General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

22 December 1989

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                                                        A/RES/44/237
                                                        85th plenary meeting
                                                        22 December 1989
 
             Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa
 
      The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolution 35/66 B of 5 December 1980 on the Industrial
 Development Decade for Africa,
 
      Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/70 of 8 July 1987
 in which the Council recommended that, after appropriate evaluation of the
 Industrial Development Decade for Africa, the proclamation of a second decade
 should be considered in order to accelerate further the industrialization of
 Africa, 
 
      Recalling also resolution AHG/Res.180 (XXV), adopted by the Assembly of
 Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its
 twenty-fifth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 24 to 26 July 1989,
 on the proclamation of a second industrial development decade for Africa and
 on an Africa industrialization day,
 
      Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/115 of
 28 July 1989 on the proclamation of a second industrial development decade for
 Africa, 
 
      Welcoming Industrial Development Board decision IDB.5/Dec.7 of
 6 July 1989 on the Industrial Development Decade for Africa, in which the
 Board recommended that the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial
 Development Organization should request the General Assembly to proclaim a
 second industrial development decade for Africa,
 
      Welcoming also resolution GC.3/10 of 23 November 1989 of the General
 Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on the
 second industrial development decade for Africa,
 
      Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the preparation
 for the second industrial development decade for Africa (1991-2000),
 containing proposals for the preparation of the programme for the second
 decade, 
 
      1.   Proclaims the period 1991-2000 the Second Industrial Development
 Decade for Africa;
 
      2.   Also proclaims 20 November Africa Industrialization Day, for the
 purpose of mobilizing the commitment of the international community to the
 industrialization of Africa;
 
      3.   Endorses the proposals of the Secretary-General, as contained in his
 report, on the participation of the United Nations, through the Economic
 Commission for Africa, in the preparation of the programme for the Second
 Industrial Development Decade for Africa;
 
      4.   Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in
 consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial
 Development Organization, the Secretary-General of the Organization of African
 Unity, the relevant subregional and regional economic groupings in Africa and
 the United Nations bodies concerned, to make the necessary preparations for
 the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa and to submit to the
 General Assembly at its forty-fifth session, through the Economic and Social
 Council, a report on those preparations.