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President: Mr. ABDUI~H (Trinidad and Toba9o)

CONT~TS

o~:. Other funds and p~-ogrammes

(a) United ~’ , ~" ’ ’ "N.., ......... s Fund for Population A~.zvltles

Programnne pla~ni~ag c,:}~d preparation Foe t .e thicd progra~a~ing cycle 1982--1986(con tinued.)

Country and inte~:ccu!~try progra~::,es ::n~ ~ <~].~cts (c0nti~uctd)

Other matters

(c) Further consideration of the o~:gan~zat~on of the sessions of the Council

(con tinued)

This record ~s subject to correction.

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CffHER FUNDb i~i’<.~ I~ROGRA~’IES

(a) ’’’ F’ :,ONS FUND FOR ~PLA’fION AO±’IVITIES (DP/527 DP/528, DP/529, D]~/530;

DP/FPA/!2 ~d Add 1-17)

1. Mr. }iAL,~ (Executive Director, United Nations Fund for Population Activities)

said that the cu<’rent session of the Governing Council was particularly impo[°tant,

3ince the dec:[ [~’......... ns taken would affect the resources and future operations of

UFFFPA. He drew attention to U~dFPA’s annual report (DP/527) in its revised fo~:mgt,

~{nd s:~id it ,7,:s g~:atifying that, largely as a result of the United Nations PledgingConference for Development Activities for 1980, there had been 23 first-time donors

to UNFPA in 1980, bringing the total number for the year to a record 97. The final

figure for pledges and contributions for 1980 had been $125.4 million, an increase

of 12 per cent over 1979, but that increase had barely covered inflationary costs

and had lagged considerably behind U]~FPA’s total ~pp}:o~al authority for 1980 of

$138 million. That, combined with the fact that the una]_!ocated resources had beenexhausted by the end of 1980, had left very little leeway for meeting new and

worth-while requests for assistance.

2. In 1980, Project allocations had totalled ~150o5 million. Final total

expenditure had been ~147.5 ,i]llion, and admir:istr; ;:ivu ~xp<Jnditure had amo’,,Jnt<:d to

$11.6 million, or 8.8 per c~2nt of total income. The :m~e::~ ntation rate h~:td }~eenmore than 90 per cent, the highest attained so far, and 393 new projects, amolmting

to $39.1 million, had been approved. Family planning D~:ogrammes, at 41.7 per cent,

had again absorbed the largest proportion of allocatiohs. Other functionalallocations had been basic data collection, 19.2 per c<~nt; con~mnication and

education, 11.6 per cent; population dynamics, 11.4 pt~ co~’~t; multisector

activities, 8.5 ~er cent; formulation and evaluation of ~opulat~.on policies,

5 per cent; special progrmmmes for wc~nen, youth and other groups, 1.6 per cent; and

implementation of policies, 1 per cent. Needs assessment missions had beensponsored to 18 countries, making a total of 59 by the end of the year.

Four hundred and thirty-three projects involving 21.2 p::~:-r cent of total allocations

had been di~cectly executed by recipient countries, !!2 more than in 1979.

Interoount~y p~5ogrammes had received 31.8 per cent of all project allocations, as

against 30 per cent in 1979.

3. Owing to ihcreasing resources constraints, ongoing large programmes and

projects in a ~;mber of non-priority countries, and ~lays in starting many

recently-approved country programmes, allocations to the priority countries, at$43.3 millioD, had represented only 42.2 per cent of total country programme

allocations, compared to 55.6 per cent in 1979, and when the 14 borderline

countries were included ~,at figure became 53.7 per cent, as against 65 per cent in

1979. He was confident, however, that those trends would be successfully reversed

in the c~rrent year and brought into line with past policy directives.

4. UNFPA ~;as &rranging with its executing agencies to begin in 1982 reimbursing

agency support costs, at the rate of 13 per cent of annual project expenditures set

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(!,t~. galas)

by the Governing Council in 1980, as well as phasing <:. i.e i~.~f~astructure project

v.~.:.~ts previously f~n~ded, in the ].east d{sruptive way - - ’" :r>.

5. One s~gnifJ.c~!n~t administrative dev.~loo~rPnt in l<.:. ~:~~.. ’:~od ~J~;,en UNFPA’s a~d~,.losion’ ~,’ ~"

in November to ~r,~be<ship of the A~minlstra+ive Co;~~m~ ’ ’,- -.-:~ Co-ordlnation

6. With refero~:~ce ho the progremm~ in 1981 6~Id fmp!i .. :..<: :s for the future,

,:~.r.~t 12 ye,~rs, in p:comotfng ....... :.;~./’zz of DOpt~l~-,tion[31~FPA’s success, in :i.{-s ......p~:ob]ems and of population ~7,rog~:am~es as vital co~:~o;,<~{:s of economic and socialdew~Iopment had elsoou~:aged t~uni:ries to request ass.,.~ ..... ~ .... :.o such an extent that

~-he demand had fai: outst~:ipoed the ~esot~rces avail~hle. ~~I e%. short-fall in 1980 of" pp~:o~imately $12 million below the approval autho:city ~ss expected to increase in

1981 top almost $20 ,~illion, about half resulting diroctly from the wide currency

:fluctuations of ~:e,"~e;<,t months. In the current unfavourable state of the worldcco~my as far as foreign assistance progranimes were concerned, those short-falls

had created additional programi:~}ii~g problems and resource projections, by reason ofdelays involved in ’the pledgi~)g and payment processes, together with exchange rate

fluctuations, were ~ ~:~ny case always difficult. In order to respond to that

situation, the Fu~d had ce/~:~fu].ly fo].lowed the directive given to it by the

Governing Cou~,cll at its t’~enty-.seventh session, by introducing much more rigorous

programm.e [’evie~./s, carefully exa!ilf.ning all existing project allocations and, where

possible, rephasing allocations to future years, scrutinizing cost estimates

carefully for waste, and, most importantly, postponing certain planned activitiesto future years. Rec:[pient Governments had been most ~r~derstanding and

cc-oi~erative, and the rephasing process had affo~o,_d so~e p~:ogramming~~anoeuvrability, but it could not continue fox" long without having an adverse

effect on country progr~mmes and projects.

7. The 17 projects and programmes currently before the Council for its approval

(DP/FPA/12/Add. I-17) represented only about one third of all the fund-worthy

F, ro3ects over el ’~’~ ~’--¯¯ ..... ~.~.,..to~ c~:igin~]ly submitted ’]?hey i!:~cl~/ded requests for

a~< ~st~nce for ~ev~t~ <,~[<’~:ity c~mtries, th~-ee ’ - ~* ’..... . oord~rlxne countries and five othercountries, in four of ~<’hich assistance programmes had been initiated before the

’~°.~inning~._~ of the priority system. Also submitted ~¢ere propcsals for the

continuation of~,..~’h~"<~ .... [I.Y of th~ W~,rld Fertility Survey and, as earlier agreed to~.:~,~ the c<,ur, ci! f’o~ -~..:l<~t~d major 1;~{.erccuntry prog~:am,~es, to be e×=c~.~ - {’.cd "°

by such<i s ~,s the U<~:{</<~ ~-,.~ :C<,~~s Population Division, L~:[O a:~d iLO. All the

"’ ~ ..... icn ~_nco}~c~ ........ .~ =.=:.;v~.’~m "~:t~oh]ect to availability of funds", and since theFt~nd’s resources were actually declining in real terms, it would be possible

....-",s.,lzo "~zcally to irc, p]e~:p~F~t only a part of the submissions for the period

]1~82-].985. A1].ocatf~n{; for ~%~w programmes would be ~:~sde in accordance with the

...... ~,,~’~.~., .~ of _ ~c!_’ ...... ~_ and ~,ith any Governing C<>~ncil decisions on the role-:i L.~<FPA in the Itg¢~. /..ight not be possible to fi~’~ance major new programmes in

~:~<>ntries requestin 9, ~.}.<~[~ tahce for. the first time, an,~ there might be only partialfunding available for the continuation of major programmes in several priority

countires which were due to reach completion in the period 1982-1985.

8. He drew attentior~ L© Pocumezt DP/529, cont~iniF~g the [7o~k Plan and the Request

for /~ppi:e~al AuthQrity, ~:~d o~erved that at the t,~0enty.-seventh session.of theCou~cil, U~qFPA had presented a Work Plan based on total income over the period

1981-1984 of $791 ~dllion, requiring an ~<’.,Jme of $159 m~!lion in 1981. ~i~’h~:{t

estimate had twice had to be ~;evJsed £o~.~n~’~:~ds, so that the do~ument befo~e the

Council sho~ed income of only ~13! ~:~il] io~j for 1981 and total ~e~<ources of

$735 million for th~ ~eriod ]982-!985.

9. The ~ork plan for 1982-].985 wa~{ b~se<~ on a 12 per cent inc~:’ease in new

resou~.~ces from ]981 to 1982, fo].lo~d bf ~n ~ner~,~<se of 53 per cent from 1982 to

1985, at the ~:ate of ]5 per cent ~:~ y<~;~<; a ~ore ~:ealistic estimate, however,

~.~ould be 12 per cent per year, while .l.[!}ing ]~:~ss ~J.~an th,<~t w.;~uld mean a £ecline,

in real tea:ms, in programming. In ~b~,o~ <:e ~-erms, of course, the sums invol~%d

were small: ~.16 million for 1982, }[’23 ~;,it].io~"~ for 1983 and $25 million for ].984.

i0. Even assum~.~g that the increase t.’~:~]~:~ts fo~: the period i.n question were met,

parts of many of the multiyear count~.y prog~:<mmes al)~eady approved, or due to be

approved at the c~r~:::Jnt Co~ncil session, ~.~o~]]d have to be rephased over one or two

additional years. [n order to enable Uh!.~’PA to be fair in its treat~.’ient of all

recipient co<~ntries, with regard, inter alia, to t]qe launching of new p}_-ogrammes

and initiatives of a special nature ~;here possible, the Council at ~ts current

session should ~:~g~:’ee to allow it the flexibility to make p~ogru~me <]j~tments in

the course of its ~ork.

"~" ]i. In view of i{{~ current estimate of resources for 1982 at ~147 mi~l~on, ~i~FPA

was requesting the same approval authority for that year as had b~en giv<{n ~or

1981, as well as an additional approval authority of $36.75 m~lllon for 1983,

b~.’in.~ing the total thus far ~’equested for i~83 to ~II0.25 m’~il!c>n~ ~s against an

estimate of $170 million in resources.

12. Taking into account the recommendation made by the Ccuncil at its

twenty-seventh session, he suggested that a target of 25 per c~nt of annual pledges

should be established for the UNDP operational reserve, to he met by the Fund by

the end of the ~:>:t fc;u~--year work p!a~. i~o :-~nsure that the <~,~i~:ed level ~:~:s~’eached duri~.~g 9h<~’< [~<~:r:[.c<], the Fund ~:~ou]d }~£v~ to set as [de a y<=~c]_y amount out of

its annual in(-o~.,e f<cm contributions. He accordingly appaaled to all donor

Governments ~o increase their annual pledges so that the increase in the

operational reset-re could be made witho~]t detriment to the Fund’s p}fogramme.

13. %~he };~e~,t~’:t ~:~ ~-~ ~ fut~re role of th<~: :Cund (!]~P/520), pre~arc£ ~% the Council’s

request, focu:~:~d oh t]-~e directions ~nd p~o3~;am:<’~e strategies []~BA might ~.£opt for

the 1980s, and was the result of an inte[~nal assessment of the po!~.:’ies and

operations of the F~.:nd, together with informal consultations with <}xecutlngorganizations and Council members on their perceptions of future ~>e~;ds in the

population field.

!4. The challenges of future population p~-oblems were serious <~d ’h~de-o~-anging.

};lexible interpretation of its mandate should permit the Eund to ~esp~ond to"~anging needs, but, given the growing de~[.and for assistance, and limited

~esources, it was necessary to concentrate on a few goals, as outlined in

:~ragraphs 4-27 of the re’~)ort.

..e

15. To e~abl~ ~:~;/ A to concentrate re,sources on count~/ics with the most u~’ge~,t

population p~eb]~ s, it was proposed that the priority country system approved bythe Council i~ ~ry 1977 should be updated to take i~to account recent ch~!~<~s in

demographic an~ ~ico~omic conditions in the developing c~’n~t~ies. Of the five

alternatives o~hl-i~ed in the a~ex to the ~eport, alte~nailve four, involving a

group of 46 p~Jo~ity countries, ~as ~’e<~o~,~,~n~]~-~d, on ~he 0J~erstanding that u]i;L~j~!~g

~ould not fast, it in any sudden withd~’a~,~al of ~pport~ and that com~itments ~<>~!d be

fulfilled. The p~:iority system ~{hould be ~evised or ~<L:~ted every five years, but

without undue disruption to the programme.

16. The Council’s gui<]ance was ~:~quested in clarifying certain aspects of ~:he

Fund’s core progr~<~m~e of support ~hich, although within its mandate, had not thus

far been very prominent. Those aspects involved activities relating to populationredistribution and migration, the advancement of women in population and

development, and changing age structures, in so far as such activities fell withinthe general framework of national population plans and policies.

17. The shifts in emphasis among and within major programme areas proposed would

enable UNFPA to channel its resources towards filling the most urgent gaps,

pa~.’ticularly in areas where other sources of assistance %~ere less active. Its

general intention was to pr~note a more broad-based, multise~toral approach in ~:hich

needs assessment exercises would continue to be a very effective p~’og~°~mming tool.

].8. In order to develop the self.reliance, of countriesr [~.A~ ,~’ ~> [nte~ded to p]ace a

time-limit on its support for certain project components, beyond which the ~;ec’p! :ntGovernment or organization would take over and continue the activities conce~:~:d.

19. Support at the intercountry level would in future b~% ~>!~ ~ed to focus on <~ly

the best major programmes, those which ~,ould continue ~o~t ~:~i~fectively to ~e.~/ ~ iopopulation problems at the country level and, to e~sure ~J~ t ~h p~°ogrammes ~:~e

flexible enough to respond to those problems, it was reccmm~>n~ed that a range of

between approximately 25 and 30 per cent of total programme resources should be

established as the future level of intercountry support. The Council’s views on the

document were eec$~ni:~a}_-y to guide the Fund’s future prog~7~mne.

20. At its iqg] se~=~sion the Population Commission had recommended to the Economic

and Social Cou~cil that a World Population Conference should be held in 1984, with

the main purpose of reviewing the implementation to date of the World Population

Plan of Action ~r,d of determining the action required to [~{:ke the integration of

population an@ ~](~velopment more effective, t~fg~PA strongly ~ubi~o~;ted the holding ~f

the Conference; if the Economic and Social Council adQpted the ~:eco~u~]endation~ theFund would, as requested by the Population Co~lmission, assume a significant role in

organizing the Conference, and also, naturally, report to the Governing Council atits twenty-ninth session on the details of the financing of the Conference. It was

currently believed that if savings were ;~sde by using the staff of the UnitedNations Popu!~t~on Division and LrNFPA ~s a secretariat and disi~<~sing with a

Secretary-General, only $1.5 million would be sufficient. Those funds could be

aiTocated in the following ~anner: $~!’~0,000 in 1982, ~:[6f::;,<;¢0 in 1983 and $600,000

i~i !.984, and would p~obably be drawn C~:o,~i additional co~~t:~!butions rather than from

!:]~c regular U~FPA buc]get. The Coui~ci!’s views would be ’n,~]D[ul, and would enablethe Fund to respond to the question,s ,,’bich were sure to L:z ~i~:~ed at the July

~:sion of the Economic a}~<] Social C~i~I~cil.

2].0 ’~he fourth yearly state of world ,>{~pulation report -i~L>,~-,<ed as the firs~

chapter of the printed version of the iq]e Fund’s report, i[{s ~Lajor thrust was a

discussion of ~.,or]d ~Dpu!ation g~=o<~th and its implicat:;o~=s for the future. For

example, using United Nations medium va~tiant projections~ a:{}d ~x~suming that it was

po:<,sible to sustain {:he remit)of cur~:,,nt population prog}fa,~os , stabilizationappeared feasible at ]0.5 billion in the year 2110. Of that 10.5 billion,

9.1 billion would be living in develoL>ing countries, with the poorest regions -

Africa and South Asia .- accounting for more than 60 per cent. As long as imbalances

created by poverty, m~Inutrition or ill health persisted, the social tensions

arising out of population pressures would permeate every aspect of life on earth.

Co~s!~quently, a renewed in.tern~tio~al effort to stabilize ,~orld [yopu!ation as earlyas possible and at the lowest ~ossible level was imperative. That had been the

~... baltic message of the Inte}:~’:~{{tional Confe~:ence on Family Planni~g in the 1980s, held

in Jakarta, Indonesia, in Aoril i981, which had stressed the need to {~’~crea~ee>;[}en<]iture in developing countries frc~ the current a~n’~al {~stim~te of $i billion

to approximately ~3 b:iT]~<~]. Th~re were a number of me~:~s<~’es "~bich coutd c~t~::[b~te

to the demographic tral~sit~;a from high to low birth ratus; it: ~:as pos~:[b].e tohasten that transition in the less developed countries, but it would require

--- continued efforts to i~-~ceg~:ate population and development p]anni~g.

22. Population was one of the most urgent of the global issues to be faced in the

next hundred years° It ~;as also the one area in which succe::-’s, beyond ~Ii

~-~%ectatioi~s, had been ,~.’}i,:~v,{d Jn a ~latively short time, <~wi~g largely Lo the

",’~k of the United ~:~atio=~ ..y~tcm. ~fhe international (~:<;_;~,~o.~’~:[ty could not ;-;.i~f:°~.d toaban<]on the advances ms<]e by the developing countries tow<-~rds stabilizing the world

population; or~ the contrary, continued perception of the problem and commitment to

solving it by all cou~.t~’~s ~:as essential.

i:-~-.O’; :~X<E OF ]MP[7:}~Ti ~ : ~. : ,[-~cnf~~u,~d) (OP/510 and Add 1 !..<F/511 and Corr.! DP/512

::ud ~,~d.,J ,1, DP/51~, fit- ........ <.<’~.~ _~’,*/g15_, _ and Add.l, DP/S16, D£.’/525, DP/558 and Corr.!)

VROGRAI~t~t4E PLANNING 7~<~D _~:~i<~SP~-;%ATION FOR THE THIRD PROGR_A}.24ING CYCLE, 1982-1986

(<-,_:--t:inued) ...................(DP/517~ _._~’~, _,:,~ :z::d Corr,l and Add.l, DP/5!9, DP/520, DP/521, DP/564,,. - ~_ 5)

C<:,<~{%,7<Y ~.,_,..D INT3:’;ROOU..~’.;’~C,; V,.<<?<3~i%,MES .~WD PROJECTS(cont [.j [[].~)3.hb.:~<x (DP/522)

O:]THER [~tAZ~’ERS (continued)

(c) }~0~-,.~sR CO,,~IDE~,A].o. t]~ Tile ORGAN]IZATION OF q~:~ S<;<~]fO~S OF THE COUNCIL

(continued) (DP/562 and Corr.l)

23. Mr. POPOV (Bulgaria) said that in the current complicated international

situation, Bulgaria was cc,m-iLtcd to strengthening world p~:ace and pr~noting

i - -

ir~teznatiena! co, oi"~c~t~en. His c~,~l~’~Z~’ion "~s ~~ressed by the considerable

:[i~p~fove~’~ent in U~DP pla~ning a~’~d p~:oj~ct ~:~:~,:_;,~Iti~’~n and welco~ed the successes ~:~eProgra[~me had achieved c~_u[’ing the p~t l~.:~ar, a ~.~e~-iod in which its technical

coo~o[~r~tion activities had involved ].50 ceu~%tries. The resources .~’V~nt on

p~:’ogramme and project i~mplementation in _>,~0 had amounted to ,<~676.2 million, a

23 per cent ~r~c~ease ouer 1979. The Jr~ ~e~::~es in e~:i~e~t s~v.[c~s ~nd in c%ui~._~i~t

~]eflected the scoh-~e of DI~39P activiti,~s ~n furthe~f~ce of the obj~ctlves of

de ve lov~,en t.

24. His Goverr~{~ent fully supported ~:he assistance given under the Frogi’amn~e to th~

national liberation ~ovements and the ~:0~,~ ...... t~,nlan [~eople. It believed that the

assistance p~og[’~0.~’~e ~’~hould be e~[?~c_~,] ~.d ]:~ade even ~o~.~e effectS.re.

25. Some progress bad been made in using for technical assista~%ce purposes sll the

resources of the Pz~cgr~m~me, including contributions in non-convertible currencies.

The Administrato~ c~e:~erved c~,~mendation in that regard. Although encouraging, the

£esults to <7~te were not fully satisfactory. They sho~ed, ho~:ever, that all such

~.~esources co[~id be u~<~d if the ad~,lini~t~ation ~e~uinely ~ished to u~e thegn. The

joint measures t~5,ken by his Govern~~’~ent and D~DP had yielded ~ositive results in the

use of available r~eso~’~rces. In that connexion, the UNDP Geneva office had showngreat initiative.

26. On the eve of the third progra~?~aing cycle, the question of e~h,:~n<’~ing the

effectiveness of L)~i~>P’s activities a~<:,%’~med particular i~po~:t~ce, ~,;,~,~-cially ~~s khe

e~phasis was cu~’~tly on technical co.~oper~tion in i~lementing~ the !r~!~:.~,~at[o~a’l

Development St£-ategy. UNDP must be prepa~:ed to :~ssume the key ~.~o]e theft it ~o<~Id

continue to have in international co-o[~eration.

27. ~ile [Y.~{DP’s ~e:,~fo~:mance over the past year had been cc:~’,~i~-~ne~?b~e, the~:e ,,~e~:e

still ~ol~:e p~obTe:.~s to be solved. The >’~:og::e:~’~::~2 ,~as ba’~:’~ on t!’:~ ~ ~’,:::~:~:’ij~.e ofuniversal and %:c,i~_~:%%a~y ¢o~ooperation, ~.hich ::~e~.:~t that in ex’c~:’d:!,:.~- 5 t.,~::h~’~<~l

assistance, Uq’aDP should draw on experience and expertise f~om all ~ou~:ces ~nd fromcountries with different socio-econo~ic systems. It was regcett~7~b~e that the

practice of entrusting p~:oject execution activities to a few ~:e~r~:et.:economy

cou~tr~es ~.,~s cc-2~tJ~!~ti~g. " The situation had ~ot ir~p~oved in i!#~O, As tables 3, 4,

32 per cent of ~he ~2~Z:~ts; over 55 ~e~: ccitt of the eq~i[3~ent f_c.~- U~I~P p~’o~ect had

been purchased from five countries; 37 per cent of the subcontrects bed been awarded~o contractors in t%:o countries} 35 per cent of the fello,,~:ships had been taken up in

three countries. ~ot enough was being done to allow the developing countries to

benefit by the c©~.~e~’,ab!e experieDce of the ~ocialist countrJ~ ~~ ~.~-e technical

assistance area. [~DP a~d the executi~g age~’~cles must take mo~e ~,.--,~etic ~_nd

practical measures to ensure a more eq~it~:.ble involvement of co.u.~t.~.~es in technical

co-operation activities.

28. The question of the criteria for the al!oc~tion of UNDP [°e~o~$c<,s had been

settled at the twenty~-s~venth ~e~;sic~% of L~e <~,~v~~:!.ng Co~%cil. ~,~ {~[c~ted ~n

.oo

~:ng ] i shPage 8

paragraph ] ~ " -:is~.on 80/30, 80 per cent of khe ’;:<~[:al 6~:,ou~t availabi:~ for

country I[>Fs ~-~ :7~i be allocated to countries with ~er ~ ~<~-~ts (:~,~P of up to ~;;~::~n

Document D~-)/~,:c~ ........ ’~.,,_ the estimated available UNDP :’esou~:ces ~,or: the thirdprog~’&~:ming <~,, ........... d dealt with resource allocation, h~is delegation shared the

Ac~ministrato[’:~ ::~’~:~cern over the deficit and the negative ~.~ ~>:ct it would have on

UNOP autiv).u. - "’ :~:~:>o* :rogr~u~ing’ during the fi~:st year of the ::h{~d .... cycle should Ue onthe basis of :~0 ;::r cent of the iP]:~s ~ndicated in 4ec!,~<i<,~ )/30, ~:ubject %:o

........... ,~uent a(:3,~:~tv~(~:nts. That :;ou].d allow the country E,:co:~( ~,,~,~es to get ofi% the

ground. Nbr;~ally execution during the first year of ~h_e ~ycle was cons]der:b].y

behind sche<]u le.

29. Another ~>ortant aspect of the p~eparatlons for the third progra~ing cycle

concerned the policies and procedures for the countly and regional programn~es and

projects. His delegation supported the amend~:ents p~:oposed by the Administrator

with a view to simplifying and improving the programming Procedures. Such a processmust, as far as possible, be consistent with the needs of the v~rious count~ies.

The provisions of the Consensus of 1970 and General Assembly resolution 3405 (XXX)

,~should be the main guidel~nes for UNDP activities. The C~rnments of the ~ ~[~i,?>us

countries sho~]Id have a decisive role in setting pr~oritie~ rot the u:~e of O .~Presources and ~hould be involved in programme manag~::;~ent a:,d {mplementat:on,

together with bq:DP and the executing agencies. His deleg~:!on fully ,~ep[~ovt,-4 ~he

simplification of country programme documents.

30. g~]garia ~as engaged in fruitful co-opek’ation ~<~<:h J~:L,P ;d with the c a

office. The n,~::tional program~?,e for the period 1977,~-!~S! :.r.~ ~’.-:’~ng succ~sf~.~y

~aplement~; the projects executed with Uk~DP assistance ~o:~,@ be useful to :.!~e

developing countries, which stood to benefit from the results obtained. So~ne of t’hecc~npleted projects involved co-operation with centres and institutes in "the

developing countries.

31. At the twenty~oseventh session of the Governing Cou~.:i], !~:.a-; delegation "~.d

expressed disagreement concerning the use of statistical d:,~ka on lqer~ G~Ppublished by the World Bank when IPFs were being determi~ed. As the Bank itselfrecognized, such ~ata were mere guidelines; they were r~ot c~.:,:~:;~:able with the de, ta

~,hich were ~)t~b]i ;’~ed for other ~e~,bers of the ~nI,: ~d c::,?<"::~’ :d according to

:’ac]ic~lly (3~ (f~:cnt ~=,ethodology. His delegation felt t:~t~{. --:~e ~:,Lovis~ons of

paragraph 5 of Council decision 80/30 :~.,hould be applied, ’~i~e Ad:;:inistrator should

determine and use the best estimates available, taking into account estimates

provided to %~e Statistical Office of the Secretariat as well as from other reliable

sou rces.

37. The q~es’L~<~’: was one of principle. U%~DP was a universal organization four~:ed

on the principle of equal treatment for all countries. His delegation hoped thatthe UNDP administration would reconsider its position and take an equitable decision

in conformity with its mandate.

¢’}~’~R ,~ ;~ the very d~ ~’f~c~,] t":’¢ ~,,[r ..... J~.~ (T~N<ey) said that ~:{os{: countries were

t~/~£k of economic "- ~" ~ ....u~w%~=~Dg.~nt, a tx~sk :~:~de even more diff~;~ it by the structural

o~_ 0~,~ or!d ecc’.nc~:y r~d the many econ~;~’~’_’c ~~"~"

<k:ve!op~ng and develoRed countr~e~ ................ Little progr~ss ,bY ~ been made to ~];:,te inthe ~ny negotiations initiated with a view to finding ;~q~s of overcoming the

(;l~.~f~cu~tl-o. [?here h~d ..... [R~ggestions tha,~.. ......... --N~s of developL1entsL<::~Id be entirely red~.,.ine<], that ,.~ir.. t the poorest set_::.~,xs of the ~orld’s

}b:.~z ~].:-~.,t.{on should }",e <~iv~H% relief o’~d flat {her:e should L,~ o~L ]east an e~ergency

progr;:,:vi~e for s~viv~]. ]~o~,~ever, a ~’:rategy that co~,~%d ~, :<~ £o real progress

to%/a~ds the creation of a new and ,:~,p~c,;~ble world econ¢:~:!<~ :>r~er ~:as yet to,come.:

34. At no time had the econGnic interdependence among ~y:~tions been more evident and

at no time had there been greater need for the formulation of collective [xol}ciesand the reformulation of established rules of conduct. The time had co~e to p;:o.~ote

international co-operation activities ’throughout the world and establish more

effective mechanisms. Turkey believed that such" effective international

co-operation m~ould cont~ibute to the c~:eation of a mor~ appropriate and equitable

pattern of inter~atlon~l econc~nlc relations.

35. ~}~he A6~inis~-rator bad d:cs~n .......... "~....... ac~x~.nu on to a number of i~c,i:,:)rtant questions He

,, { ~ " ........ W:ce~ ~c.c,e by the deveJ.oping countries over the p~:~sthad stated :hat desplte H,-~e ad .......... "G~c.<~de, more people ~.~te~:e cu~:~e~%tly living in absolute poverty than at the beg{nningof the i970s. He h;~d also stated that by ].985 the increase in the annual inc<~:ne ofthe p~rest count~:ies w’as likely to be merely $50 per__i~piks - over their 1965

iDcome. UNDP fou.nd " ....i~.~:.e.lf ~p,;~ble to m~et the targets set for the third p}.:ogra~:~},ngcycle ....... ¯ ....... c ~’~ ;," "" ...... ’ "igh ,{nflation ~:.g.%dflu "~’,~._.~=ting~" exchange ~o....{~;~s. If the development process was to move ahead, ~:esou~;c.,:s

would have to be ~obi].:{zed on a ~redictable, continuous and assured bas.{s.

36. Much had been said about the need to keep pace with increasing demahds for

fcod, energy, water add other ;/esources, about the primary responsibility of thed~,veJ.©ping countries ~ ~r~.<.~.~~.~o~k~.ng out ~cceptable solutioi°~s to their deveL:~p~:K:nt

i~ , ........ nier nations to continu~ offering techn.~cal: ~.blc~:~s, about the duty C:.: the ...... "~’

as~! ~:stance and additional resources, and about the key role which UNDP should

to,<~.~ effort %,~at had not been said h~as how all that would beconti~’R~e to play in "~-~~...~,ed with the inaCe::~:.-~te f~.nahc~.al resources available. At the current session,....... G,.o,,x,::~rn~.ng ~. ~’~ be realistic and then, "~ all sincerity, try to

s" ’~ ~-::::,e of e~isti, m~ ~:::< ...... k:ti’.~qS, it ~’qust help U!.,’.’T/[ -~ :x~.i p~,rticipating com~tries~o f~nd.. L:ays of ~{;~-,~’ .... ......~’ ....~ is; Lhe c;h&r..ges of the times. -,~-~ :[.~t context, Turkey

~,.e~.~ed many of the iY~!tig~ti~.ves introduced by UNDP and individual Governments.

370 ~" ~,T;,ere were sever:__ ~:re;~s in %;hich constructive me%~R~,;~es could be taken by the

c-:’:::,-~ing Cour;cil. :r~ -°- f;:<st place, inasmuch as the ,~-’ey [:.=.sue before it <~I: t~e

¯ ~.,.~.:r~:,t session yes h,.-~ ,.~ £![~d resources commensurate with the expectations

e~’~bt’;d~ed in decision ~{6/%0, it would be a negative appro~{ch to begin by sug9e:~,tingthat the projections in the third cycle were over-estlmated. The Council had

decided on a "forward planning" allocation of resources for 1982-1986, which was

bas, ed on an assumed over-a.l! average annual growth of voluntary contributions of at]ea~t 14 per cent. The A,’~:{~’~ist~..ator had had consult~tic;~s ~;ith Governments ",~;ith a

v_ew to "~:.~<r~e ’,~ .......... ~" "e ~- ].:Ikelyto be avmi]~!~L]<~ fo~: the third cycle. ?u):k~y u.~,,:ierstood that ~hose consultations end

estim{~tes had been ’~,~=de by the Adminis’,’i:,~tor in a realistic way a~d was disappointed

that a nu,:;~ber of go<~e~nm<nts did not fully r,’,’~s~’e the Administrator’s views. On the

other band, his delegation was impress~<d that the over-all estimate of third cycle

re<,ureas of $5ol billion f~}cluded a ,:~.o,rb <o~<]. est:[~.ate of ~o~,~s:{b].e cont~ib~.~tionsfrom the Gulf A~’ab Development Fo~<~(~ati(tn £<~" Lhe U,~,ited V&<t!o~us, T<;~rkey belic,/ed

th~{t such action was fully consistc~t ~::ith {’.he .,p].rit of N<ec~sii~:n 80/30 and with the

mandate given by the {general Assumhly {<o U~DP to ~{-cengthen the self-rellance of

developing countries.

38. HiS delegatlo~ hoped that the flna;’~cial difficulties of the third cycle would

be overcome, [.hat there wc~J.d be no consi~s, rable reduction in the programme levels

envisaged for the cycle and that there would be no across-the-board adjust~ents in

the IP~s of all countries. Such adjustments would impair confidence in United

a ..... ~stance UNDP should continue to plan according to theNations develo/~,~,cn t ~" "figures indicated ~n ~ecision 80/30. As appropriate, a cautious approach should be

taken by the [XqOP ~<dministration. T~eo tk~irds of the UHDP administrative budget

related to field costs. One third of IINDP field office activities d~d not relate

directly to the P~:o<~ramme. Administrative economies co~]d be achiew:{d through the

integration of the op~rational activities of the specialized agencies with those of

UNDP. In that ~o~%exion, h~s delegation w(%Icomed the emerging trend of design~{tlng

UNDP ~’esident r{xpr,?,~ntatives as ~:esid>nt co-.-ordir~ators of the United Na~<]cns :<~-~tem.

39. His Governm<~t ~as concerned over the accumulation by I X~DP of e o;%-<:onvertible

currencies. It urged those countries whose currencies were accum<~lating to make a

serious effort, if they were conuaitted to alleviating the problems of developing

countries, to ensure tinat their currencies were capable of being uti3ized by UNDP.

40. His delegation ~;hared the Administr,:-,:o).’s ~iews regarding sr::=~c~al purpo~e fm,~sand did not favour the ~:stablishment of ~,y ~,:;ditional machinery to ,~:<tmis~er ~ ~y

new funds that m~ght be created. UNDP had <~one a creditable job, for example, in

administering the interim Fund for Science and Technology for Development, and it

should continue ~ts ve:nagement in that {!<rca. That l~ne of appro6ch ~Iso concurred

with the coneept el: U<)~ as the central fu~d~ng body for techn{r;a] ,to <~f:~:r.~:~tion in

tLe U~i’ced )’;ati::n-~s ,_y~te~,, ~ concept £n!,-; ro~ by the Gene)"ai ,;"%~-~ , ,,~_ [;oreover,the establish~cnt cf cs~rate machinery for s?}cial f~:~ds would :,Rrult in increasing

ad:{~{]nistrative costs. It would therefore be practical to have soec<~] funds use

t~qDP’s co,tureen administrative services under the control and authority of the

A,<im~nistrator. Savings to the system in c,:erhead costs would ~e!ease financialr~;:~-ot’rces for inc}?e<;:,~!S %]_]<_.t’.atious to J< "~?:l~:,,i~%g countries. F~!::t" ~}~_;re, UHDP

could provide effective ~o;~ito~ing ahd ~,:~ ~,:v[so~y functions. The ~i}, { ~sue ~,~as

the strengthening of those special fui~ds thorough ~dditional resources, ~ther than

whether or not new mechanisms should be established to administer them.

41, Turkey endorsed UNDP’s emphasis on 1~uman and institutional development in

~-~ec!pient countries. It had learnt from the past that second in.<,t{t~t{enz rod

!’t

adequate train.~}-~, es;sential to :-quitable econe:~ic ~:~d pc] itlcal develop’~:cmt.

c:a~acity for fc,-~: 3 .... >,.~istance. U~:::DP ~:~hculd encov}vg-,~e ,:g~c~L,i~-~t countries which

b~d the ~otenti~-- to i,~:ovJ.de e~l}e~:’ts ~.n differ:eat a~:e~%s to ~,:~’~:~.})lish national

recruit~/:ent co:: :~!"~t~.:::."s. Y.n that co~text, the e::,~ecut!.n@ {::~]c:~:.c!es of LR,]DP ~-~ho~!!<!

review; their [c.~t<:.: i7, ~:nd make job descriptions available to ~.!l national rec:l:u~[~>.-:nt

co:~-;mittees, a~ ~.: ~.. ted by the reprcse~~tative of g~gc::qti~:a.

42. Adequate t~:,ci,.’,i~ag skills and em~].oy~ent oppo:ct~itle~; :~t be p~ovJc~e,,] {ion? Lhe

e~t..~,ae.~.d 45 ~i~i]] ion new workers ~,~no would be <u’itening the l~.bour force in p’,:)~

countries every ~’ear for the next 10 yee~rs. %’he increase in the number of yot~,g

people in the d~ve]oping countries c[eai:ed urgent ~ev# demands for educational

facilities, t~?a:[~>.ed teachers, institutional equipiaent ai~d material. Such dema:~<]s

%~ou].d p~t a st~:;.~in on <~ve].opment resources throughout the developing x..~orld.

Efforts should be ~>.de to ensure that national policy-makers and the mass media

better understood %:he implications of argu~t~ents on international econ(a’aic and

technical co.,-operation. UNDP had a special responsibility to promote a better

v~nde~:standing of <~:~ve].oioment problems and the generation of new ideas arid possibleuc~lutions. ~[i~ ~7<,~egation therefore s~pL~orted the p~:opo~al by the repre~c.n’<:g~t.fve of

,~,~e ga~e~bia con(::<-~:~i!~g the establishment, on an ezp~.~k’i~t’~ental 6;d sl~tall--~:cale h’~,:,’~s,

and under the Ui~DP u>’~.brella, of a study prog~a~nme for c~eve c.)p.~:~:nt is~;ues. ’2he

results of s~cn a progra;-ame might assist the Governing Couz,c%l in its conside~’ation

of policy issues ~.elated to the operational activities c#~:~:~.ed out by funds z~:¢:d’" AC~IO 1, n 1 ~.~ F [-,::~ { :3 L’ ~Sprogram~~es u, nder its..e~")erv]m~on.,t ....... ¯ His <~e].egatfon a]..~o >;: .~-v~.<d the " " ","

pro~m~al.s ~:egaz’ding the strea~alJ.,.~Ing e~nd r~t.~.onalxz~v.ca~:. 7f ":~,~ ,.-eo~:k of theGoverning Council, as contained in docu~,ent DP/562.

4~. Turkey welcomed the Administrator’s proposed rates of i[,crease for popu!at’;on

prograx~mes. It fully supported UNFPA’s request for approval of the cont]_nuatior~ of

the World Fertility Survey program,~e. The Turkish fert].lity yu~[vey had been

undertaken in col.laboration with the 0~.~A p~ogramrae, ~h~.ch b~,d the p~’ticu!a~:

concentration of kno~ledge and expel, rise for the nece~,~,~{~<y ..: ~~:inu~_ng t~chnie~l

ass is t ance.

44. His delegation endorsed the steps taken by UNDP to ~teg;:’ate evaluation into

the project ~-yc!e0 v,’~!uation would ~>~ke it p::~’~:~Ib~e to 1. ~.~’~"~ ~°c,z~ past experie~.~ce

d~d to c~a~~~ <u~:~: to projects with the g~_~e~te~.~t ~ot< ’-,!. <t ~,’as essential to

think seriou::~!y ~.bc~t ,~ays of ~<:.ki~g the b<.:st use of u?:~)2’~7. ~.;<~>-f{~.nncial re~o<~;.c<-’~as well-. U,~DP had an extensive field staff %~ith figst-h~d l;p,o’~¢ledge of each

country, its in~titutions, traditions and econc~..tlc sltustion. It was well qualif{ed

to carry out p~-e~n<~estment work, preparing the way for financial decisions by other

organizatlc:~o X"[~.. ~:~>l~-gation ;~greed ~hat the Administ~:atel ° ~:~v:>u!d encourage ~:he~*esident ~:e~:~<-:~--~ ,:~t[w.~s to put even >o.~:e e}~.p[~asis on pr~inv:~::~t.~:ent activities.

45. Turkey strc~gly supported the concept of technical c~3~operation among

developing countries. It supported the decision to integrate that theme into

regular meetings of the Governing Council, Under the ’J, OT%~£q!~i~ cc’,~:::>,e, in.~tlat~:~ .~m

Turkey four ye~s ,:~r!ier, nationals l~.,ei~ abroad ~e~e b~c,~:<ght b::c;: to i:hc~r

country of origin for short consultanc{es u;~der the U~DP u~b}:e!la. ~’hat e~p- ~e:~ce

’ ~!<- ~, Tu r___~ex)

~:~s ;c.~t:~].ysed sim_~].~.~- p~:ogrammes in a ,,<)zen other develo! ~,, :,:.~:~tries. Such

i:;:zo-:ative measure’:; wci.~e increasir:,gly needed to make effec, a~i.:~ ’t ,.~n..,fers of

~. O[JDP was in a unique::. ~ position to co-ordinate the elf.-".[: {~f other donor

~<g::~c::.’.~as operating in ::~srticular cc,~n’.~-Jcs ~nd p~ayed an ........ .~nt { ~d ccu~,],:’<,:?:~[".~:y

."e].e in ~:elation to otbe~’.’ p):ogram,i-<%~. In ~:~ome ca~,-~s, t~, ~.~ ~, n{~b)P could be

ei~<:;<.~u~taged to exf~lore co-financin~ <~:;~:~:~,.~ =~ents with oh[ ....... =.>~ ,~ge~cies..}

47. As the Ad~ninistrator h~d stated, [.he Governing Coo,. il ]{~d always been unique

in [acing squarely every critical, <;c~.~:f].icated and sometim<-s divisive subject

p~:ese~ted to it. In the spirit of mutual i:e~,}:pect and goo{~v<d,]l, it had always

re,,~olved the issues by consensus. ’f0.[key supported the A,.L~’~{ ~.gtrator’s appeal to

t~’aditional dono£’s, Gove~.nments which had hitherto made c~;].y modest contributions %:0

the P~:o{~]~:amme and developing countries themselves to resolve to increase their

centrt[butions so t/~at the urgent needs of the developing countries could be met.

48. .................~.,[. (~}RR.:,A/__.~__’~] .......DA .h.:!?<h’9_~° .....~ (B~azil) said [~uat decision i~0,/~]0 ~<~]icat,!d t;.at there h.~d

been a ,~;hift of <~mph,::~,:~:fs in favour of the !east-devel~p~d ~:~/,~.°~t~;ies vhich was~:c r thewho!eheartedly suppedted by the internatio~al ....... "~’ ’ "

channelling of 80 per cent of available resou~’ces to co,.!atr{es with low >or capita"" " }i ........... f .........

G~Ps add had been based on ce.{:_aln expectations regardi~g n ~d~_qt .... = [~c~:case in

~.~coe r.e:3ources. ~", r~.y d~""~,]-i.~ing,.~ ..... countries had had {:o ,..~ :<,<:.n th,i {.r ].c~.~’~i:,,~a::e

.... .~ ....... ly ~..~.,h "’°e ,-’~f . Cj -, ~.of the least deve~.)ped c<:<<~{~:’t<s. Latin America had bc. ,~ :,~.~:~ e~:~.~,,..~!y ~g~’e~ ted,

but had gone along with the c~o~~e~’~u/s, despite the impo~.}{~u’~ce it attached to ...... )P

country programmes. Its st~pport for the. agreement showed that the countries of the

region were willing to ~,~o~Tk with other developing countries and to make any

~,’,~s~r ifice in o::de~" to support ~:elevant measures to achieve collectiveD~,~ = y sacr,~e].f-~ieliance. [[be @evc, i:b2<"d ~.,a~-~ket-"ec~3ne~Y countries had al:~5o strongly de:[e.~ffed a

:,.<-:~ .~!stributiona! XPF <~’l:,}<u~’:!.~}:e be,,~ef~ting the least deveJ, oped countries.

Therefore, it wc~ald be only reasonable to expect the major donors to accept their

share of the responsibility for the full implementation of decision 80/30.e~ " , however, the technical cc.~o.l..~eration delivery base...... rdlng to the Admini>-.t:~ter

...... ,,.~.~,.,~.~ be <~7<’..<~:2 --.- 73 ,’;~r cent of e~)ected IFF :<:..<;:.w:~.t..ures, and the third

: ......hions pledged seemed 9o i,-.::ulv ~_,,~ the donor countries49. The low level of <~ov~<~ ~;, ......

did not believe in t~ie ]f:ast ,~.~eveloped countries’ cap~c!ty to absorb significantly

....... ~ .... d technical ................ "" ’c,~,.,.._._: ...... ..n programmes, and that they .~-:<~.ed the political will

~:o ~n:-:-ort a :.~_:!t_~,_.=~:= ~ ~ ..... ~ ~:hich had p~oviae,~ ~ .... t~f:nt co-operation for

. . " u.CQ.. C .Ictl,e entire c~eve].op.ing ..... " ..... ~<eas of vital importance ~c,~ -~,ocial and .... ~ ’"

progress.

50. His delegation was <o~~vi{,ced that technical co-operation programmes were

extremely important if un~e~tanding and the strengthening of relations beat%’een all

cot~~es of the ~rld ~.-~e to be achieved. In that area~ U~U]P ~cas the ~io~t

important central organi}::ati,on end must be sustained by the entf.re internat~o~°~l

c~.m~’amity. Of particular concern were L’ e ~:~c!~asing number of field contributions

through ~hich ~eveloi>ed .cc~untries gave ~.:,::ority to specific a[eas, thus bypassing

the principle of ~3©v~:~:n~::~::::t autonomy in <-~::tg:b’...+~h~ng priorities ~÷,~d selectingpr.ojects for techn~c~:l co-ope~’ation. U~::D? ~0s.~t not become an in~:It~:ul;:~.,nt of

technical co~-operation for bilateral p.~.]{c~es on behalf of any i~?~:ivic~al co~nt~y.

His delegation would support co-flnancing ar~:~r~ge~7~ents which cont~’ibuted to the >ore

efficient -~mpleme~tation of specific p~;¢’.~ec~~ e~d ~-~:ogra~r~es, pFovi~ed that the

principle of gove.:,::i:~ental authority in the ~;~;’r~’..i:’:~i:ion of each co:~itry’s ownp~:ogr~:~mi~:~es was p:c<::e:~:ved and the n~ces::~:y ] .,.~.-r:l of fLnan~ial ~e~:,ou~:ces for the

third cycle ’,~as ~:eached. ~;~

51. Although the prevailing world econo:~lic and flnancial situation h~:id s:eve~:ely

affected countries at all levels of develo~.~i::~nt, it had ~:.n;>~i~ed the developi~g

world the most, particularly the medium--i~co~e countries which were imp]e~e~tii~gc~:~%pi:ehensive progra[~mes of economic and ~ocial de~ ^~ ~.~ ~_opi.ent. Nevertheless, thosecountries had not =~a!l_d’ ~ to give LFNDP their full support. The Latin American answer

to UK~P’s problems involved an increase in contributions, the co-financing of

programmes and proj~cts and a genuine effort to reach net contributor status

whenever po~:sible. The other developing regions of the world had also st~:e~sed

their co:::~iD:,aent to Ui.LDP, and many developing countries we, re prepared to ;sake a

major contrib~tion to it. It was obvious, ho,~.:ever, that the developing ~orld could

"-<.not by itself fu~:~h: ~- the cu~:e for trNDP’s financial situation.

]52. Many de!egat.~cr:s f~’c,:-, the industrialized countrY.as had pl¢<:ged thc:.ir >up~.ort

fo~ (:.he c,0m:~:on .>ff<:,:t I o foster econoi~:.ic and social rJevelo ::ne~,~t thi:<:::~?~h .......

..... :.S,~.~<on therefore found it difficult to believe that theinternational coia>~.ity was willing to run the risk of a d~stic ~-~ -- "

current and future "~ ~-" " "cc~lvitles, and was convinced that in years to co~.:e the majordonor countries would reconsider their current position. According!y, his

delegation wished to ~t~.ggest the following course of action ’~ .............

third cycle should be :eft unchanged for tb~ .... Z:- ......... ~,~nt. Rene:,’e~ co:.:: :.~ ~~"’ ~;~ w:;th

full account of that rea:>tessment should~.~ t:a:~,s~/::itted to all Oov~:v~.-.: ~ts as >~oon

as possible. In close consultation with the other agencies involveG, the 1oq:DP

administration should d,-av~e ways and me~..~s of curtailing > ~ ~’*~- e ~?~n~].~.c.:~v,.s~ includingthe reduction of ....... ~o ~ -.~: -~. 1,st~:u~ctu~:e, :::d:i.thO}’~e! c~5.:,>:ts~-,aho.lld ~ be :.:,::g~e c-g: .... :: :,:: [onal.Jze r..>:’oc--’-, : :-o- :-¢:’ v>:c<~er toi:~.:::uce operational co:us;" ::-o:t::.~:ov~t-, af~ec,.,, ng~ ~" field p~.ogra::~:ees. In i:~2.L~:-:?7:tin.,~ allthose suggestions , the iA:::inistrator should bear in :~ind that the d::..~i~ed objective

was the maintenance of a viable and meaningful programme delivery for the third

cycle, In that conne.wion, he conu~ended the Ad.::inlstrator’s efforts to ~ationalize

L~P’s o£:,:’ir~tion~l ~:’:~:’c:t~.~re ~,d fully end,re. --a ~...... ~,, t~ .... suggestion in C~:.-_/c::’~t DP/hl5 tocut newthe:,,.~ic~ ..... " eva.iua.Lion ,:~-,~,:,t,.~ ies. The ......... r¢-~:vance of such studios; %~ ,;,e’

developing countries was <~oubtful, since their approach was very 9~_~’t,.=~-al and theyusually did not make practical suggestions, in a period of scarce fin a~cial

resources, UNDP should be concerned primarily with the promotion of c.’p~ratlonal

activ lties.

re~©ns could be found for estab].i,~i~tg s~ch separate ch6.n’~: ~; ~.o meet sp~.cific

.~-:r.-,::~-o.~1. or ~eogra[~?~.~:,! ,r~ec~s. In ~:~_,cog~’~Itlon of that f~’.~- :~.t~::ia h~d b~eo77~e o~eof ~’: ...... ~’~ trib’ ~c’~~ ~"~:~c ~!iain c~n I ........~ to the UnJ.~.!~.,d ~.~atlons Indust~’i~! ;~: .... ~’iiient Fund ~:’~nd the........ a

~u~.,.-~ tions Inte~m:i.~ F~nd for Sclc-~,,ce and Technology, a~d h~d vo~:ed ~nL~..,,’~"~~.-~,. of"~,r .................... ......~:ab!~’shit~.~nt of t,~,~e ~cial Fu~%d for Land.~-].ocked Dr:.v.-,~.- ,"°:-’..~ Cour~tr’les. it

~,~:.)u!d co~tinue to ju~]ge each case on its i~,erits, in the l~ci :.: of the Ad.~T~Inlst~;ato~’s

.~ ..... :~. to ~:covi~e the ~,~in~t.~tl.~ f£~ ~cv;ork for ~p~~,c~l f...~.~;~ based on T;)~Ov’s

be a.].lowed to dive~t D}.~DP f}_"c;n its ~-,ain fui’~ction, %~hlch ~{-a~ ~i~.~ ~2~,ovis.{on O~

technical assistance with a re--i~v<;~t~ent orientation. Ut~.~ ? ~’~>uld not beco~e an

ozganization dedicated to research, and its activities sho~]<~ not overla.p ~.~iththose of the World Bank and the r~gio~-:.;.~l development b<-~:nk$~ b~yc>nd the <~.lea~?ly

defi~-~ed tasks of the United Natio~is C~wital Development ~h~d.

59. Decision 80/30 stood out as an ex~~;ple of internat~o~al solidarity in :;o ffar as

its provisions for the utilization of available funds during the third cycle ~ere

concerned. On the supply side, however, the compromise contained in that decision

~.~as considerably ~ -’-~ea,~er. It %~as based on an artificial growth target which was

Q f’f~.~.ently by ~ifferent ~,7<~]atlons. Many of the trac]itional 0onors,i;~c].ud~ng Au~.~tr. ia, had ,":~c~f~.~d_~ ..... that they ~:egarded the 14 per c~:.nt target as an

cver--all g~:owth ~.~ate to be a~hieved pa~.~t].y through their o~n effor%s and partly

through the tai~i.~ing of new ~.~e,~;,ov~;ces. Furthermore, legal provisions in those

countries ~;(~ade it ~p~:;s:ible for them to enter into bidding ~d~Iti-.year co~;~it~l~nts.

F~].ly, the ].4 per c~h ~vc~,~th t~rget }lad been based on exc~%~nge r~tes psevail~ng

~-~’~’-~e than a yea~: ~,~.","~I,, O~’,;.atic shifts in those c~~’,~~

~i-;i~ear as if a new c~,.:’~:e~’~,cV ~ore .~ud~enly being used. At least one third of ~q~e

sbo[t-fall could, in his opinion, be ascribed to ~/~at cause. Nevertheless, the

short- and medium-term fu~,ding problems shouid be neither dramatized nor played <~own.

60. In his delegation’s ".~,:,v~,~.~ ~, those p~oblems could be overcome only by a gro~:!p of

co~ce~ted measures, i}~c" ~~’-~.~..~.~,~ "ci~e’" fol].lo~ing. Resources fz~~ hon-t~aditionald:;:,!.o~s, especi~]ly the ce~’p~{ t~l-~.~:[5~.].u~ ~.~ve.l...oping countrY.as, ~hould be fully

[,~obilized. All recipient co~ntries ~.ole to do so should make ~;enewed efforts to

rea~ch net contributor ~u-~,~ ~s soon ~s possg.ble, in order to free resources for use

in the neediest regions and countries. Full use should be ~de of the incre~sed

"~’~:--,-, :~- acv.ruing to a:__~;..::’~..:~: h~id in ~.hat ~3urre~;~cy s~c’4J_<] !;; -:;.>;:i:~~i.zed. To "~:h~t

b~dgetary peric~ for ~b~ch ~;}:~y ~ere pledged. Administrative expe~diture,

~,;:-~,..,~ at ~:,=,~c~L, ........ r:;~ c~-.ould be frozen and reduced t:~<-~-r~-ver ........ possible through

rigc~ou~ cont~’ol of ~.c:cu~.: ~-.~’_:~ t;.<~n, a reduction in ~ ,] ~’ ........." " con,.~ ...... ~,,.~_~ ~ervices and at leasta ~i.~-~°a:cy f~e’...:e o~ ...... :-÷ ~.t all levels. All po~s.:{.bi.~,~ties shuld be explored

~ihh ~:~:~sard to at le~:.t ~r:~;:~--~;.~. cQfur~di:~g out of the United ~:~.tions regular budgetof the exp~nses of .... ~"~’- ~’~ ~uJesentatives not directly ~.~elated to programmes, or

rei~’:~bsurse~:~ent for the s<:~o.q.c<_;.~ they rendered to specialized agencies. A solutionto the problem of accumulat:[nq a.~o~nts of non-convertible curr,.~ncles had to be

found; it must respect the ,,::- ............ ~y nature of contribut~o~-~s~ but still assure the

fullest ~<%~’~.~)~,~ utiJ.:[7~a.t;!,::~ <.f ~.-ho~~e funds for the bt~:f[t-of developing ......... " ~,-

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53 Continuous .... ~: ;~,’,~ng, as su~,_,,ued in docu~:~ent DP/SlS; ~,~ould imp~.ove the

~an~::gement of ~ :::’:~,:’:~;I co-op<~ation activities. ~be succesi~ of such an appxc~ch

.~iould depsnd ~:~:’~ ~’f ~.,;~ the suo~ort~ and ~J~ctive participat~:~ of @Svernments.,.acll[tate thep~o" ~,,,~,~"~ .... and

Si~ilarly, the ~: , .~-:’L~.on for country progra~aes ~,~ould ~: "

app~oval by the :’~i~:::cil of country p[ogrammes and migBt ~;e4uce operational cus~s.

that furthe~ c.:: :~:~C:~:;~tiOn 9br~uld be given ~°o ~:he que~3t~on :~< convening a ~:pec~al

~{~eeting of ~.he. ":oxxcil ~n Feb~u~y I~,~3.

54. His delc{~£:tion fully endorsed the A<~m~.ni,~t~:ator ’,~~ vg~ews on pre-inve~:h~’~ent

activities, co3t,~ined in document DP/521, pars<~aphs 33-36, ’fhe ultimate 4ecision

on how to use ~:{DP resources for 4evelo~>/~:ent ~:ested ~ th Govern~nentsl U~DP was ~’;ot acapltal-financing institution or a body in cha£ge of 2):oject app,:oval for ~;ubn~{:::~:on

to financial in~stitutions.

55. With ’resp~:ct to the future contributions of countries ~[th a ~ser ca~a_ Gi{P of

over 81,500, he wished to stress that decision 80/30, pa~:’o.giT;~.ph 6 (e), did not~:~},~t the increasedaffect the vo!unta~y nature of contr~out..ons to []NDP, a~%d "’ ~

....... ~ c ......sidered within thefin<ncial buJ:<~en for the medium-inco~i~e countries ,~h,,]Id ~e ~ .......perspective of increased financial support, at ac<x::i:~tab!e levels, for UNDP f~o~ ~he

industr~allzed countries¯ The expansion of cost-sha~ing financial modalities ;::~st

be taken into account within the over-all framework of thoEse countries’ fln&r~cialparticipation in D£~OP activities.

m { _ _ .56. His Ge].~g{~,tion reco~,@nded ~i?p~oval of the c~>u~",t;:y }:~:<,~;:~:~s,es :~ub~litted ~:(~{; t:he

Council’s consider:at!on and strongly recQi~mended the £~:v~sic, n of Guinea ’~B[ss~,u’s i~’~

so that it 9~ould ~each levels more compatible with the ~’i{:.~ :so£ that country° Yt ~:~s

the duty of all Governments represented in the Council to p~:ovide the administ~at[on

with the means required to carry out ~ts tasks effegtively ~d to reach the ta~getswhich the Council itself had set. ~{e was confident d~at ~},’< Cs~ncil ~o,,~].~ live ,~p

tO the expect~<.~,ns of the deve!o~g world. Th:c©~gh t<:~c~;[~c~;l c@,-cQera~ io~%~

establishment of a new international econcx~ic order v:©~Id be f~0£the~$ed, and :o~, ,,, sthe instrument ~¢hlch should be used to tackle effectively sc~e of the most se~io~s

problems confronting the developing ~:orld.

57. .................................. [~r. SC~Z~{~D (~%~:~:t~ia) said that h~s :o~*~trv,., ~ ,--~%t~n~:,~;~:] .......... io ~%;~;d UNDP as ,~:~

single most ~:q.-o~t,:;,nt channel for technical .~es~;:ance to ~e!oping countries a~’~das a co-ordinating agency with a heavy responsibility for : s~ntaining the co59~;ence

of the development effort of the whole United Nations system. His delegation wasdeeply concerned about the recent atte~i,pts to tear aport the United Nations systemof technical co-operation by denying UI~P its central role. The malntenat~ce of the

system was ~n ~:he i~terests of developing and c~eve!oped cot~t~’ies alike, a~d ~;~,sdelegation believed in the viability of such a unified, effective and act~on-

oriented system.

58. Conseque~tly, the establishmest of r~ew ~u.:d~ng mechanisms in the field of

technical a£s~.~,t~,.~ce should be app~:o~ched w..rn caution. Certair~ly, cempe!l~ng

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in the spirit of the acceh,.:~d principle of ::~rliw:,~4"~l~L’y. 1,~aturaily, all those

measures would ".’~ave Ro be accompanied by n=’,,~ ~,<<s on the part of tra~ztronal

con t r i b~ to r s.

61. With ~:~sf:,~.,’;t ’to t}~a immediate guidel~ne~ for the ~.:antinuation of Ui:,~DP’s ~4ork

and its administrative h£:,%dling, the basic decisions taken in resolution 80/30~hc~’,i]d be upheld It ,-’~s mot yet n~,c’e:-::,-~:~v t.o in~ro¢]uce the l~,nc, ar c~ts provided

for in that ~ c.{~i©n {poe the full ~xt<-nt of ~" --, " I’ ~ ~ "~

a cycle could only he co£rectiy ...... e:~.s~3 to",.xrds the end of ,..he psriod. On the,4

other hand, f,)r¢...,e ...... )!e expenditures had to be kept within the ]im.{.ts of fore~i<~eab!e

resources. In order to maintain the high l~’~el of services expected while at one

same time s;~tisfying exlstJ.ng rules and m%gu.lations which ensured a sound fihan<-ial

basis for ~,>~wa~.d p]a~ming, his delegat.{c~n suggested 1:hat for 1982, 20 per cent of

the iPFs establ.!shed on the basis of reso] ~tion 80/30 ~*d~ould be held in abeyance as

long as the current financial constraints continued. That margin of secu~:Ity could

be reduced to 10 per cent for 1983, and full programme implementation could be

projected for 1984. His delegation was convinced that such a temporacy re<°~ucczJn ofexpenditures w~ald not ’~’~,..,:~.ve any serious repercussions on the prograK, me’s real

value. Yn connexion w:[th the added res[~..,:,,,:b~]’t{es .............. the administratio~ would :",.,.~ce_, " ~ irein carrying out ~pach a gradual freeing of ¯r,::sou~:ces, his de1<gat~on ....... -~]-.~9

.~_ careful c~isi<~eration to <~2~e Canadian proposal concerning a more tho~otH;h mo;)itoringof progra~B~e imp!e~entation through more freque;)t meetings of the P,p..dget ,.a~d },~_~.>’~>ce

Comm i t tee.

62. He pl<,,:o.ged hi:: ,<-r,u~ <y’s ,{R~k,port for all ~,<= ware/-¯..oct{rig ~< m,:;, ro~*’]isLic

approaches wn’~_ch would ,. :.~,u,~e D~at UNDP f,’,,~c-t~on,::-.~ in the sevv~:ce" of ’ch:~ Jv:vcq.op[ng~- countries.

63. Mrs. GONTHIER (Observer for Seychelles) said that her country co:~tinued

require substanti~l fin~.~cial, technical and econc~dc assistance, but unfortunately,

the measures ai:~,~ed at i~creasing such a~!~si~tr;’,c-~ pro~,ided for in c~e~ral A~semb!y~solution 34/126 h~d ,-~ot b<.:en implemente~, l:er ceo~ta C~P was not ~ {~cce,,.;-tsble

basis for comparing small and often isolated island States with conti;~ental

countries. The GNP fa{!ed to reflect the disdadvantages faced by Seychelles and

other island develoFi~g countries such as li:eited Ropulation, remote ]<~:’,~;t~on, lackof res<>urro~s and sk~,~]~:< , ~ cr:i:~onnel, an u;i,.qlv,=~v<:,fi~::d eco~’H::.~y and ao’.-~_:-:~’:t:}re,

<ver..deL__:dence on ~¯<,,-r’:,-<, <¯r.,d transport~_tlo~ i- "b3¯tms-

64. Severe econfm’..ic constraints had forc~ ~-, ....... *~c._-]-_..,e!.,._s tO close two of }ts threediplomatic embassies in the previous year. Priority was being given to trying todev.~lop a diversified economy a~d providing ~e~:~-n+ health care, l ............ .~ :q~d

education.,_or: the ,’~-~r ~,~ i~¢..,r ~elegAtion rccu.: ::t,¯d +’~at the Cou~Jc~! -’-’" tbecriteria for IPEs in the case of small is] ..::d developing countries x_.-- Lo ~i~,d

eonc<ete ways and means of helping ’ ;,;"~.. ~,-~ ~:.~ with small popul ..... _,~.,~. had

been e~ected_ that the third cycle IPFs for countries with a per c~°’-~e~’~:,.a (R~P below$~000 would be larger than the second cycle IPF; however, in the case <,~ the

Seychelles, the third cycle IPF was 70 per cent less in real terms. %~!~]e the

5.-~-~b-.~lles GNP figure was relatively high by third ’~.’~;i(] sta~>:~ards, ~ ~s -~::_gely

artific~a! and failed to take account of thec~-"~-*-cry’s economic vu!ne~:~b~lity and

r6m~teness. A high ::; t ’~te population <end other factc~:s te~%ded to inflate the

figure; thus, not fi~::: but the specifics of the country’s situation should be

65. Her country’s ~.e~o~:c~,~s were scarce, and UNDP assistance was dec]ining in real

terms, while the cost of i;.r~plementlng projects was cousta~l:ly rising. Her

de!egeation was req~:~::t;7::?9 that a jl~st and acceptable b~:sFs be u~;ed t:,:hen am~:~ll ex~-~d

J,~olated island Stat,<s ~ :::,~e co~:qpa~:esd with ,’:’<~ntJne~tal countries, She hoped ~;l~at

that request would be giv<:n serious consideration. .J"

66. Mr. KOLBY (Nor~,y) aaid that, in his J,r:~tro~uction, the A~gmlni,~:~trator h~Jd

~->ointed out that the ~eFsi’)~.~:ctives for the deve~oplng co~unt~;’~es ~ere ~arker ~h~n eger

her,re. Although during the 1970s most developing cot~:nt~Jes h~d co~;~e very close to

achieving the "~= ~ }~;~:ions target of an anr~ual 6 [.~r cent 9~o~th in GNP for {.:.he

Second Development D~:cade, at the end of three (~ecades of international action

d<voted to social and ~conomlc progress, there had been a £~:amatlc increase in the

gap between rich and poor ~ations and, at the s~me time, g~;o~;Ing disparities between

the low,-~ncome cour, t~’ies and the rest of the developing g~;°o!},p. Cucrently, more

people were livJ~g ~.~l <b~o!ute poverty than at the beglr~:!~g of the 1970s. The debt}~u.~-cL...~n of developing ~ount~;’ies had ~nc~eased d,~mafi~cally, .;~nc] a ~i~h~ber of them,

esZ~ecially in Africa, were faced ~i[~h serious fc~od short.~ i<~a.

67. In that situatgon , ~+hich called for b~)]od initiatives, the eo}c~:ent standstill in

the };o~;th-South dialogue a~d the atal,<~ ~- .to in the prepa~:at~c,,s [<.~: global

ne~gotiations were all the moi’e disquieting. His ~-ove~n~’~ent L~d on ~everal occasion, s

sln:essed the importance of an early launching of the global ~}egot~;~:tloqs, and be

hoped that the forthcoming sum~it in Ottawa would bring new l~om.;~ntum to that

process.

68. A major issue in the global negotlatlons would be the t~r~sf< ~: of resources

f~o~n rich to p~gr countries. The ini-<rr~::~io~al target for offlc:~aZ ~h~ve!opment

as~{istance for the Second Develo[~ent D:=cade had been set at 0.7 ~:~ ~ c~nt. Thetarget had been reiterated and strengthened through the establlsbT:ent of a time-

frame for its attainment in the new International Develop-~ent Etrategy. His

covernment fully sv:pp<>~te~ the target as %~ell as the new 1 p~F <~t ~et to be

-<:ached as soon as Z- " le thereafter. As c:~e of fou:¢ dev~:~ : o: <~u:;t~es, Norvay

had al~:eady reached :-[ ~t target.

69. Over the years, Vorvay had channelled a large share of its ODA to the United

Nations system through ~P. He reiterated his Government’s support for %HCDP as the

central funding, p]s:~r~hG and co-ordinatlng United Wat~ons organs for technical

~ssistance.

70. In view of the increased need for technical assistance to developing countries,

it was regrettable that the Governing Council was faced with a critical short-fall

in anticipated resources, particularly since all Member States seemed to acknowledgethat U}~P was indeed a unique progrm~me. It was universal in character and provided

assistance to mor~ than 150 nations and territories, in full partnership and

co-operatlon withthe developing countries.

~!, ~: qcve~,:<ent a’,~ ,ed ~,p,<~c.{a]. ~n,~:,->~:t~-~nce to DNDP’s a~!~[y Lo ~eslw~nd to the

cha~’i,~.{ng neighs of ~evei,~?~n’,g cou)~t:<i;:~s. ’i:he allocation of r<!--:::::~es for the th~:d

ch, cle as set out in c~i-.i~on 80./30 ~.~<;~<:~ ly put emphasis on ~’ < u~:~%nt needs of the

kK~L countries, an~ hi,~ Gcve~n~ ~:~t ......~p?<~rted the al.~oc~t:’-,,’,, C<>:<.<,~ula in that

<~ <~ ci s :[ on. "

72. In the thi~:’d p~:o:~:ca~~i’~..~<’g c~:.~d.e, <,~ :~ :~.<u],af ;,.t::e~’~tlen ~,c:~1:~ be given to the<.:>~e of w~:,en in the ~>,,r~<-,,-,,.<)-,~t f,~:oc<~ss ’i:ime &nd monc, y -:~ 5~’~ o"i

c~:eat]ng s{~!aried employm<~;topp:>~tu~::i:::s for "" " ~.~.s

pco~est groups in developing countries.

73. With inflation rates and curre;~cy f~_uctuations, the annual ~:o~th tar%,.,t of

14 p~r cent for the thi~:d pnog.t:~:;~mi~’~.g cycle a<~opted in deci,<~ion 80/30 might te ,<~. <-~~ts a minimu~ to ensure the momentum of {:he programme. In the !].%ht of <-u~ ~:,,.nt

indications from major doi)or countries, that g~owth target appea~ed unr.e~llst~c.

’?cce~t figures presented by the Adz~Inlstrator indicated that the planned progi’amme~,els £.or 198~ and 1983 might have to be reduced considerably, unless the resource

.... *,.. ,, :%s ituati,:<n i~,~p;:’c-~,ed northly. In the ,~,~<.~c!~.:,.., U%~DP’S fi~,.~~’~clal ~:~l~:nn.[Dg must be

~.~,~,#-d on ~ea!istic P~o<.j~:’,P:,"~°~g levels. ’fhe pcop:~cts (:e~-Lf~:’o~ti~,g the programme were

d~tu~:bing. The slt~tion ca!IE~d :C,’)r a f~,nk and cons;Tuctive ~>’:c~i,::~ige of views

a~,.o;)g all 4elegations.

74. vo<~y, tog{~tL~;r ,i~:h o<:her ",:To~’<~ic countries, had fo~: y~::a~s been a,:~ong the(

... ,,.~ ~~<.y~ ]~.:::°[~g :°~’,~ last years of th0: s c,j)Id uk.<;~e, t;,.~ ,:<:.:<d~,c

c~>unt~]es had c,ont~~>’,:,~ed ~.?.~;:;.y 30 i~.,r ce~t of the total ~;.,;o: ~.ccs of iJJDP. If the

growth target for the thi~:d c~,cle ".,.’as to be reached, it ~,:~ald be nec<s~;:y for ’~--’.<~:’e

countries to contribute a~ increased share of their ODA to UNDP and for mo~ecountries to become net co~H~rihutors. It was evident that a number of developed

i[~u[tria!ized countries cgu!,] contribute more. His delegation agreed with Ca~ada

";:b~t the focus of ~’he ~..,~!~ :<;-,::~t~:.u~ s . - -<:c:~:::~=~t~:ated on a limit<~l ’:2::c"i? of d,--,~’:~~s ~,’ho trudltlo"~;~l]y b~:td [.>~ne ~’le <]<{:.:.tt >~!k

of the U~{DP financial [:-~.~:~n. In that <;onnexion, it was ~elevant to focus .~t~-{~<~..ionhad received f~:omon the 6,irect benefits ......

g number of industrialized count~:i~t~;

t,,e prog,,:amme as suppx~’-~ ,~,~: of gooss and services. There v~,ts clearly a need for a

....... " the 1970+ .....

*’heC m~e~ ~us establishing 0<~<% ~< ~- ~ c~ntral technical a~ig~t~:~:~a o~gan within thethe nu~ber of

.... .~y,~ ,., . =,.~ ,R_::~.,. :~°~,ent was therefore coDcerned about

;.~<~< ~=5~.:dal ~u~d~ ~hich ~.:::~ ::~<-~?-~ been established within the United Nations

:3 ...... ~" Whe ~~et ,--.:.,~!-:- "" ~: f~ ~,entatio n of %:he ~:c::~.<~,.:<,:c:~s available to U+{~DP

,- ’ d "ncrease~ administra ~: ~ ..... :osts. That~.:,~°y.~ tO the United ~.:at-,,,:u --..-.: .... <.~ "-

"# --tion of r~,~ ~ds , .....{..7 ~,,- ~-,--,tr, ntial resource basis fo’~ ’01’:,"DP a’nd the

~esoU~ces e.vai!.able to the ~::Civb~ual developing countries through their IFFs. He

hcped that the pro]iferat~e-~ of n, ew funds would not continue, but if such funds were-~" ]~tered by UNDP, and fu~s ~lread~y entrusted to

c.,~:tabl.{.~})e~, they sho~’.]d be ~,.~,=n .....O~bP s<,:.-~Id be as c!os, eiy ~n%u,~,~,,ted in the country p.:Ogr~.~.:"~.~’:~g process as

po~,sibie. His Gove~:nment ,-?’.s ~ike~:ise concerned about t’-.~e t,[:n¢]ency of. bodies

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~Iready u~der the O~¢bP u<,~rella to s~ek i~c~:ased ~.~to~(~y, ~.~nd ~=<~~Id like to see

that tl~cnd rcvcr~d. !T~DP ~hou!d al~o baue a c~’,~i~! ~o!e in tT~e f©l!ow-up of the

United Nations Conference on New and .%%enewab!e Co~,~:<~es of Energy and the UnitedNations Conference on the Least-Developed Countries.

76. U£{0P’s pcoposed s~p~,!c.~,~entary budget ~<=o~}’td {~’~c~m~;~se the ratio of adm~ist~c~tive

costs in ~elation to p~og~amme e>~enditu~es ~,~,~ ~,d the level that :,<:~s e~cc,ept~ble to

his 4elegation. If th~ total re~cu~ces of U?<<~P ~ ~:e not increasing in ~eal te~’es,

the administrative exi~er~iture ~hould not [Dc~,~!~e. At a time when Go vc~in~ents,o~,J.ng to financial const~eints, had to set a ceiling on [c, osts and staffing ~;nd on

ad~inist~ative bu4gets, it was not possible to ~uc~pt a larger increase of ,’~taff in

an organization financed by taxF~yers’ money.

77. In view of the great cost of the field offices and the general services which

they rendered to the United Nations system as a whole, the possibility of hav]~ng

part of the cost financed through the regular budget of the United Nations and the

United l~ations institutic~s making use of those services should be ex’p!o~ed.

78. His Government was <©ncerned about t]’~e ~,"~,~,<~<~,y~,-~ ,’ of a number ofoe~:~ ....... U~’~ited

Nations bodies to i~cr<~ase their field repnesentatlons. That quite often ten,’~ed to

duplicate a function ~,hich could and should be performed by the Ui~DP [es~.~ent

~epresentative. The fie~<d representations were extre~ely costly ~nd ,~,~ ] g~;~atly

to the adm~nist~:’~tive ::-’:~!i::~ of the United~,<~"~,..~ symptom, ~.~n~ ~- a tim,~ ~i~n ,~c:<~rces

for technical ~ ...... " ~oe sho~ing ,~c °’~ ’ ~" <~:~d~ct~on

in real terms.

79. His delegation noted with interest ~2~e proposal m~de by Canada for lw.~v~ng

quarterly meetings of the Dudget and Finance C~mittee. More frequent contacts

between the ~dministra~o~2 c.><~d Gover~ments ,~¢<~re of special impo;~ta~%c~ in tLe

difficult’financial ~Tit’~; ~ Lion facing E~DP.

80. Mr. DADZIE (Director-G~neral for Develo~_ent and International Eco~.~o~dc

Co-operation) ssid that the %~orld economy was, and had been for soma t_~me~ in

state of acute disequil~’~’~m~0.,.~,. There was deeD. co~cern about the ,~"b~y,~.,~ of ~he

int~-~n: n~ tiOn~l econc>:~[ < ~,~:~’,i~em to resolve the .~<:~lt~ p!e ~:nd i~,~ter 1<:~,~! o ~ ..... ’ ~ ~ ¯,~ ~ thatcu~_~rently b~’_~et it a~d to ~ut .{~n place a viable p~ocess of inte~-~<~-.~.~_~_~i

development. Rq%ose c,’].,-c,e~:~’~s should not give rise to 6efeatism. R~t~e,~:= <:~yconfirmed the-historic n{:cessity of fashionsing new patterns of Inte~at~o;~alco-operation to resolve ~ cr.... e isis of the world economy, impartinga=-~;.<~sn" ~c,~ntt~ to

the gro~th process a~;~d r~pi@ly ~8.apting ztructur~l ~e!atlonships so as to ,-cc<.lerate

the " .... " -’~ ~ " . ~=’,:~:~ <.<.~,,~:ht~ n ~ ....c~,,~opm~,nt of the ccvelopzng countries ................ i inteY~n_:~ ...... <<>o,~-~o~,,,[c

relations in recent }’ears had fallen considerably short of those objective;so The

focus had shifted fr¢~ bold changes to "crisis management", co~%~prising ad hoc

remedies and palliatives applied to various s!mlptoms of the underlying str~ctural

malsdjustments. In s~e crucial fields, including money and finance, ........ ,~~,~ion ofthe put, chasing power of 4eve!eping country exports and access tom~,~-~-’"~,~=t~ t~"

pr~ ....... ~ of change w~s at an early stage. ~4ost develcoing countries %~e~e <till

~-~o~-~.~.,.~.y and fin~ncJ;;~] i~-~t~fi~tlons and a nu;:ibc~r of .... -" ........ ¯ ............ ̄ - ’. .... . .... <.~:~j,.,s’~. ,~.:..,~.s in their .~,

oper.~tions. A measu~e of p~;ogress had also been regi:~;i-~red J.n vega~°d to the ~r~les

of the game" governing bebaviour in certain markets. Sc,.~e ~’~ew institutions

i~t’oviding for more equitable participation by developing c.ountr~.es -- notably IFAD

~nd the Common Fund -- had been establi!~h~d to deal with p~::oblems of particular

concern to developing count).’ies.

82. There was a wide, but regrettably not yet universal, appreciation of the need

for an external env~rom-~ent that was fully supportive of the ~ational and collectiveeffo~.’ts of developing countries. The strategy of collective self-.-rel~.ance as a

i’.~.~,~ns of accele~:ai:.J..~g ~’he develop~’~ent of ~<;ve].opi~ count~:~es ar~,d ,~ontr_ibutir~g to

<.be est:~:4_~!i~hm~nt of ’tLe n<~w int~,,£national eco~o~’~ic o[’de£ h~d ~’ec~ived iml~)~:t~nt-~:~t,.~.~_d of the r~ature of~- b’~petus in recent ~’~o~,_%s. A better under°stranding }tad been , "~- "{ .....

the develop~t~ent proc~ss and of the ultimate aim of develov’:[ent, [ ......... ly, the constant

i~0[3~’ove;z%ent of the roll-,being of the entire population on the ’:~-,-is of its full

pa~,.~c~.pation in the D~;oc~.~;;.s of develo/.~0.-nt and the fair d~-,~-: ~b~-.h’~.~ of thet~e.... ,’. " ,,-<-,,, . . ...... of non--c~,pJ_tal

....... { ’ ",. ofsources Of growt/~, ~Ju~:~h ~.s hu~i~.n ~esou~ce ~evelop~4ent, and t~;fL~ ........ ~ ~se

productive resources, which were the £ai~on d’etre of the te<..~,~,,~<.,;~, co--o[~eration a;’~d

related operational activities of the United Nations system.

83. It was in that context that multilate~:°al technical co-o?~rsticn ~:,:cqu!red itsOCVe’to~> ","~, <~O~’~flt:~."ie.S tO~:~:o~er v~lue, for it sought to st£e~gt;~n [:he c~,zpaclty of "

~tt~,~J.n their develop~uent goals through i[,~puow~;,~ents in the av~%~.~..~.~.<ity or u,’~e of

hu.~o~:an, material and financial resources.

84. f/~P had fashior~ed a capacity to evolve constructively in %e~:p..~nse to changing

,4:~.,: ~s and perceptions. ~be Governing Council It~.elf had be.on ~t tL,.~: foi:’efront of

t}w.~:t i~aginative e~f~:,ct ~.o develop new approacLes to tecLnic~:l c:i-c’:~’~:Jcion from the

!e~ssons of experie~~ce. [~he 1970 Consensus, reflecting the p£’~~ci[,F_e of each

country’s right to determine its own path to 6evelop:~ent, had affir;z:ed the

prerogative of deve!op~ng countries to make their own choices regading the

allocation of UNDP resources placed at their d~s?~osal. Five years later, theGoverning Council }~,~ ~<~e~~d that multi!steral tecb.~icai co-o[~,%};~tJ.on ~’-hou!d

thereafter be oriented towards the exclusive objective of the n~;tional and

collective self-rel~ance of developing countries. The previous yeer, the Council

had adopted a decision on the allocation of UNDP resources for the forthcomingprogramming cycle that was pregnant with implications for the future of the

programme as a ~o!e. [~DP provided developing countries with opportunities top.~ticipate in a ~ni%ue International partne~-;hip for develop;~e~t, it had benefited

f~om the active part~clpgtion and technical support of the organizations of the

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(Mr. Dadzie)

Un i t’.{~,d ...... "....... ~.ons system, ~2articularly the specialized agencle~, . .....~ <,~th its~’.ter.,u~v~ net-~ork of field offices, ~DP had enhanced the co~t.,’ibdL~on of the system

at the co~at~.y level <..~d ~-ov~d~,~~ ~ ...... ~,~ v~]uable ;~.~;sistance to G,~, ~.<-.~:ts in the ta,~k of

co’-©rdir~ating external ass~ ’ .....

Rb. With ~:eg,:rd to ~’.<~o ~.Tir~e and !>.~,si~ :-¢~t L"P b<d:n~’~en th:~ ,’-°" : of deve].opj~,g

<:",u:0t~:’ies and the resources av.:i.l~.~ble for ~}-.~ ope.~fatlonal ~.::’, :~.~Ji:~es of ’ ,,<t:~.: . Ur:~ tedI::~:.<~’::~... . :system, it had been no a.c:<:,:nte " " ""’u:,at" ::he ~eneral A~s::~,,b:y, in definir~g ::he

over--all objectives for the ~estructuring of those actlqitie~, h:’;d given pride ofp].aee to d:e need for a real increase in the flow of r ......

,.~.e.,ourc,.,.,. for ,..t ch actfu~t.feson a p~edictable, continuous and assured be:sisThe "<~ <.¯ ~.,:,,:..u_ of Lhe adaq~n:cy of

resources, along with the intimate]y related p~oblems of eff:;c.ier~cy and

effectiveness, had been central- themes of the comprehensive policy review of

o~erational activities undertaken by the General Assembly at J ts thirty-fifthsession.

86. The figure ;:~’do~>ted.. ~ .. by the Go’~:ernJng Council in 1980 for [’.he purposes of fort,a~’d

planning ~:epresented, ~n his view, the max]mtm~ increase that ~o~].d enable UNDP to

:a:".i~%tain its programme in real tee’ms and to enhance its re~:,:~-,’,<~e to tAe urgent

~.--~ ................. of developing count~-ies for multi].ateral technical co-operation.Without a considerable real increase in resources for the o[:~ational activities ofthe Unit~<~ Nations system, on a p~edic..":ab].e, continuous ~nd ,-- <~-,,.d I-).~.~is, I Ji.~DP’s

PO~,"’arti;~! ’~,:o::Id tenrain un:~e;:~tJl{zed.

87. The fundamental p~:oblem of L*econciling short-term uncerta~nt{es with long---t:...z.mdemands through the int~:oduction of more permanent arrangements for the ,financing of

UNDP appeared no nearer solution. As a first step in that direction, the General

...... =,mb_~y had urged all co:.~nt~;i::s that were able to do so to i~dicate, while making

their D!e£r~es, their n~obab]e c?~~t~butions to the system’s ooerational activit{~.,~]

for ~,z~,<~i:!:,:~ent for a m<:ik-~y~::~? ->~-:’ic>£. }L-c.wever, fundamental imoovements would ’ ’ .~to be "::ought in the way in :<%~zcn ’,."~:{op was financed, in order to enable it to ensure

predictable and assured te.:b:~ic~i co-operation flows to developi.~:g countries insup:>ert of their deve!o<:~-,:~ °,t ,’,., ..... ~"’"~s

.......... or s appeal I.:o b:.:~,, ~,."ve the basis of

]°~:e-’q’:cisi:’n’ ,~<~opt,.-d by L::’~ ’:<’~-’.<:-~! :n ].980. He hoped that all <~::nor countries,

~.<~czeu~arly those 4-,v~c,~.~< " ies....... =~- c;_,t,~:u: whose over-all performance was notccm:ei~surate with their capacj.[y, would make greater efforts to meet the targets towhich they themselves had prevlo:.,sly subscribed. However, the :[mr~ediate situation

facin~ .... ~ U~DP.~ could not be ,~".’= .............. :_ore "~h~.~ serious problems <:o:-’, f~.,-:,nting otherd~v~.~,... :.,,~ cc-o~:>eration o"- ... .re;is of the system¯ The~e --.:e.~:e signs that the

trend towa;-ds multi!atera]icm :;ez:ceptible during the 1970s might now be halted orreversed in the direction of b-±ateralism.J’ If current policies continued, the

prospects for significantly er/~a,a~ed official development assistence flows as a

},,hole, in which U~DP might be .~...~..,-.-~’-. .....~"ed to share, would be prone to increasinguocertainty.

/ .

.Q.

G ,\ ~ r,..~. ~ . ; : ’,.;;-dies. P:c’og<c’.mme evaluation ,.o ........ ~ c.n b~:oad

:5<~ct©~al or lnt~,~r,’.:a<.,~,a, ¯ -.~es of op~ gational concet’n - a;.’.d cv.a!{~:~,,;:ion of

[n~ivid,~al projects .... ~’,j ,m~d<’cta!::en co]laboratively Ivy the Cc\,-,-i,}:~tmentst,~o,:,eco~’xce~~ed, the agenci .i ’~:°"" and continued efforts were to be matte in ’

,...<,, oc.(~k eva]~atJ~>~]r~ :i.:~-~e c Lions, par ticu ];~ ~- .... t:.:’c<~.~n the dive. !oDment {of ~.east]~:es to e....~ ~.-ree:t~!ts into progc~y<-:Y:S:o :~-,?v>rt:heless, the C::~,,.c~:al A~:..,,.’~embI.y ~.,. ~.ts tb,.;:ty.-.-fi,,_h

se,:,~.ion had i~,vited-., ]_ ,,c%~n~.za,.ions of the United tqati<,ns :%,~tem to c>.~.ve]o~,=&nlnlsu~.~tkve and other support::>~ecific reco~mDendaticns o[% m<~asures to £educe ’ ’ " ’ .... ’

costs and to achieve maxJmvml harmonization of admininistrative, financial,

bu<~getat’y, personnel and plaything procedures and to improve ,)~.’oject p~:,)ce ’~ ..... .

92. So far as the co.-o~.’dination of operational activities at the ,:c,mtry level was

concerned, one major d~_w.~Iot;ment over the past year had been the comJ.ng into effectof the new system of ~[ie].d representation through resident co-o[’dinatot’s acting for

the United Nations system as a whole. Pursuant to the understandings reached by the

C’~,~e~al Assembly, tho~;e ~es-ident co-ordinators were to prc~ote at the country level,

~:,hd ;n accocdance with the objectives and priorities of the Gc-ver:nm<!~nt concerned,

~,<pvoved coherence of ac.t:’on and the effective integration of the vat’ious sectoral

i~,puts from the orga~i’..{;-~tio~’~s of the United Nations system. To that e~’~d, the

:ces~7=nt co-ordinators %:ere to under’take over-a].l ~esponsibility fo~, and

eo..-,o~_dination of, o2erati©nal activities for development ca~:’r~..--,~ ,~qt .It the c<>~.mtry

level. ~.~ey wo:~Id ~]_:::o c~:c.<’cis~e team leadership and evolve ..... - v,c;-Y(try level a~{~:~].:5~:scip!inary d]~,~en,tion in the .>~ecto~cal deve].oE~ei~t ~::~{.~.._~...~e ]c;-.~"~0es og Lhe

Un. ited },’ations :~h’ tern. Resident co.-o!-di~ators were to act ~0h,,..-.)Z.y ~ ~~:",f}let~J.y in

confom~ity with the c,::ite}:ia and prio~:ities established by the c~.:.y:[..c->t ~.at.[c~~alauthorities and were to support the Government in shouldering th< ,::o-,>~:dinationresponsibilities of that Government to the extent requested by the <.c petulant

r,a tional author ities.

. ’ t~_,c.t. ...x . U!qDP re.~2.; ?n ~ ~’ t!ve <.’3t.~l.d93 The agreed arrangemen~:s p.~-ovided ’"~"- "he ~’" { "

, e-,-,. - >,- -. ]d,’.,ox:m~lly be designated resident co-ordi,°,ator so that the officie, t ...... ~ .......;,ed wou

have two functions - that of resident representative of UNDP, in *-c]~ich capacity he..... :.:.t cc-o~°~ina tor,was directly responsible {:o the Administrator, and that of ::es:{~’ ’~,

’~"h::ch capacity he h~d l’n:c:.~:d .-’:~nd general re~ponsibi!it~es a~~<t <_,:_~ ,.,:.-,’.’,-:’!~tien func"’~o’~

on ..... .,,~..f of one sy ~i-., as a ~;.qoze. The At{..;ombly l-ad elv3 d;> ,..: ".- J ~: the m~qd_.Us_

<7-.Y- .......[~!~! of {he resi<~e~t <.-o--ordinator should not ~.~.-ect .re.~.on.~<:.n.. b. ;. g~:nGovernments and indi~idua! organizations of the United Nations s~st~m~ or the direct

c ........ *,un~ct~on between the representatives of thoselines of activities and ~ ...... " "organizations at the country level and their own e,-:<.cutive heads. ~<~ .~suob!ishm_nt

of ~[’,~ ..... 7~ew syst?~.m o[ ~°~:-::"...~,,_,~ co-ordinalors h<.d., teen ~:]u~’sued~ in ~ ~,_ .~"" ~ ::it’._boratic, n,~:i. th UN~P and in c<<: c~. .~: c.n v,"ith the organizations of the Unit<.a i.’;~ *~ ..... ~-<,~<.., ,o sys’~.G!tl ~S

a whole So far ,-~,:~.,:..~ ~-" ~<zs’:.dent co-ordinators had been desz~na~:a by the

Secretary-General, with the consent of the Governments concerned and the fullco-operation of the Ag~!ini,~trator.

94 In conclusion, ’. i:.Sd a tribute to the co~’~si~ant efforts of ~.c-~n up~der I:~:,~

very able leadership ~. <.he A,~ministrator, to improve its effective~-~ess a’~d, r~,~’~ove

all, to enhance its ~:elc-vaT~ce.

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94. K:o ff!N:OUT.TN (Obsc~rver for De~,c>crp{-~c p:ampuchea) commended ¯ o]-.<:~ the results

;.,~ .,-:....~-d .:n ~ts activit;;es aimed at a,~:sisting the dcveloping <,.~< :{ ~’~_<s to improve

-h~: ::,; r,<:~,,:d of living of their peo~ ...... s.

, .~ =~sionists of Har~oi,}i:,. ......,_’4~ng the invas::on of his couhtry by the Vietnamese

z~d h~d .... .~:-;,~,{p~ted in ].980 inbNOP :.,~:..~ r~s:0ponded to the S:.~cr~=L~.tL{.o-C<~ ~r,~]-’s appeal<he [~ e~:hatio~a! emer,~N~<;h’ ’ lief op:{~{t"<&1 For the people ~[: :<:~p~chea. That:.bo:,o:..d "~ ~’ desire of UNDP a<<d :ts Adm’~[ ~:<;i> ~:or to contribuhe to the <{truggle fo~

su~v~.,~al uf the people and nation o~! K-.,~ ~,..: ...... , ~ .............g

z,.~at ~’antrJ , l~.ke oZt~di,.fi.;d_!t period in thei~ long history Although

, ̄ ..... istance had been largely diverted by the Vieh<~:~~ese invaders aridh[!~l]a Al <aZ Jan assoccupiers .to strengthen their armed forces and the r/gime they bad installed in

Ph,nom Penh at bayonet point, a part of it had nevertheless reauhed the Kemp~ ~heanpopulation. UNDP’S humanitarian assistance to the people of Kampucbea had help<:d :o

save a number of men, women and children from the genocidal crimes of the Vietna;m~se

occupiers and augured well for UNDP’s important future role in the reconstruction of

w;.~m ~<~chea after the eel:tern victory of the valiant struggle of the people.

and97. ;:~:s d<:~]<:gat~on atc~:.~,..~ ~zeat imL w.’t<~’:,ce to agenda item 6, ~Country<ntercountry progra~m;~es ~:qd projects", a~’,d ~:e~retted to see £hat, among the 14

country programmes ir~c]uded, that for the ~{Socialist Republic of Viet }[am", which

ran~:eo’ ’ ~ second in or~er of imo<)~-~ IN:.~’~ce. Since 1975, Viet Nam had received ].a~:ge-,u.cale{.. ",~.c~," ~.., ganizations and from ~<~ny in(]ustrta].l~,.dass[qta;~":e [co’."~ variod.s T;% :: L<~d N.~LIO-%S O:d

~:ounl ~_ i s, H<,~i,]{g,.Ter, _[ st£:---" ,-,q :~q i]..~ ",:~ug -;:h:%t a,<’t;# st:a~’~{’.’e, it;7 .~-~’.;’ ~ ~,~ith nat’[onal

~:’eso~):.::ces, for the ~<_{~s :<:~ctic,n ....,¢ Lheir S.e~,.astated co’~n{~y , ~}d the [mp~<p~<.;..%nt of

the ]_iving conditions of: L]..e_ VJ ,: ........... ~ the Hat’~oi .Rrt]~o~:ities had ,,::iv< .,:ted

them to serve their ~’IndochJ.~.:.se Fe:ieration" strategy and their [>olicy Of agg.,:e.,{~[on

and expansion in South-East ;~{a After the annexation of Laos thorough theso,-ca)_le4 "Treaty of .T, riendP~Q? ;:,r~d Co-operation" of 1977, they had tb~n lauhc~-~ an

a :. co~-~d [nva ;’~_<,n ~ nir~-,~,l invasion of D~,o,:;<~-’t;O :’~ .,r~chea {n 1977, followed b~’D:_~ce:.~ber 19"78 with lazge~.~.c~.1.e ~::---::i:~,tar~ce fr~1~ the Soviet ,-. ,.,~. h’he Viet,~a~ e:.~e

arm~, ~ was the fourth largest in -che world, and all Vietnamese ~,.~tional re:;~o:,.,~:~s ~,d

foreign ~ssistance were being mobilized for the continuation of the aggression

er,,<!~’mt, end occupation of, ~:7=~u,cbea. Almost all the humanitarian assistance{-~- :z<-] <~or the ~:,ople --i: <; ,, :<.~’~a ~.;,ss d~verted to those o :;upyi~g forces. Even

},u ~,~.<:arian a~.s/st~S~ce ":: _. =: -~,<,~.ase p<~ople ~,,~as used . ’. , {!y to maintain t.he

98. That militarization of Viet ;’{am was the principal cause of the reduction of its~-- conditions in Viet Nam ,~ere worse than they ha~

agr’.c<~]Lural production. ~:,: i ~ving

~.-:~::~,, ,~;:’~g {:h~ ~ar~ in ....." ’ ",,:~fore 1975. The number of -;,<]at~,r.~people"

o -~ -3e fleeing famine and forc.t~ ...........nt in the

i’.qcr,:~q~ed mo~-~:dq!y~ ]hc~e ,,~:- .........

H.,.~ ~ ........ i-~,~..-<~ cut by reports in the internes i<:.,%al press.army° ’ 4~- ..~,a,_,:.,~,,ents we.~:e

99. ~ni!e the industrializ~d countries had frozen their bilateral aid to Viet Namuntil it withdrew all its troops from ~ampuchea, in accordance with General Assembl.~

~ , the ~gram~e of assistance to viet Ham wiffhresolutions 34/22 and ~_./6 ’-~’- .- ¯contributions from those count~:ies would short-circuit the[~ policy of peace and

justice. Such a programme ~{od,].d run counter to the current ,~ffo~ts of the Secre’<a~.General of the united Nations ~<nd of all countries which cared for peace and justic

to implement resolution 35./6 and hold an interna~:ional conference on Ha:~:’,p~chea in

order to a~:rive at ~:.n ag~:</-ment on t]~e to~:al w..:",.~,r~’::~wal of Vietnamese troops t.~

Hampuchea and, fol.]_o~:i~g that retye~:.~t, the o~g:.:ri:[’.~c.t:~oa of free elections in

Kampuchea sulm-~rvised by the United V, atio~s, i~., ~d to 1he Hanoi authorities would

only prolong the war being waged [}y Viet ~a£I ;:,bd N]tail thoI~sands of additional

deaths daily in Kamp~chea.

]00. ~}NDP a~sistar~ce prozr~:~mmes were not tied to ,lit:[cal condit:ions, b))t tbat{~

a.ss:[ztance had b~.en given o~’)].y to countries ’~4"dch ~:esfacted the ind~:pc<{dcnce and

territorial ii~tegrity of their aeighbours. Viet~amese regional expansion was a new

historic fact, because it involved a develoi~ing country which had embarked on a

course of neoTimperialism. Should the world close its eyes to the foul crimes ofthe authorities of that e~ansionist country on the pretext of past usage? All

prog~ammes of assistance to Viet Nam would have fatal consequences for the people of

Kasnpuchea and for the efforts of the international ccm~nunity to re-establish peace,

security and stability in the region.

].01. [{is delegation opposed the adoption of any programme of assistance to VJet Nam

so long as that country had ~ot withdrawn all its invasion forces fr~’~ D-.mocratic

Kampuchea in accordance w’.{th [:he relevant resolutions and the Chaa:ter of ~,

-Nations.

].02. He appealed to all <r::~bo:s of the Gow<~r~-~ing C,~.u~cil to have pity s.n t}~7: "~ cp]e

of Kampu~{ea, ~,:hich .:~as <,:.,9:i~g a heroic struggle ~.ct on].y for sur~ival b t /" c~ fo~"the inde[x~ndence of ~iI casn’:~ [,os and for h~t:e~:~m~tional peace and s(:Ru~:itvo ’£:,.-~[.r

_...£~csitive votes on resolution x5/6 had made it L,@:~sib].e to alleviate the suffc~gs

of the people of Kampuchea and ehcourage their j~st struggle, which was cu:~’~!:i~t].y inthe strategic stage Of balar~ce of forces. He appealed to States not to do a:~vthing

that might aggravate or pro?©ng their sufferings a,,r~d i’:~y.>ede the deve!o<<~<eKL -.,f’ ":h~-:.tstruggle, in other words, not to adopt any pro~:a~’~<~ of assistance to v~,,t ~,~,

%N~e meeting rose at l~15~.m.