bility study and arrangements made for their settlement including planning and implementation of programmes of social services such as housing,
education, health and recreation services, markets, etc.;
3. Standards for safety and ventilation and other protective measures
should be set in order to protect workers and communities from such hazards as result from coal dust, toxic fumes, radiation and other pollutants.
VTI. International co-operation in social development
Whereas the guiding principle and basic strategy in the war against
underdevelopment is collective self-reliance,
Whereas it is realized that, individually, African countries lack sufficient resources to deal with crucial dimensions of social development needs such as the training of high-level manpower and the building of a data bank in the fields of science and technology,
Whereas it is recognized that, by reason of their educational prepara tion and training, African development planners tend to prescribe develop ment strategies which are void of their social dimensions and which are
meaningless within the African context, It is, therefore, recommended that *
1. Since no single university can attain excellence in all fields of
training for high-level manpower, some universities shouW, *^* "^
regional pooling of resources, be ^^** te^«^.**^^n^ * hifh-level manpower to meet, even if only modestly, the hinh-level manpower
requirements of countries in the subregion;
each suhre^ion where «*ehol w in
3. The educational and research
ld be
intia rfT^ f effort to promote in^atimaT co-o^r,t,-on
ining of social. Hevelo^-nt nsrso^nei, African fv,vmp,on1-, t
body and i^fomation clearing hon.e
cone K,:thth»^T- ^ tO »"'»'*• ^ eraMe
cone Kith the consider^ e -mH-wrt, resulting fro^ the
^ Afl Gand W the
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424 (XVI)« Vote of thanks to the C
t andof Sierra Leone HV Conferenop p-f Ministers
pp uT to H.E. IV. D.R. <?la.vfl Stevens, TVeSi'^f o^ Si—p
Leone and to t*e Government of S^rra Leonp ff>r their no^t ^.m], boq_pitMity in providing the necessary facilities which have e^ahl od the * Economic Commission for Africa witMn the nast three weeks, to W^ *,,„
important neetin^ in Freeto^, namely, the sixteenth sesJo- o-r
Commission *-d seventh meeting of the Conference of Minsters, ^ «,„
second meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of ^e w,oi e,
Conscious of the fret that the facilities afforded *r ^. M«t ^n-e^n nent of Sierra Leone for holding these two meeting in Freeto,^ *w nrov
a momentous opportunity for the legislative organs of th» Co—"ocVoconsider various a^octs of the economic and social con^tio™ n^ A particularly matters concerned with the imnl mentation o* the L^os
of Action,**/ and to take positive action for the mobm^^on of
Africa s ^1^
of resources
See chapter TTI, nara^ranh 110 above /
tins, the inspiring address of H.E. Dr. Siaka Stevens,
Pre.tlsr3raiS?rLS5^r^ Particularly his penetrating analyse of the flctors needed for the irmi.^enftion of the Lagos Plan of Aetaon,
s its .n-atitv.de to H.E. Dr. Siaka Stevens, President of
2. Benii^ts the E~e^tiv* RecrrtaTT to trmsmt the ^resen^- reso^tior
to the GovpT-nnpTit o* Si prra Leone.
?17th ^eetingt
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FDR. ACTION BT THE ECOHOMXC AMD SOCIAL COUNCIL AND CONSCIENCE OP MINISTERS RESOLDTIONS
/
1. Draft reeolutlon A on new and renewable sources of energy
This resolution, inter alia.urges member States to 1* represented at the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy at the highest level possible and, acting on the basis of the guidelines set out in the regional paper endorsed by the Conference of Ministers to ensure that their views are fully and equitably reflected in the International Declaration or Plan of Action to be drawn by the Conference* It also calls upon the Secretary-General to strengthen the Energy Resources Unit of the Commission and allocate the funds
required for carrying out the various tasks related to the promotion and implementa tion of the Plan*
The financial implications of EGA1 s role as the main general economic and social development oentre within the United Nations system for Africa is elaborated hereunder:
(&) Participation of five staff members at the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy to be held at Nairobi fro* 10 to 21 August 1981
This Conference will be preceded by one week of pre-Conference consultations and it would be important and useful to assist some African countries in all the deliberations* The functions to be performed entail travel costs and subsistence in the amount of IDS 10,000.
(b) Follow-up activities of the United Nations Conference and assistance to African developing countries in identifying projects and the undertaking of executing agency responsibilities
It is well known that the Commission secretariat has never had adequate staff to carry out the operational aspects of its responsibilities; there is a need for a body of core staff to strengthen the Energy Resources Unit so that the latter may assist member States in developing their potential in new and renewable sources of energy*
"US Additional staff resources required * 3 P-4f 1 GS-9 150,000 Consultancy services (annually) • •••••••*•••••• 30,000
Travel (annually) . ... «•••.. 0 ...,., 25,000
' Study tours in China and in India • ••••••••••••• 6*0,000
The total financial commitment is estimated at $US 285,000 between 1 August 1981 and 31 July 1982*
2. Draft resolution C on the implications of General Assembly resolutions 32/197
and 33/202 on restructuring the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system for the regional commissions
This resolution, inter alia, calls upon the Economic and Social Council to request the General Assembly to make available to the Commission the neoessary resources so as to enable it fully to play its role under the authority of the General Assembly and the Fconomic and Social Council as the main general economic and social development centre within the United Nations system for the African region. It also appeals to the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to
decentralize the relevant activities and redeploy the associated manpower and financ ial resources to the secretariat of the Commission as to strengthen the capacity of the secretariat to respond effectively to the growing requests from member
States particularly in relation to the international development strategy for the
Third United Nations Development Decade.
Helping member States to implement the Lagos Plan of Action will be the key task of the Commission over the next several years and will involve all asepcts