Special programmes of economic assistance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

The General Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the special programmes of economic assistance,

Affirming the validity of the concept of special programmes of economic assistance and the need to enhance their efficiency,

1.         Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;

2.         Endorses the recommendation made by the Secretary-General that special programmes of economic assistance should be limited to countries genuinely in need of such assistance and to special circumstances falling outside the competence of the regular programmes of the United Nations system;

3.         Also endorses the recommendation that the special programme of economic assistance for a country should be of limited duration and should be terminated after the review mission and, where the special circumstances that gave rise to the special programme of economic assistance remain, any continuing assistance should then be channelled through the regular programmes of the system;

4.         Recommends that efforts to transfer the implementation of the special programmes of economic assistance to other United Nations bodies should be continued, if practicable;

5.         Affirms that special programmes of economic assistance should be drawn up in consultation with the recipient Governments concerned and recommends that the programmes should, as far as possible, be established and reviewed through the field offices of the United Nations system.