Assistance to Djibouti.
- Author: UN General Assembly (34th sess. : 1979-1980)
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Date:
14 December 1979
34. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
124. Assistance to Djibouti
1. Endorses fully the assessment and recommendations of the mission to Djibouti contained in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General ;
2. Draws the attention of the international community to the critical economic situation confronting Djibouti and to the list of urgent short-term and long-term projects submitted by the Government of Djibouti for financial assistance as described in the report of the Secretary-General;
3. Notes with appreciation the assistance already provided or pledged to Djibouti by Member States and organizations of the United Nations system;
4. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the measures he has taken to organize an international economic assistance programme for Djibouti;
5. Invites the Economic and Social Council to request the Committee for Development Planning to in elude Djibouti as a priority matter, and in the light of available indicators based on data collected after independence, in the new list of the least developed countries to be drawn up in the context of the third United Nations development decade;
6. Calls upon all Member States, specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and international economic and financial institutions to provide Djibouti with ample and appropriate assistance, bilaterally and multilaterally, whenever possible in the form of grants, to enable Djibouti to cope with its special economic hardship;
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 special needs of Djibouti and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by 15 August 1980;
8. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to maintain 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 these programmes;
9. Draws the attention of the international community to the special account established by the Secretary-General for the purpose of facilitating the channelling of contributions to Djibouti and urges Member States and international financial institutions to contribute generously to that account;
10. Requests the appropriate organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to maintain and increase their current and future programmes of assistance to Djibouti, to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance 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 continue also his efforts to organize a meeting of donors on behalf of Djibouti in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank;
(c) To continue to ensure that adequate financial and budgetary arrangements are made to mobilize resources and to co-ordinate international assistance to Djibouti;
(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 1980, 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-fifth session.
104th plenary meeting14 December 1979
[1] Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1978, Supplement No. 6 (E/1978/46 and Corr.1), para. 99. [2] A/34/362. [3] A/C.2/34/9.
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