General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

22 November 1983

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                                                   A/RES/38/25
                                                   22 November 1983
                                                   Meeting no. 66
 
             National experience in achieving far-reaching social and
             economic changes for the purpose of social progress
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Guided by the desire to promote a higher standard of life, full
employment and conditions for economic and social progress and development,
 
     Bearing in mind the Declaration on Social Progress and Development,
 
     Mindful of the provisions of the Declaration and the Programme of Action
on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, as well as the
Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States,
 
     Taking note once again of Economic and Social Council resolutions
1581 A (L) of 21 May 1971, 1667 (LII) of 1 June 1972 and 1746 (LIV) of
16 May 1973 concerning the importance of fundamental structural socio-economic
changes for the strengthening of national independence and the achievement of
the ultimate goals of social progress,
 
     Recalling its resolutions 3273 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974, 31/38 of
30 November 1976 and 36/19 of 9 November 1981, in which it reaffirmed the
importance for every State to exercise its inalienable right to carry out
fundamental social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress and
the necessity of studying national experience in this field,
 
     Desirous of securing a speedy and complete removal of all obstacles to
the economic and social progress of peoples, especially colonialism,
neo-colonialism, racism, racial discrimination, apartheid, military, political
and economic intervention and pressures, foreign aggression and occupation or
alien domination, as well as all forms of inequality and exploitation of
peoples, 
 
     Convinced that peaceful coexistence and co-operation among States, as
well as effective measures in the field of disarmament, create favourable
international conditions for the socio-economic development of all countries,
in particular developing countries,
 
     Desirous also of contributing to the implementation of the International
Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade,
 
     1.   Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on national
experience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the
purpose of social progress;
 
     2.   Reaffirms the sovereign and inalienable right of every State to
choose its economic and social system in accordance with the will of its
people, without outside interference in whatever form it takes;
 
     3.   Requests the Secretary-General to make arrangements for holding in
1984 or 1985 an interregional seminar, as called for in paragraph 4 of General
Assembly resolution 36/19, within the resources already requested for sectoral
and regional advisory services in the proposed programme budget for the
biennium 1984-1985;
 
     4.   Invites Member States to submit to the Secretary-General national
reports on their experience in carrying out far-reaching social and economic
changes for the purpose of social progress;
 
     5.   Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with
Member States, a further report on national experience in achieving
far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress,
taking into account the provisions of General Assembly resolution 36/19, and
to submit it to the Assembly at its fortieth session, through the Commission
for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council;
 
     6.   Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session
the item entitled "National experience in achieving far-reaching social and
economic changes for the purpose of social progress".