Economic Planning and Projections

E/RES/1079(XXXIX)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1965.

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4 versions · 1963–1967

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Advisory Services Economic Planning Economic Projections Economic Surveys Establishment Groups of Experts Technology Transfer Terms of Reference Training Programmes

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12 operative paragraphs

role and importance of planning and projections in the economic and social development of developing countries,

Bearing in mind that the implementation of plans must be regarded as an integral part of planning activities,

Recognizing the urgent need for developing countries to obtain information on the methods and techniques of economic planning and projections,

Having regard to the contribution made in this field on the one hand by the planning institutes established under the auspices of the regional economic commissions and on the other hand by the Secretariat of the United Nations, particularly by the Planning and Projections Centres at Headquarters and in the regions,

Bearing in mind the interest aroused by the seminars, conferences and meetings of experts which have been held on this subject under United Nations auspices,

Bearing in mind also the establishment of the United Nations Training and Research Institute,

Recalling Council resolution 1035 (XXXVII)

of IS August 1964 on economic planning and projectiom,

Takes note with satisfaction of Part I of the World Economic Survey, 1964,12 which is devoted to economic planning and projections;

Requests the Secretary-General, the regional economic commissions and the specialized agencies to continue and intensify their activities with respect to economic planning and projections and to the transfer of knowledge on those subjects, with the co-operation of the Governments concerned;

Takes note with satisfaction of the Secretary- General's intention to set up, in consultation with interested Governments, a group of highly qualified experts representing different planning systems who would make their experience in development planning available to the United Nations for use in the formulation and execution of development plans;

The functions of this group should be, inter alia:

To consider and evaluate the programmes and activities of the organs of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies relating to economic planning and projections and to propose measures for their improvement for consideration by the Council;

To consider and evaluate, inter alia, the progress made, within the framework of the activities of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, in the transfer of knowledge to developing countries and in the training of personnel of those countries in economic planning and projection;

To analyse, with the help of the organs of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies, the major trends of planning and programming in the world the princ~pal pr?blems and the solutions they are recei~ing, and III partIcular the progress made in that connexion relevant to the development of the less-developed regions;

To study individual questions in the field of economic planning and programming referred to it by the

12 E/4046/Rev.l, United Nations publication, Sales No.: 65.IJ.C.J. Council, by the Secretary-General or by the executive heads of the specialized agencies;

To make any suggestions it may consider useful concerning the scope of its terms of reference;

To make a provisional report to the forty-first session of the Council;

Requests the Secretary-General and the specialized agencies to present their views and suggestions to this group of experts, thereby helping it in the performance of its task;

Decides to provide for the appointment of the members of the group of experts at its fortieth session.

28 July 1965.

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