Land Reform

A/RES/826(IX)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1955.

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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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What subjects does this mandate have?

11 topics

Agrarian Reform Agricultural Cooperatives Agricultural Production Agricultural Workers Economic Development Land Reform Land Tenure Loans Social Welfare Technical Cooperation Wages

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

1' General Assembly -

Recommends that Member States, where appropriate, institute land reform measures to encourage, among other things, the ·ownership of land by the largest practicable number of the rural population and pursue fiscal and investment policies with a view to the expansion of the area under cultivation and the improvement of the methods of agricultural production ;

Recommends that Member States, in implementing land reform programmes in the process of their economic development, observe the principle of equitable tre~tment in the economic, political and social fields with a view to improving the condition of the rural population; respect the free establishment of agricultural associations; promote the general welfare, including measures designed to provide agricultural workers with the possibility of earning adequate remuneration ; and respect such institutions of the indigenous population as may be compatible with economic and social progress and modern techniques ;

Endorses the recommendations of Economic and Social Council resolution 512 C (XVII), section II, concerning the formation and development of cooperatives ·

Endorses also the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 512 C (XVII), section I, that the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 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 the Bank, consistent with its maintenance as a self-suporting entity, to consider making any such loans on terms of interest and amortizacion designed to place the smallest feasible burden on the borrowing countries ;

Expresses its support for Member States which are carrying out land reforms in conformity with General Assembly resolutions and expresses the hope that, in accordance with the recommendations of the Economic and Social Council, high priority will be given to requests for United Nations technical assistance for the purpose of studying or carrying out land reform programmes ;

Requests the Secretary-General, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the other specialized agencies concerned, in consultation with the Secretary- General, to consider the best methods for the further implementation of Economic and Social Council resolution 512 C (XVII).

11 December 1954.

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