Technical assistance to Burundi and Rwanda

XVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
1836. Technical assistance to Burundi and Rwanda

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1746 (XVI) of 27 June 1962 on the future of Ruanda-Urundi, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General submitted in accordance with resolution 1746 (XVI)[1] requesting him to report on the need for technical and economic assistance to Burundi and Rwanda and on the implementation of the resolution Taking into account the economic and social problems confronting Burundi and Rwanda on their accession to independence, Taking also into account the assistance at present being provided under the Expanded Programme and the regular programme of technical assistance of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, and also the assistance emanating from other sources, Noting the progress made in implementing the Agreement on Economic Union concluded by the Governments of Burundi and Rwanda at the Conference held at Addis Ababa under the auspices of the United Nations Commission for Ruanda-Urundi, established under General Assembly resolution 1743 (XVI) of 23 February 1962,

1. Authorizes the Secretary-General to continue the projects started in 1962 and mentioned in his report;[2]

2. Invites Governments of States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies willing and in a position to do so to provide financial assistance to Burundi and Rwanda through the appropriate machinery available within the United Nations for receiving voluntary contributions, in order to assist in the financing of the new projects mentioned in the Secretary-General's report;

3. Renews its request to the specialized agencies, the Special Fund and the Technical Assistance Board to give special consideration to the needs of Burundi and Rwanda;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its eighteenth session on the implementation of the present resolution, and to include in the budget estimates for the financial years 1964 and 1965 estimates for the continuance of the programme mentioned in paragraph 1 above;

5. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board and the specialized agencies concerned, where necessary, to seek means, under all appropriate existing technical programmes, to obtain allocations of funds sufficient to execute the projects started in 1962 for which funds have not yet been allocated;

6. Authorizes the Secretary-General, in the light of paragraph 5 above and as an exceptional procedure, to incur, with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, expenses necessary to ensure the execution of the 1962 projects, to the extent that other resources are not available, up to an amount of $200,000.

1197th plenary meeting,
18 December 1962.

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[1] Ibid., document A/5283. [2] Ibid., para. 75.