United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
170. United Nations Fund for Population Activities

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2211 (XXI) of 17 December 1966 in response to which a trust fund, subsequently named the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, was established in 1967 by the Secretary-General, Recalling further its resolution 3019 (XXVII) of 18 December 1972 in which it, inter alia, decided to place the United Nations Fund for Population Activities under the authority of the General Assembly and established the respective roles relating to the Fund of the Economic and Social Council and the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme, Noting with satisfaction that the United Nations Fund for Population Activities has become a most effective and viable entity in the United Nations system in the population field, owing in particular to its increased resources and its assistance to the developing countries,

1. Welcomes the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities entitled "Priorities in the future allocation of the resources of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities";[1]

2. Takes note of the views expressed on this matter at the twenty-second session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme[2] and at the sixty-first session of the Economic and Social Council;

3. Endorses the following general principles to be applied in making future allocations of resources:

(a) To promote population activities proposed in international strategies, particularly the World Population Plan of Action;[3]

(b) To meet the needs of developing countries which have the most urgent need for assistance in the area of population activities in view of their population problems;

(c) To respect the sovereign right of each nation to formulate, promote and implement its own population policies;

(d) To promote the self-reliance of recipient countries;

(e) To give special attention to meeting the needs of disadvantaged population groups;

4. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities to apply the criteria for establishing priorities and the other recommendations set forth in his report, taking into account the decisions made by the Governing Council in this regard, in close co-operation with the specialized agencies and the regional commissions concerned, as appropriate;

5. Invites Governments to continue and to increase their contributions to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities in view of the rapidly increasing needs of developing countries for population assistance;

6. Recommends that the Executive Director of the, United Nations Fund for Population Activities, for purposes of continuity of the programme, should normally be appointed for a four-year term;

7. Urges continuing full collaboration and cooperation on operational matters between the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, as well as between the Executive Director and the executive heads of other organs within the United Nations system in the field of population.

106th plenary meeting
21 December 1976

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[1] DP/186 and Corr.1. [2] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 2A (E/5846/Rev.1), chap. XVI. [3] Report of the World Population Conference, 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.75.XIII.3), chap. I.