Assistance to Djibouti.

33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
132. Assistance to Djibouti

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 3421 (XXX) of 8 December 1975 on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in which it urged the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system to extend assistance to the newly independent and emerging States, Recalling its resolution 32/93 of 13 December 1977, in which it expressed its deep concern at the situation prevailing in Djibouti and strongly appealed to Member States and to the international institutions concerned to give effective and sustained assistance to Djibouti to enable it to deal with the critical situation arising from the drought and its economic difficulties, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1978/53 of 2 August 1978, in which the Council strongly endorsed the appeal of the General Assembly to provide assistance to Djibouti, Aware that the Government of Djibouti faces complex problems, Djibouti being a newly independent country with a need to improve and enlarge its economic and social infrastructure, Taking note of the recommendation of the Committee for Development Planning at its fourteenth session, in response to the application of Djibouti for inclusion in the list of the least developed countries, that Djibouti should be assisted during the remainder of the current decade and that the special difficulties and upheavals experienced by Djibouti require special measures,[1] Noting that the situation in Djibouti has been adversely affected by recent events in the area and by the presence of a substantial number of refugees, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General of 31 May 1978,[2] containing the report of the mission to Djibouti, Taking note of the extremely critical economic situation in Djibouti and the list and the cost of urgent projects formulated by the Government of Djibouti that require international assistance,[3] Having noted the statement made by the Assistant Secretary-General for Special Political Questions at the 48th meeting of the Second Committee, on 28 November 1978,[4] in which he emphasized the urgency of providing increased financial, material and technical assistance to Djibouti, Noting with appreciation the assistance already provided or pledged to Djibouti by Member States and the organizations of the United Nations system,

1. Endorses the assessment and recommendations of the mission to Djibouti contained in the report of the Secretary-General;

2. Draws the attention of the international community to the critical economic situation confronting Djibouti;

3. Also draws the attention of the international community to the list of urgent short-term and long-term projects submitted by the Government of Djibouti for financial assistance, identified in the report of the Secretary-General;

4. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the measures he has taken to organize an international economic assistance programme for Djibouti;

5. Calls upon Member States, in the light of the recommendation of the Committee for Development Planning and in accordance with the previous resolutions of the General Assembly, to accord Djibouti, as a matter of priority, privileges and benefits and to give special consideration to the early inclusion of Djibouti in their programmes of development assistance;

6. Calls upon all States and all regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental bodies to provide Djibouti with ample and appropriate assistance, bilaterally and multilaterally, wherever possible in the form of grants, to enable Djibouti to cope with its special economic hardships;

7. Invites the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development to bring to the attention of their governing bodies for their consideration the assistance they are rendering to Djibouti, for which the General Assembly has requested the Secretary-General to implement a special economic assistance programme, and to report the results of that assistance and their decisions to the Secretary-General in time for consideration by the Assembly at its thirty-fourth session;

8. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue and increase his humanitarian assistance programmes on behalf of refugees in Djibouti and urges the international community to provide him speedily with the necessary means to carry out those programmes;

9. Draws the attention of the international community to the special account established at United Nations Headquarters by the Secretary-General for the purpose of facilitating the channelling of contributions to Djibouti;

10. Requests the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance to Djibouti and to report periodically to him on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to assist that country;

11. Requests the Secretary-General:

(a) To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for an effective programme of financial, technical and material assistance to Djibouti;

(b) To pursue with the Government of Djibouti the question of organizing a meeting of donors and, in this respect, to co-ordinate efforts with the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic Commission for Africa and the World Bank;

(c) To ensure that adequate financial and budgetary arrangements are made to continue the organization of the international programme of assistance to Djibouti and the mobilization of assistance;

(d) To keep the situation in Djibouti under constant review, to maintain close contact with Member States, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and international financial institutions concerned and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1979, of the current status of the special economic assistance programme for Djibouti;

(e) To arrange for a review of the economic situation of Djibouti and the progress made in organizing and implementing the special economic assistance programme for that country in time for the matter to be considered by the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session.

88th plenary meeting
19 December 1978

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[1]1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1978, Supplement No. 6 (E/1978/46 and Corr.1), para. 99. [2] A/33/106. [3] Ibid., appendix I. [4] A/C.2/33/5.