Assistance to Nicaragua

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 34/8 of 25 October 1979, 35/84 of 5 December 1980 and 36/213 of 17 December 1981 concerning assistance for the reconstruction of Nicaragua, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to Nicaragua, Bearing in mind that the floods of May 1982 caused grave damage to the infrastructure of Nicaragua, reducing its productive capacity and worsening the situation existing before that date, as reflected in the report of the Economic Commission for Latin America entitled "Nicaragua: the May 1982 floods and their repercussions on the economic and social development of the country", Also bearing in mind that Nicaragua suffered an intense drought from June to September 1982, seriously affecting the agricultural and livestock sectors, which are the country's most important activities, Considering Economic and Social Council decision 1982/168 of 29 July 1982, in which the Council decided to endorse resolution 419 (PLEN.15) on international assistance to alleviate the economic and social problems faced by Nicaragua as a result of the May 1982 floods, adopted by the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America at its fifteenth special session, held in New York on 22 and 23 July 1982, and to recommend that the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session also endorse the resolution, Considering also resolution 982 adopted by the Seventeenth Regional Conference for Latin America of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, held at Managua from 30 August to 10 September 1982, in which the Conference recommended to the World Food Programme and to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that special measures of assistance to Nicaragua should be adopted, Considering further that, despite the efforts of the Government and people of Nicaragua, the economic situation of Nicaragua has not become normalized, and requires the assistance of the international community,

1. Endorses Economic and Social Council decision 1982/168;

2. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his efforts regarding assistance to Nicaragua;

3. Expresses its appreciation to the States and organizations that have provided assistance to Nicaragua;

4. Renews with urgency its call to all States and the bodies of the United Nations system to continue and to increase their assistance to Nicaragua;

5. Recommends that Nicaragua should continue to receive treatment that will be appropriate to the special needs of the country;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.