17 December 1981

Industrial development co-operation

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation,

Recalling also its resolution 35/56 of 5 December 1980, containing the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, in which, inter alia, it stressed the importance of industrialization in the development of developing countries,

Recalling further the Lima Declaration and Plan of Action on Industrial Development and Co-operation, adopted at the Second General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in which were laid down the main measures and principles for industrial development and co-operation within the framework of the establishment of the new international economic order,

Recalling also the New Delhi Declaration and Plan of Action on Industrialization of Developing Countries and International Co-operation for their Industrial Development adopted at the Third General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in which a strategy was spelt out for the further industrialization of developing countries for the 1980s and beyond, as well as a plan of action for the restructuring of world industry within the framework of the establishment of the new international economic order,

Endorsing the consensus reached at the fourteenth session of the Industrial Development Board on the follow-up to the Third General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization,

Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 35/66 of 5 December 1980 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1981/75 of 24 July 1981 on industrial development co-operation as adopted,

Bearing in mind the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa,

Conscious of the role of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization as the central co-ordinating organ within the United Nations system for the promotion of industrial development co-operation and for the fulfilment of the agreed measures and the attainment of the agreed targets in both the Lima Declaration and Plan of Action and the New Delhi Declaration and Plan of Action,

Bearing in mind that, within the framework of the new international economic order, far-reaching changes in the structure of the world economy involve the restructuring of world industry, taking fully into account the capacities and potential of the developing countries,

Reiterating the need for a substantially increased transfer of financial and technical resources to developing countries for their accelerated industrialization,

Welcoming the efforts made by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in the field of technical assistance and stressing the need for a further increase in the flow of such assistance to developing countries,

Having considered the report of the Industrial Development Board on its fifteenth session, I Report of the Industrial Development Board at its fifteenth session

1. Takes note of the report of the Industrial Development Board on its fifteenth session;

2. Reiterates the importance of redeployment of industrial capacities as described in paragraph 73 of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade set forth in the annex to the General Assembly resolution 35/56 of 5 December 1980 and considers that the secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization should undertake to continue studies in this field;

3. Requests the secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to continue to improve and further develop its programme on industrial redeployment along the lines approved by the Industrial Development Board at its thirteenth and fifteenth sessions, as well as by the General Assembly in resolution 34/98 of 15 December 1979, entitled "Industrial development co-operation and Third General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization", and in resolutions 35/56, on the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade and 35/66 of 5 December 1980 on industrial development co-operation;

4. Strongly supports the strengthening of the System of Consultations, in the light of experience gained and of the relevant decisions of the Industrial Development Board, giving particular attention to measures that could increase the industrial capacities of developing countries, and requests the Board to consider, at its sixteenth session, the possibility of including consultation meetings in the biennium 1982-1983 in addition to those listed in paragraph 171 of the report of the Board on the work of its fifteenth session;

5. Urges further all States that have not yet done so to ratify the new Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization as soon as possible in order to allow the conversion of the organization into a new specialized agency in 1982;

6. Reiterates also the importance of facilitating the restructuring of world industrial production through, inter alia, the implementation of its resolution 5/66 and of resolution 131 (V) of 3 June 1979 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;

7. Decides to ensure that adequate resources are made available to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization for priority activities on the basis of the consensus reflected in recent sessions of the Permanent Committee of the Industrial Development Board and of the Board itself;

8. Also urges all States, in particular the developed countries, to contribute to the United Nations Industrial Development Fund or to raise their contributions, taking into account the need for maximum flexibility, with a view to reaching the agreed desirable funding level of $50 million annually;

9. Requests the Industrial Development Board at its sixteenth session to continue to consider carefully the proposal of the Executive Director for an international bank for industrial development with a view to taking a decision on it, and requests the Executive Director to continue his efforts on the subject in accordance with the relevant decision of the Permanent Committee at its sixteenth session;

10. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, at the request of the developing countries, to increase technical co-operation and programmes and projects in energy-related industrial technology on the basis, inter alia, of agreements reached at the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, held at Nairobi from 10 to 21 August 1981;

11. Also requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to increase technical co-operation and the programmes and projects for the least developed countries on the basis of their requests and as envisaged in the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries;

12. Decides to ensure that adequate resources shall be made available to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to assist developing countries in the preparation of the industrial programmes and projects referred to in paragraphs 10 and 11 above;

13. Requests the Industrial Development Board at its sixteenth session to be held in May 1982, to begin functioning as the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, to be convened in 1984, and accordingly to formulate an agenda and other proposals and submit recommendations to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session;

14. Welcomes the offer of the Government of Kenya to act as host to the Fourth General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization;

II Industrial Development Decade for Africa

1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General dated 5 October 1981 on the implementation of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa;

2. Declares the Industrial Development Decade for Africa to be one of the most important programmes of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization;

3. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to provide adequate resources, including human resources for the co-ordination unit for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa;

4. Decides to allocate adequate financial resources to assist in the rapid industrialization of Africa within the time-frame and scope of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa, with particular reference to the least developed countries, as from the 1982-1983 biennium;

5. Also requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa to continue and intensify contacts with the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in order to contribute to the success of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa, and to submit a comprehensive report on the Industrial Development Decade for Africa to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session, through the Industrial Development Board at its sixteenth session and the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1982.