27 July 1990

37th Plenary Meeting

1990/68. Special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council in 1991

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution S-18/3 of 1 May 1990, containing the Declaration on International Economic Co-operation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries,

Recalling also Economic and Social Council decision 1990/205 of 9 February 1990 on the implementation of Council resolutions 1988/77 of 29 July 1988 and 1989/114 of 28 July 1989, in particular paragraph 1 (b) regarding the convening of a special meeting of the Council on 4 and 5 July 1991 to discuss the impact of the recent evolution of East-West relations on the growth of the world economy, in particular on the economic growth and development of the developing countries, as well as on international economic co-operation,

Recalling further the relevant provisions of the report of the Committee for Development Planning on its twenty-sixth session,

Fully convinced of the need to ensure adequate preparations for the special high-level meeting of the Council, which is the first of its kind and an important concrete step in the process of the revitalization of the Council,

1. Notes that during the second regular session of the Economic and Social Council, a meeting was convened on 12 July 1990 devoted to an informal exchange of views on the subject of the special high-level meeting of the Council in 1991;

2. Invites the Secretary-General, in consultation with the President of the Council, to take all the necessary measures to ensure the adequate preparation of the special high-level meeting of the Council in 1991, and to prepare an analytical report for that meeting, which should, inter alia, include complete information on patterns of trade, financial flows and investments in the context of the recent evolution of East-West relations and its consequences for the developing countries;

3. Invites the President of the Council to convene a one-day preparatory meeting of the Council before the special high-level meeting;

4. Invites the Committee for Development Planning, at its twenty-seventh session, to make a contribution to the special high-level meeting, taking into account its programme of work;

5. Calls upon all appropriate organs, organizations, bodies and programmes of the Unted Nations system to contribute to the success of the special high-level meeting;

6. Invites all Member States and observer States that are in a position to do so to be represented at the ministerial level.