Assistance to Cape Verde
Publisher | UN General Assembly |
Author | UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984) |
Publication Date | 20 December 1983 |
Citation / Document Symbol | A/RES/38/219 |
Reference | 38 |
Cite as | UN General Assembly, Assistance to Cape Verde, 20 December 1983, A/RES/38/219, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f01117.html [accessed 18 October 2022] |
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Assistance to Cape Verde
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General in response to its resolution 37/152;
2. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the efforts deployed in the process of mobilizing resources for the implementation of the programme of assistance to Cape Verde;
3. Expresses its gratitude to States, and to international, regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental organizations for their contribution to the programme of assistance to Cape Verde;
4. Reaffirms the need for all Governments and international organizations to implement their commitments undertaken within the framework of the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries, particularly those undertaken at the round table of Cape Verde's partners in development, held at Praia from 21 to 24 June 1982;
5. Urges Governments and international, regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental organizations to extend and intensify substantially their assistance with a view to implementing the programme of assistance to Cape Verde as soon as possible;
6. Invites the international community, in particular donor countries, to take appropriate and urgent measures to support the realization of the First National Development Plan (1982-1985) of Cape Verde;
7. Requests the organizations, organs and bodies of the United Nations system to continue and increase their assistance to Cape Verde, to co-operate with the Secretary-General in his efforts to mobilize resources for the implementation of the programme of assistance and to report periodically to him on the measures they have taken and the resources they have made available to help that country;
8. Calls upon the international community to continue to contribute generously to all appeals for food and fodder assistance, made by the Government of Cape Verde or on its behalf by the specialized agencies and other competent organizations of the United Nations system, to help it cope with the critical situation in the country;
9. Draws once again the attention of the international community to the special account established at United Nations Headquarters by the Secretary-General, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/99, for the purpose of facilitating the channelling of contributions to Cape Verde;
10. Invites the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 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 continue to consider, through their governing bodies, the special needs of Cape Verde and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by 15 July 1984;
11. Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for implementing the programme of development assistance to Cape Verde;
(b) To keep the situation in Cape Verde under constant review and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1984, of the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution;
(c) To arrange for a review of the economic situation in Cape Verde and to make a substantive report on further progress in organizing and implementing the special programme of economic assistance for that country in time for the matter to be considered by the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session.