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4. Reauests the Executive Secretary in collaboration with the Secretary- Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of UNESCO to formulate specific
activities £ocu3ing on the role of culture in de~elopm~nt.-l!I
251st meetina, 24 April 1987.
lQ/ Morocco expressed reservation on paragraph 7 of the preamble of this resolution.
31/ Morocco expressed reservation on operative paragraph 4 of this resolution.
609 (XXII). The United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI)
The Conference of Ministers,
Recal1ina the numerous resolutions since 1975 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, calling upon the United Nations Secretary-General to establish an African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, and requesting the United Nations Development Progr~e to provide the necessary financial resources to assist the Institute in effectively discharging its duties to member States,
Recallino further resolution 392 (XV) of April 1980, which requested the Executive Secretary of ECA, in consultation with the relevant international and regional organizations, to take the appropriate steps to establish a United Nations regional ~nstitute for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders in the region,
Also recallino resolution 4 adopted by the seventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and the Treatment of Offenders, which urgently requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations to consider the establishment of an African Regional Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders as a matter of highest priority,
Concerned about the escalation of crime, violence and juvenile delinquency in African countries, and particularly the new dimensions of criminality which threaten to nullify developmental efforts and economic and social gains hard-won by African countries,
1. Takes note of the efforts made by the United Nations Secretary-General and the ECA Executive Secretary which, in December 1986, culminated in the establishment of the United Nations African Institute for the Frevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Africa, which is temporarily located in the ECA secretariat, and the launching of its initial phase of operation;
2. Expresses its profound gratitUde to the United Nations Development Programme for financing the preparatory activities and initial phase of the Institute, and appeals to UNDP and other United Nations financing agencies to continue providing the Institute with the necessary financial support during its first five years of operation, in line with established practices as regards the other similar institutes in other developing regions of the world;
3. Reaffirms the importance and the role the Institute is called upon to play in assisting member States in assessing criminality trends in the region and their impacts on national development, in the formulation of policies and programmes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, in the promotion of criminal justice reforms in the context of development and in encouraging technical co-operation among African countries in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice;
4. Urqentlv calls URon governments of member offering host facilities for the Institute to indicate to enable the Institute to move to its permanent site:
States interested in their interest soonest
5. Appeals to .governments of member States to contribute financially to the Institute in order to enable it to carry out its programme of activities, and to co-operate fully in promoting its objectives:
6. Reouests the ECA secretariat to fully collaborate with the Organization of African Unity and other United Nations agencies in the promotion of the objectives of the Institute and in the mobilization of the necessary resources so that member States could obtain the maximum benefit from the Institute;
7. Appeals to governments, non-governmental and international organizations outside the region. to co-operate fully with the Institute and provide technical and financial support to its activities to enable it to effectively achieve its objectives. in the spirit of international co-operation. in accordance with the Milan Plan of Action and the guiding principles for crime prevention and criminal justice in the context of development and the New International Economic Order;
8. Reguests the Executive Secretary of the United Nati~ns Economic Commission for Africa to submit a report to the Conference of Ministers at its fourteenth meeting on the implementation of this resolution.
251st meetina, 24 April 1987.
610 (XXII). Development of telecommunications The Conference of Mi.nisters,
Having noted the UNTACDA progress report
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on the second phase programme as well as the complementary oral report on the African Telecommunications Development Conference held in Tunis. in January 1987.ll(
Recallinq resolution ECA/UNTACDA/Res.86/64 of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport. Communications and Planning on telecommunications for socio-economic development which invited the PANAFTEL Co-ordinating Committee to convene the conference of African telecommunications administrations to follow up, inter alia, the work of the World Telecommunications Development Conference and adapt recommendations to meet priority needs of the region,
RecallinQ also resolution ECA/UNTACDA/Res.86/65 of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport. Communications and Planning on the Regional African Satellite Communications Systems (RASCOM) which. inter alia. called on member States to continue to give high priority to the study project in order to realize the goals and objectives of the African community in accordance with the Lagos Plan of Action.
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Morocco expressed reservation on the first paragraph of the preamble of this resolution.Awara that telecommunications including broadcasting play an essential role in commerce, cultural and the economic activities and in many public and social services and hence telecommunications should be regarded as a complement to other investments and an essential component in the development process,
Notinq that in spite of the achievements made in the implementation of PANAFTEL Network, the Network is grossly under-utilized due to, inter
~, lack of operational agreemEnts on tariffs and transit arrangements and poor maintenance on parts of the network,