United Nations Children's Fund.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    21 December 1976
UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976), United Nations Children's Fund., A/RES/31/168, UN General Assembly, 21 December 1976, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1976/en/6142 [accessed 21 January 2025]
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31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
168. United Nations Children's Fund

The General Assembly, Noting Economic and Social Council resolution 2021 (LXI) of 4 August 1976, Having considered the report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund on its session held at United Nations Headquarters from 17 to 28 May 1976,[1] Deeply concerned about the magnitude of the unmet needs of children in developing countries, Encouraged by the practical and effective opportunities offered for improving the situation of children through the expansion of basic services as part of development strategy,

1. Endorses a target for the United Nations Children's Fund of $200 million in annual revenue from all sources;

2. Appeals, with a sense of urgency, to all Governments, especially those of the industrialized countries, and other potential contributors to increase their contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund so that it may rapidly augment its assistance to basic services for children.

106th plenary meeting
21 December 1976
[1] Ibid., Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 7 (E/5847).
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