30 July 1982

Expansion of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa at Addis Ababa

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 2616 (XXIV) of 17 December 1969 and 2745 (XXV) of 17 December 1970, in which the Assembly recognized the inadequacy of the conference facilities at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa and the responsibility of States Members of the United Nations for the solution of that problem,

Recalling also Council resolution 1981/65 of 24 July 1981, in which the Council recommended that the General Assembly should request the Secretary-General to study the adequacy of existing conference facilities at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa to meet the demands thereon as a result of its enlarged membership and increased activities,

Recalling further General Assembly resolution 36/176 of 17 December 1981, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report the findings of the study, together with his suggestions, through the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1982, to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session,

Taking note of resolution 454 (XVII) of 30 April 1982 of the Conference of Ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa, in which the Conference recommended that the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1982, should take all necessary measures to ensure that the General Assembly, at its thirty-seventh session, would approve the project and make the necessary provision so that construction work could begin in 1983,

1. Takes note of the preliminary report of the Secretary-General on the expansion of the conference facilities of the Economic Commission for Africa at Addis Ababa;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit, as a matter of urgency, his final report to the Economic and Social Council at its resumed second regular session of 1982;

3. Invites the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session to consider the final report of the Secretary-General and the comments formulated thereon by the Economic and Social Council during its resumed second regular session of 1982, and to take all appropriate action.