Expresses its appreciation to the UNDP for having provided vital assistance to IDEP since its inception and for indicating its positive, reaction

to the recommendations of the Evaluation Mission?

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to all member States to recoguize that the continued existence and success to IDEP, endorsed by all parties concerned, implies a new commitment to their responsibility co IDEP which calls first and foremost for the regular and prompt payment of their contribution;

4. Calls upon all:_ member States therefore to make every effort to pay regularly and promptly their annual assessed contributions and requests those countries which are still in arrears to endeavour to pay these by installment until they are cleared completely in line v;ith ECft. resolution 574 (XXI) and further appeals to the host Government (Senegal) tc fully implement its obligations in the spirit of its Agreement with the Commission;

5* i*gguests, the Governing Council of IDEP to closely, monitor the implementation of the recommendations and in particular those requiring action on the part of IDEP in its annual reviews of the activities of the Institute and to ensure that the new Medium-term Plan of IDEP is approved as soon as possible and is in line witn the recommendations of the Evaluation Mission;

^" Re.quests the Governing Council of IDEP to ensure that its new Medium-term Plan is in line with the recommendations of the Evaluation Mission subject to any relevant modifications tc be made by the Advisory Board of Studies to take appropriate steps to implement cost savings measures recommended by the Evaluation Mission;

7- Further .requests the Governing Council to take all measures to ensure that the Advisory Board of Studies is duly constituted and becomes operational without further delay.

8* BeciM.es.ts, UNO? to provide the necessary assistance over the next five years in line with the recommendations of the Evaluation Mission with particular focus on the establishment of a viable income-generating consultancy service?

9- Requests the UNDP, in view of the fact that the funding of fellowships for training from National IPFs has not been working effectively since its introduction, to seriously consider making provision for fellowships under its future assistance to IDEP for selective/incentive training for activities

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10. Further . cajls on UNDP to ensure the effective monitoring of its future assistance at the country level through the respective UNDP field offices and in this respect also promote greater co-operation between the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa and UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States;

11" Requests the Executive Secretary of ECA to ensure the appropriate follow-up of the recommendations with the UNDP and submit an official request embodied in a project document covering the period of UNDP's Fourth Regional

Programme for Africa;

12. Further re_quests the Executive Secretary of ECA to take appropriate steps to implement those recommendations which call for joint implementation by the United Nations and ECA. In this connection, steps be taken to:

(a) Transfer to IDEP the posts of ECA's staff members currently on assignment to IDEP:

(b) Ensure that appropriate action is taken to present ECOSOC resolution 1985/62 to the UN General Assembly for the provision of regular posts to IDEP?

(c) Follow-up on possible arrangements in the spirit of TCDC to second or assign staff from IDEP's sister institutions in Latin America and Asia to IDEP.

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SUSTAINING AFRICA'S INITIATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE DEEPENING OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGE FOR LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

(EGYPT, GHANA, MOROCCO, SUDAN)

The Conference of Ministers,

Recalling General Assembly resolution S-13/2 - on the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990

(UN-PAASRD! adopted -it the thirteenth special session of the General Assembly,

Recalling also its resolution SS-2/4 adopted at the second extraordinary session of the Commission on the Review and Assessment of the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the Critical Economic Situation

in Africa,

Aware of the need to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the UN-PAAERD so as to ensure that a truely sound foundations laid for recovery and development in Africa as well as the need to assess the real prospects for such recovery and development.

Also aware, of the need to sustain the momentum generated by the special session for the implementation of the programme.

Conscious of the important, role that grass-root and community development play in the development process in Africa,

Also conscious of the need to deepen the understanding of African Governments and the international community on the continent's long-term development challenge,,

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Taking note with appreciation of the initiatives of the Executive Secretary of ECA, the United Nations Steering Committee and the United Nations Intor-Agency Task Force on the Follow-up on the UN-PAAERD at the regional level to organize two international conferences on the UN-PAAERD in 1987, one in Abuja, Nigeria on "Africa? The Challenge of Economic Recovery and Accelerated Development" in collaboration with the OAU and ADB and the other in Libreville, Gabon on "The Human Dimension of Africa's Economic Recovery and Development"

in co-operation with the agencies of the United Nations system.

Also noting with appreciation the willingness of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Gabon to host the two conferences.

Appreciative of the generous financial assistance given to Abuja and Libreville conferences by the United Nations Development Programme and by other governments and donors, particularly the governments of Canada and Sweden and the Ford Foundation,

Further noting that the Government of the Republic of Niger intends to organize a symposium on grass-root development,

1. Welcomes the effort to maintain the momentum generated by the special session and to promote a deepening of the knowledge and understanding of the challenges of long-term development in Africa.;

2» Supports the proposed Abuja and Librsville Conferences?

3O Expresses its gratitude to the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of Gabon for having graciously consented to host both conferences;

4« Commends the Government of the Republic of the Niger for her initiative to organize Niamey Symposium on Grassrcot Development?

5. Urges member States to support and actively participate in the proposed Abuja and Libreville conferences and the Niamey Symposium;

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5. Expresses it gratitude to the United Nations Development Programme and to other governments and donors particularly Canada, Sweden and For Foundation who provided generous financial support for Abuja and Libreville conferences %

7. Calls on the international community and the United Nations system to actively support and participate in the two conferences?

8- Further expresses its appreciation to the Executive Secretary of ECA, the United Nations Steering Committee and the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force for organizing the two conferences;

9. Requests the Executive Secretary of ECA to submit tha reports of Abuja and Libreville conferences and the Niamey symposium to the fourteenth meeting of the ECA Conference of Ministers.

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Strengthening the role of Africa's institutions of higher learning in Africa's economic recovery and development

The Conference of Ministers,

Recalling its resolution 546 (XX) adopted in support of Mbabane Programme of Action on the Response of the African Institutions of Higher Learning to Africa's Rapidly Deteriorating Economic and Social Conditions,,

Conscious of the fundamental role the institutions of higher learning play in providing support to Africa's development efforts, central role the institutions of higher learning play in providing support to Africa's development efforts.

Appreciating the renewed commitment which the institutions of higher learning made to put at the disposal of African Governments their teaching, research and consultancy capabilities for the speedy implementation of Africa'a Priority Programme for Economic Recovery 1986-1990 (APPER) and the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development, 1986-1990 (UN-PAAERD) as contained in the Harare Statement on the Role of the Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa's Recovery and Development in document E/ECA/CM.13/48.

*• Pj-.3§.$ tlie African institutions of higher learning to urgently and effectively implement the decisions and recommendations of the Harare Statement and the report of the Third ECA/AAU Conference of Vice-Chancellors,- Presidents and Rectors of the Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa;

2. Calls upon all African Governments to provide greater financial support to the African institutions of higher learning so as to enhance their capacities to provide a higher quality of manpower, research and consultancy services for Africa's recovery and development?

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3. Further calls on member States to provide special incentives to minimize the increase of the brain drain from African institutions of higher learning„

4.Further urges African Governments to intensify their efforts to create for their institutions of higher learning, an environment that would be more conducive to the pursuit of development-oriented manpower training and research as well as involving their institutions in the solution of national development problemst

5* Requests the United Nations, its Specialized Agencies and the international community at large to increase their assistance to higher education in Africa so as to enable the institutions of higher learning to become more effective and make more relevant contributions to Africa's development efforts;

6- Further requests the Executive Secretary of ECA to continue to provide support to the institutions of higher learning and to assist in the implementation of Harare Statement and the decisions of the Third ECA/AAU Conference of Vice-chancellors, Presidents and Rectors of the Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa.

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UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUND FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT (UNTFAD)

(Rwanda)

The Conference of HjL

Recalling, resolution 288 (XIII) .-■«£ 26 February 1977 which Inter. _alia.

endorsed the establishment of the United Nations Trust Fund for African Development {UNTFAD) emu urged member States to contribute substantial resources required for the implementation of the Commission's Medium-term Plans and work

programmes,

Repealling subsequent resolution 37/139 of the General Assembly of the United Nations dated 17 December 1982 inviting all its member States as well as international organizations to generously contribute to the UNTFAD thereby assisting African countries in their endeavour to face the world economic crisis whose effects on the African vulnerable economies are more severe.

Haying examined the report on pledges and payments by member States since 1977 when UNTFAD was established and the progress on project implementation and expenditures for the period 1985-1986,

Noting> with satisfaction that 16 African countries have paid fully their contributions pledged to UNTFAD,

Mptlng. _a_lso that 23 African countries have paid part of their pledged contributions to UNTFAD,

^incj^ further that the 11 African countries have never made any contributions to the UNTAD,

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Recalling Africa's Priority Programme for Economic Recovery (APPER) and the United Nations Programme of fiction for Economic Recovery and Development (UNPAAERD) adepts? respectively by the African Heads of State and Government and the General Assembly of the United Nations and the lead role that the Commission is expected to play,

Aware that resources from the regular budget of the United Nations available to the Commission have been declining an1, the situation is not likely to improve in the near future; hence the importance of extrabudgetary resources in the implementation of the two programmes.

Mindful c_f the efforts made by the Executive Secretary of ECA to increase the resources available to the Fund and the number of countries participating as well as ensure the collection of pledged contributions, particularly as nonpayment has been the subject of regular audit queries,

1* .Urges African member States and financial institutions that have not yet pledged to UNTFAD to do so and those that have pledged to deposit as soon as possible their unpaid contriLutions;

2" Re_guests the Executive Secretary of ECA to spare no effort in mobilizing the support of non African member States of the United Nations as well as international financial institutions to contribute generously to the

Fund.

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