framework of their general economic policy, should:

Continue to make every possible effort to carry out the recommendations contained in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Economic and Sor:ial Council resolution 341 (XII), section A, of 20 March 1951 ;a

• Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Economic and Social Council resolution 341 (XII), section A, are quoted below:

"1. Recommends that all Members of the United Nations, during the period of general shorlage of goods, take special measures to brin~ about adequate production and equitable international distnbution of capital goods, essential consumers' goods and raw materials especially needed for the maintenance of international peace and security, the preservation of stand~ ar

"2. Recommends that all Members of the United Nations, during the period of general inflationary pressure, take measures, direct or indirect, to regulate at equitable levels and relationships, the prices of e,sential goods moving in international trade, including capital goods, essenfr,! C'Onsumers' goods and raw materials;

"3. Recommends that the equitable regulation o: distribution and prices referred to in recommendations 1 and 2 abo\·e be maintained as long as strong intlationary pressures persist in order to minimize changes in the purchasing power, in trrm~ of imports, of current earnings from exports as well as of monetary assets ;

"4. Recommends further that all Members of the United Nations take all steps in their power to prevt:nt the development of inflationary pressures, thereby preventing speculative profits and maintaining the purchasing power of the poorer sections of the population." GPneral Assembly-Sixth Session ----~-----·---·----·--···---~--·- -

( b) Cnnsider lhe 1x1ssibility of facilitating through commcrcic1l agrel'rnents:

The movement of machinery, equipmrnt and indu ~\ ria I raw rnateria ls neeckd by the undcrdl'\ ,·]t,['<"d ,-n1111t ri\·~ for thl'ir economic dl'vdopment and for the improve111c11t uf thl'ir starnbrds oi living, and

( ii) Thl· ckv\:'lo]'111ent of natural res()mrc~ whirh can be utilized for the doml'stic lll'l'ds of the underdeveloped countries and also for the needs of international trade, provide<[ that such commercial agrt"ernents shall not contain eco1Himi1· or political conclitiuns violating the sovereign rights oi the under-dl'vclopecl countries, including the riglit to determine their nwn plans for economic devclop1nc11t;

Rc·qursts th1: h·onumic and Social Council and its regional economic commissions to encourage government acti,,n as recommemle

Rt'q ucsts the Secretary-General to continue to carry out such studies as will enable governments, the Economic and Social Council and its regioml economic commissi11ns to give effect to the n·cum111c>1Hiations contained in the presrnt resolution;

R,q11csts all Members of the United Nations to report to the Economic and Social Council at its fotirteenth session nn such action as thev mav have taken under the present resolution and 1111iiLT C1~uncil resolution 341 ( XlI), section A.

360th plenary mating,

12 la111wry 1952

,i2-t (VI}, Land rdorm

Notes with approval the statement in the aforementioned report of the Secretary-General concerning the favourable results in the social sphere obtained by countries which granted land and water rights to farmers lacking them;

Approves the recommendations of the Economic and Social Council wi.th regard to this problem, as set forth in Council resolution 370 (XIII) of 7 September 1951;

Urges all. governments, so far as the recommendations of the above-mentioned resolution are appropriate to the particular technical and financial circumstances of their countries, to carry out these recommendations and to4undertake practical steps for implementing land reforms which would:

Assist in increasing agricultural production, in eliminating food shortages, in raising the welfare of the populations of the under-developed countries, and which would safeguard the interest of small and medium-sized farmers and landless agricultural workers who constitute the majority of the rural population of the under-developed countries;

( b) Include measures which will enable farmers to secure agricultural equipment, draught animals, seeds, fertilizers and low-interest agricultural credit and assist them in developing various types of co-operatives for the production and disposal of agricultural products;

( c) Include the adoption of measures to enable agricultural workers, tenants and small and mediumsized farmers to reduce or liquidate indebtedness which may have arisen from unduly high rents, unfavourable conditions of land tenure, and usurious rates of interest and unduly high prices paid in the purchase of seeds, agricultural equipment, draught animals and other facilities ;

( d) Include the adoption of appropriate wage and other social legislation for improving the conditions of labour and for raising the living standards of agricultural workers;

( e) Support the already existing agricultural associations and assist, where appropriate, in organizing new associations of landless agricultural workers, tenants and small and medium-sized farmers whose principal interest is in, and who have an active part to play in, the carrying out of all measures provided for under the land reforms;

Further urges all governments to co-operate with the Secretary-General and the specialized agencies concerned in the preparation of the reports requested by the Council in paragraph 8 of the above-mentioned resolution;

Urges the governments of Member States in working out their fiscal policies, to give active ~onsideration to making funds available for projects of agrarian reform and invites the institutions providing international loans to give sympathetic consideration to loan applications from under-developed countries for development projects which are designed to implement their programmes of agrarian reform including projects designed to bring new lands under agricultural cultivation, and invites these institutions, consistent with their maintenance as self-supporting entities, to consider making any such loans on terms of interest and amortization designed to place the smallest feasible burden on the borrowing countries;

Urges the Secretary-General, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as recommended by the Economic and Social Council, to accord high priority to the recommendations in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Council resolution 370 (XIII) ; and to be prepared, upon the request of governments, to make specific studies and recommendations for the economic and social betterment of the agricultural population of their countries;

Decides to place the subject of land reform on the agenda of its seventh regular session and requests the Secretary-General to report to that session with regard to action taken and progreS5 .achieved.

12 January 1952.

525 (VI). Food and famine

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525 (VI). Food and famine

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