Community development and general development

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U:-JITED NATiONS

ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL COUNCIL

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LHITTED E/CN

.14/1. 73

15 February 1961 Ori gi.naL; FRENCH

ECOnOMIC CmlMJSSION FOR i?RIC";

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COM!1UNITY DEVELOPME?T AND CEFEE ',L

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Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Lcopo.lr'vi Ll.e }, Dahomey, u,","

Ivory Const, ~~dQg~scar, Niger ano'Senegal.

The Economic Commission for Africa

Having exarnineq the Cor:l!'J.ssion's work programme and' priorities, 1961/1962;

Considering thet community dcvc Lopment , by endeavouring ·to stimulate man to greater effort and to a proper recognition of his responsibilities, thereby promoting ihe intcgrat~Gn of hu~~ effort in general development; constitutes one of the decisive factors of such development;

Expresses its satisfaction at the _incl~sion in the work _prograTIm~ 1961/1962 of a number of projec'Cs relating to comraurd.ty (levelopncnt, in partd cu'l.ar projects Ol....

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Emphasj~ the special importance i t attaches to:

tho stUdy of the integration of co nrnurri. ty development in e ccnomi.c developnent prograIT~ES;

the organization by EGA of regO.onal hi-lingual COurSES fo~ training senior officials to preP"lrc and ,:'ir"ct conrmnl. ty deve Lojmerrt policies in their countries;

the org2nization of consulta~ions to UBsist gover~~ents~ on re~uest, in

" the -pr-eparatd.on of t'leir procrr.nnes ;

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the rapid organization of n dOCUMentation centre as described in project 31-04;

Invite§ the Executive Secretary to speed up activity in this fi"lo and apply for the necessary staff for the purpose;

Requests the Executive Secretary to report on this question to the next

session;

Further requests the Executive Secretary to

the views expressed by members of theEcotlo'110 Commission for Africa to the

ef Nations Corr.mission

on Social r:uestions.

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