General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

17 December 1985

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                                                       A/RES/40/182
                                                       17 December 1985
                                                       119th plenary meeting
 
               Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States
 
     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, which laid the foundations of the new international economic
order,
 
     Recalling also its resolution 37/204 of 20 December 1982 on the review of
the implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States,
 
     Recalling further its resolution 39/163 of 17 December 1984, in which it
decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole to Review the
Implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States,
 
     1.   Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole to
Review the Implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of
States;
 
     2.   Urges all States to examine further the implementation of the
Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, thereby contributing to the
establishment of the new international economic order;
 
     3.   Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at
its forty-fourth session, through the Economic and Social Council at its
second regular session of 1989, a comprehensive and analytical report, in
order to ensure systematic and comprehensive consideration of the
implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, in
accordance with the provisions of article 34 thereof;
 
     4.   Invites the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations
system to facilitate the implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and
Duties of States in their respective spheres of action.