General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

20 December 1983

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                                                 A/RES/38/201
                                                 20 December 1983
                                                 Meeting no. 104
 
           Liquidation of the United Nations Emergency Operation
           Trust Fund and allocation of the remaining balance
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General concerning the need
for liquidation of the United Nations Emergency Operation Trust Fund,
 
     Fully aware of the original objectives for which the Fund was created,
 
     Deeply concerned about the exceptional situation faced by many developing
countries, in particular African countries, which are afflicted by drought,
famine and malnutrition,
 
     Concerned also about the special plight of the Palestine refugees and the
financial situation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East,
 
     Taking into account that developing countries, through the Caracas
Programme of Action have taken it upon themselves to implement a series of
actions in the field of economic and technical co-operation among developing
countries, designed, inter alia, to help them face their critical development
problems and attain their objectives, giving due regard to the special needs
of the least developed among them,
 
     1.   Decides to liquidate the United Nations Emergency Operation Trust
Fund and to allocate the remaining balance to existing funds and programmes of
the United Nations as follows:
 
     (a)  Seventy per cent shall be channelled through United Nations
Development Programme-administered funds to finance urgently needed projects,
primarily in the food and agricultural sectors in countries afflicted by
famine and malnutrition as a result, particularly, of severe or prolonged
drought, with special emphasis on African countries;
 
     (b)  Eighteen per cent shall be channelled through the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, especially to
its educational programme;
 
     (c)  Twelve per cent shall be channelled through the United Nations
Development Programme for the purpose of economic and technical co-operation
among developing countries; these funds shall be allocated to activities in
economic and technical co-operation among developing countries of critical
importance to developing countries, according to the priorities set by them;
 
     2.   Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to
ensure that the funds are allocated in accordance with the present resolution
as soon as possible;
 
     3.   Also requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme to report to the Governing Council at its thirty-first session on
action taken to implement the present resolution;
 
     4.   Further requests the Secretary-General to monitor closely the
implementation of the present resolution, to make available progress reports,
and to report fully to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session.