Assistance to Mozambique.
- Author: UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979)
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Date:
19 December 1978
33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
126. Assistance to Mozambique
The General Assembly,
Recalling the decision of the Government of Mozambique to implement mandatory sanctions against the illegal and racist régime in Southern Rhodesia in accordance with Security Council resolution 253 (1968) of 29 May 1968, Recognizing the substantial economic sacrifices made by Mozambique in the implementation of its decision totally to enforce sanctions and to close its borders with Southern Rhodesia, Deeply concerned at the continued acts of aggression committed by the illegal and racist régime in Southern Rhodesia against Mozambique and the resultant loss of life and destruction of property, Recalling Security Council resolution 386 (1976) of 17 March 1976, in which the Council appealed to all States to provide, and requested the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the appropriate organizations of, the United Nations system, to organize with immediate effect, financial, technical and material assistance to enable Mozambique to carry out its economic development programme normally and to enhance its capacity to implement fully the United Nations mandatory sanctions, Recalling also its resolution 31/43 of 1 December 1976, in which it urged the international community to respond effectively and generously with assistance to Mozambique, Recalling further its resolution 32/95 of 13 December 1977, in which it endorsed the provisions of Security Council resolution 411 (1977) of 30 June 1977 and requested the Secretary-General to arrange for a review of the economic situation of Mozambique, Noting Economic and Social Council resolutions 1987 (LX) of 11 May 1976, 2020 (LXI) of 3 August 1976, 2094 (LXIII) of 29 July 1977 and 1978/63 of 3 August 1978, Noting also that the Committee for Development Planning has recommended that the present list of the least developed countries should stand until the end of the Second United Nations Development Decade,[1] Having examined the report of the Secretary-General of 12 July 1978,[2] containing the report of the mission to Mozambique, Having noted the statement of the Assistance Secretary-General for Special Political Questions, made at the 48th meeting of the Second Committee, on 28 November 1978,[3] on the question of United Nations special economic assistance programmes, Noting with concern that the economic and financial position of Mozambique remains grave and beset by budget and balance-of-payments deficits and that, in the absence of international assistance, the Government will have to reduce major imports that are essential for its development programmes and for restoring industrial production to pre-sanctions' levels, Noting also that the investment programme planned by the Government of Mozambique cannot be carried out without significant additional international assistance, Taking note of the list of major projects for which no funding has yet been arranged[4] and of the major food requirements for the balance of 1978 and the preliminary estimates for 1979,[5] Recognizing that the major floods in 1978 have seriously affected the Government's agricultural programmes and that, despite the international response to this disaster, external assistance is still required, especially in the form of food-stuffs and seeds for planting and technical co-operation for disaster preparedness and prevention, Taking into account that Mozambique continues to provide asylum for a growing number of refugees who continue to be vulnerable to attack and harassment by the forces of the illegal and racist regime in Southern Rhodesia and noting the need for additional assistance for those refugees, Taking not of the communiqué issued on 17 October 1978 by the Government of Mozambique reaffirming its decision to maintain fully sanctions against the British Colony of Southern Rhodesia in accordance with Security Council resolution 253 (1968),1. Strongly endorses the appeals made by the Security Council and the Secretary-General for inter national assistance to Mozambique;
2. Endorses fully the appreciation to the assessment and major recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary General;
3. Takes note with appreciation of the statement made by the Assistant Secretary-General for Special, Political Questions on 28 November 1978;
4. Expresses its Secretary-General for the measures he has taken to organize an international economic assistance programme for Mozambique;
5. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Mozambique for the reaffirmation of its decision to apply total sanctions against the illegal and racist regime in Southern Rhodesia;
6. Expresses its appreciation also for the assistance provided thus far to Mozambique by various States and regional and international organizations;
7. Regrets, however, that the total assistance provided to date falls far short of Mozambique's pressing needs;
8. Draws the attention of the international community to the additional financial, economic and material assistance identified in the report of the Secretary-General as urgently required by Mozambique;
9. Calls upon Member States, regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to provide financial, material and technical assistance to Mozambique, wherever possible in the form of grants, and urges them to give special consideration to the early inclusion of Mozambique in their programmes of development assistance if it is not already included;
10. Urges Member States and organizations which are already implementing or are negotiating assistance programmes for Mozambique to strengthen them, wherever possible;
11. Requests all States to consider granting to Mozambique, for the remainder of the Second United Nations Development Decade, in view of its difficult economic situation, the same treatment as is enjoyed by the least developed among the developing countries;
12. 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 Mozambique;
13. Requests the appropriate organizations and programmes of the United Nations systemin particular the United Nations Development Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fundto maintain and increase their current and future programmes of assistance to Mozambique in carrying out its planned development projects without interruption and to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance;
14. Further requests the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to report periodically to the Secretary-General on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to assist Mozambique;
15. 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 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 Mozambique, 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;
16. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue and increase his humanitarian assistance programmes on behalf of refugees in Mozambique and urges the international community to provide him speedily with the necessary means to carry out those programmes;
17. 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 Mozambique;
(b) To continue to ensure that adequate financial and budgetary arrangements are made to mobilize resources and to co-ordinate the international assistance to Mozambique;
(c) To keep the situation in Mozambique under constant review, to maintain close contact with Member States, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and international financial institutions and other bodies 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 Mozambique;
(d) To arrange for a review of the economic situation of Mozambique 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 meeting19 December 1978
[1] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1978, Supplement No. 6 (E/1978/46 and Corr.1), para. 99. [2] A/33/173 and Corr.1. [3] A/C.2/33/5. [4] See A/33/173 and Corr.1, annex, table 5. [5] Ibid., table 6.
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