Development and Concentration of the Efforts of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies in the Social Field

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

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Calls upon the Economic and Social Council to examine in detail, and in the light of these considerations, the social activities undertaken by the United Nations together with the pertinent activities of the specialized agencies, in order to fulfil the various social tasks assigned to it by the Charter, and to take the necessary action to ensure that efforts and resources are effectively concentrated upon those social problems the early solution of which can be promoted through international action, especially in the under-developed countries, both self-governing and non-self-governing;

Draws the attention of the Economic and Social Council to the report on the world social situation1 to be submitted to the Social Commission at its next session, and requests the Council, in taking due account of the findings in that report and of the suggestions submitted by the countries directly concerned, to draw up a programme of practical action for the United Nations in the social field to be implemented in cooperation with the specialized agencies, and to submit it to the General Assembly for consideration at its seventh session if possible.

2 February 1952.

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