Assistance to Cape Verde
Publisher | UN General Assembly |
Author | UN General Assembly (37th sess. : 1982-1983) |
Publication Date | 17 December 1982 |
Citation / Document Symbol | A/RES/37/152 |
Reference | 37 |
Cite as | UN General Assembly, Assistance to Cape Verde, 17 December 1982, A/RES/37/152, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f02230.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments and international organizations and non-governmental organizations which participated in the round table of Cape Verde's development partners, and urges them to take appropriate measures to implement the conclusions of that meeting;
4. Calls the attention of the international community to table 6 of the report of the Secretary-General, which contains the projects to which the Government attaches priority;
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 Five-Year Plan of Cape Verde, in accordance with the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries;
7. Requests the organizations, organs and bodies of the United Nations system to continue and to 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 the Secretary-General on the measures they have taken and the resources they have made available for assistance to 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 which was 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 Nation 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, through their governing bodies, to consider the special needs of Cape Verde and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by 15 July 1983;
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 1983, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on 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 the 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.