United Nations Children's Fund

UN General Assembly, United Nations Children's Fund, A/RES/2855, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1971, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1971/en/6860 [accessed 13 October 2024]
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XXVI. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
2855. United Nations Children's Fund

The General Assembly, Having considered the section of the report of the Economic and Social Council dealing with the United Nations Children's Fund,[1] Recognizing that, in countries assisted by the Fund, children and adolescents represent about half of the total population, and that their number will increase by nearly a third in the decade of the 1970s, Convinced of the importance of ensuring that children and adolescents receive their due share of attention and investment in the developing process of developing countries, Recognizing the valuable role the Fund is playing, in co-operation with Governments, the relevant technical and other agencies of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, in furthering the objectives of the Second United Nations Development Decade, Welcoming the efforts of the Fund to bring the needs of children and adolescents in developing countries to world-wide attention and the practical aid the Fund gives to developing countries to enable them to provide services for children and adolescents within a unified approach to economic and social development, Noting with approval the prompt and effective assistance that the Fund has provided in natural and other disasters to meet the urgent needs of mothers and children, who are particularly vulnerable and constitute the large majority of those affected by disasters,

1. Commends the United Nations Children's Fund for its very substantial and significant achievements during its twenty-five years of operation, and expresses its appreciation to all who helped contribute to those achievements;

2. Endorses the policies of the Fund;

3. Requests the Fund to continue and expand its co-operation with countries for the protection of the younger generation and their preparation for future responsibilities;

4. Appeals to Governments and other donors to make every effort to increase their contributions to the Fund, so as to enable it to reach its target figure of $100 million by 1975.

2027th plenary meeting,
20 December 1971.
[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/8403), chap. VIII, sect. F.
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