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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

DIGEST OF RECENT RESOLUTIONS ON DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL STRUCTURES, SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES ,AND

SUBREGIOTAL STRUCTURES AND ECONOMIC A"'TD TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

Background paper

prepared "by the Centre for Economic Co-operation

M76-525

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Table of contents

PART I: SUMMARIES OF RESOLUTIONS ON DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL STRUCTURES, SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES, AND SUBREGIGNAL STRUCTURES AND ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

I DECENTRALIZATION II REGIONAL STRUCTURES III SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES

IV SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES A1TD 5CCNOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

PART II: RESOLUTIONS I DECENTRALIZATION

50(iv)

83(v)

187(IX)

Decentralization of the economic and social activities of the United Nations, and strengthening of the regional economic commissions

Decentralization of United Nations activities

Commemoration of the Commission

the tenth anniversary of

1442(XLVTl) The role of the regional economic commis

sions and the United Nation1" Economic and Sociad Office in Beirut in the Second United Nations Development Decade

2563(XXIV)

219(X)

28O3(XXVI)

1817(LV)

The role of the regional economic commis sions in the.field of. development planning during the Second United Nations Development Decade

The role of the Economic Commission for Africa in the United Nations programmes of technical co-operation in Africa The role of the Economic Commission for

Africa in United Nations programmes of technical co-operation in Africa

Regional and subregional advisory services under the United Nations regular pro gramme for' technical co-operation

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1 - 3 - 4 -

6-8

9-69

9-21

9-10 10 11 - 13

13 - 15

15 - 16

16

16 - 17

18 - 19 Role of the regional economic commissions

and the United Nations economic and Social Office in Beirut in the review and

appraisal of the International Development

Strategy 19 _{- 21}

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Table of con tents (cont'd)

II REGIONAL STRUCTURES

III

1553(XLIX) Preparatory study on regional structures 217(X)

1756( UV)

Regional structures within the United Nations system

Study on regional structures

SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES

23(111) :Jstablishment of subregional offices of

the Economic Commission for Africa

64(IV) Establishment of subregional offices of

the Commission

1O2(VI) Subregional offices

1O4(VI) East African subregional office 134(VII) Subregional offices

15O(VII) Subregional office for Central Africa 178(VIII) • Increase in the activities and staff of

the subregional offices

179(VIII) "3CA Subregional Office for Central Africa 189(IX) Organization, structure and functions of

the secretariat of the Commission

2O6(IX) Subregional office for Central Africa 2563(XXIV) The role of the regional economic commis

sions in the field of development planning during /the Second United Nations Development Decade

1552(XLIX) -Development planning advisory services

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IV SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES AND ECOtfpMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

176(VIII) Economic co-opera'tion in Africa 177(VIII) Economic co-operation in the Maghreb 221(x) Economic co-operation

28O3(XXVI) Regional and subregional advisory services

under the United Nations regular pro gramme for technical co-operation

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241(XI) Sstablishment of Multinational Inter

disciplinary Development Advisory Teams 41 - 42

32O2( S-VI) Programme of Action on the Establishment

of a Hew International Economic Order 43 - 64

256(XII) Implementation of the Programme of Action

on the Establishment of a Hew Interna

tional Economic Order 65 - 69

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PART I

SUMMARIES OF RESOLUTIONS ON DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL STRUCTURES, SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES, AND SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES AND ECONOMIC AND

TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

I. DECENTRALIZATION

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General Assembly resolution 2803 (XXVI);Economic, and Social Council resolutions 1442CXXVTIJ and 1817(LV); Commission resolutions 50(IV), 83(V),

187(IX) and 211 l

1. The Commission pointed out in resolution 50(IV) that Governments of member States concurred in the opinion that advantages would accrue from utilizing the services of the Commission in the economic and social field and from the decentralization of United Nations technical assistance activities,

2o In the same resolution gratitude was expressed for the measures adopted to decentralize United Nations economic and social activities and to strengthen the regional economic commissions. The Commission should play an increasing part in assisting Governments of member States in the formulation, evaluation and execution of technical-assistance projects and in associating those projects more closely with the Commission's work programme*

3O The Economic and Social Council, in resolution 1442(XLVII), invited the regional economic commissions, in drawing up their work programme, to bear in mind the need for decentralization of operational activitieso The regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut,

were requested by the Council in resolution 1817(LV) to consider, if they had riot already done so, long-term priority areas of

their activities in the light of the changing economic and social situations of the regions and in the world at large- Again in resolution 1442(XLVII), the Council recommended that the regional eqonomic commissions play a more active role in the implementation of operational programmes for economic and social action in the priority areas indicated by the commissions, the office in Beirut, the Council and the General Assembly,,

4. In Commission resolution 211(IX) the Secretary-General was invited to make the necessary arrangements within the United Nations Secretariat so as to give the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa a major role in the

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carrying out of operational activities under the United Nations programme of technical co-operation in the African region,including

the preparation,carrying out end evaluation of specific projects.

In resolution 187(IX) the Commission recommended that the

Executive Secretary should participate in the operation'of the international machinery that might be established to evaluate planning, policies and performance under the Second United Nations Development Decade c\nd for that purpose to assist in setting the standards and criteria which were appropriate for a meaningful assessment of economic and social progress in the African regiono In resolution 211(IX) the Commission stressed the need to entrust the Commission with a greater role in determining the policies of the United Nations in its assistance to Africa.

5. In resolution 187(IX) the Commission invited member States to make increasing use of the services available in the

secretariat for the identification of projects and further planning, implementation and evaluation of national, multi national and subregional programmes., In its report entitled

"A venture in self-reliance" (E/CN.14/424) and the information

paper on "The role of ECA in economic expansion and social

growth in Africa" (ECA information paper, Job.NOo70-138),

the secretariat emphasized the importance of multinational and subregional co-operation in Africa as well as the need

to create and strengthen intergovernmental machinery to promote the undertaking of concerted action programmes»

6. In resolution 211(IX) the Commission recommended that the Executive Secretary pay special attention to operational activities in support of:

(a) Projects aimed at fostering economic co-operation;

(b) Projects aimed at increasing intra-African trade,

both those conceived within the framework-of

integration movements and those undertaken on an ad hoc basis;

(c) Projects connected with the establishment or

expansion of multinational institutions for training and research in the African region.

7. In resolution 187(IX) the Commission requested the

Executive Secretary to advise and assist Governments in drawing

up in a realistic manner specific targets for growth in the different sectors of the economy, in planning manpower

requirements and in drawing up programmes of training for economic and social development; and to mobilize additional ■ resources required for the purpose of assisting member States in the field of planning and development.

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approved by the Commission. In resolution 83(V) the_Com noted with satisfaction the establishment of a Technical

Assistance Co-ordination Unit within the Office of the Executive

Secretary? which would enable the secretariat of the Commission gradually to become the central point for the planning and

execution of technical assistance projects in Africa.

8 m resolution 211(IX) the Commission called upon the Governing Council of UNDP to adopt decisions needed to make possible the decentralization to give the Commission the responsibility for a major share of the operations of

technical co-operation. It recommended ^at UNDP establish in addition to its country programmes, a.global allocation of fund for projects of multinational co-operation under the Special Fund so that finance.would be assured for United Nations assistance in the field of intra-African co

operation.

9 In resolution 2803(XXVI) the General Assembly stressed that the increasing responsibilities being discharged by the regional economic commissions in the operational fielas had a distinctive identity of their own without duplicating UNDP

activities*

II. REGIONAL STRUCTURES ■:-

Economic and Social Council resolutions 1553(XLIX) and 1756(LIV); Commission resolution 217(X) ■

10 The Economic and Social Council, in resolutions^ _

1553(XLIX) and 1756(LIV), and the ECA Conference of Ministers in resolution 217 (X) affirmed the need to review the regxonal

structures of the United Nations.

11 The Conference recognized in resolution 217(X) that the problems of regional co-operation varied from one region to another. In resolution 1756UIV) the Council noted that it was necessary to simplify the regional structures gradually with a view to adjusting them to the realities, needs and aspirations of each region, The Council requested an in- depth analysis of the regional structures of the United

Nations system and of the terms of reference of the regional

offices. At the same time, the Council reaffirmed that the

reqional economic commissions were the main general economic

and social development centres within the United Nations system,

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12. In resolution 1553(XLIX) the Council requested the

executive secretaries of the regional economic commissions and the Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut to prepare reports on regional structures on the basis of answers to a questionnaire to be sent to individual Governments. The Secretary-General was requested to report to the Council after hearing from the executive secretaries,,

I3o In Council resolution 1756(LIV), the Secretary-General was requested to take into account:

(■a) The opinions of the Member States of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut;

(b) The conclusions of discussions between UNDP and the regional economic commissions;

Cc) The points of view.of specialized agencies

concerned whose opinions would be requested by the Secretary-General and, wherever feasible, as

expressed by- their respective regional conferences,, In addition, the Council requested the Joint Inspection Unit, for its part, to include in its work programme an in-depth study of the matter, including such recommendations as it might deem appropriate to enhance the role and usefulness of the regional offices,

III. SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES

■ General Assembly resolution 2563(XXIV); Economic and Social Council resolution 1552(XLIX); Commission resolutions

T3(III); 64(IV), 102(VI), 104(VI); 134(VII). and 189(IX)

14O In resolution 23(111) the Commission, recognized the

importance of es-tablishing subregiona.l offices in order to deal effectively with economic problems peculiar to subregions. It requested the Executive Secretary to undertake a study of the possibility of and conditions for the establishment of such subregional offices.,

15, Having examined a report submitted by the Executive

Secretary on the subject, the Commission decided in resolution 64(IV) to establish a subregional office for Western Africa at Niamey(Niger) and a subregional office for Africa North of the Sahara«JL/ The Executive Secretary was invited to consider the possibility of establishing two further subregional offices, one for'West Africa and one for Central Africa,

1/ The North African subregional office was later established in Tangier, Morocco.

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16. The Commission subsequently decided in resolution _

102(VI) to establish a subregional office for Central Africa 1/

and in resolution 104(VI) to approve the establishment of a subregional office for East Africa in Lusaka, Zsnbia.

17 In resolution 134(VII) the Commission invited the Executive Secretary to provide the subregional offices with enough

adequately skilled personnel to enable them to become and remain closely integrated in the economic and social life of the subregions, with due regard to subregional priorities.

The Executive Secretary was also invited to respond as soon as possible to any request for technical assistance from

African Governments,

18 ' In resolution 189(IX) the Commission requested the

Executive Secretary to undertake a review of the organization, structure and functions of the secretariat, including its

subregional offices, and to report to the Conference' of

Ministers through its Executive Committee for decision. The Executive Secretary was also requested to promote conferences and consultations among the leaders of the subregions and to assist them in formulating policies and programmes of action;

and to review the existing subregional groupings and make _ recommendations to achieve more realistic groupings taking into consideration community of interest and geographical -factors.

19 The General Assembly in resolution 2563(XXIV) requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Executive Secretaries of the regional economic commissions and the _ Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut to intensify their efforts to meet more satisfactorily the requirements of Member States in development planning, plan implementation, public administration and management, especially by organizing, wherever possible and appropriate, continuing advisory services in those fields, in particular with view to action to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the Second United Nations Development Decade, In resolution 1552(XLIX) the- Economic and Social Council noted that the provision of technical assistance in the form of advisory services through subregional interdisciplinary teams, at the request of the Governments concerned, might be _ a particularly useful way of-assisting some developing countries to build up their own services in those fields. Consultation with other United Nations organizations should be undertaken

to avoid duplication

1/ The office was established in Kinshasa, Zaire

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IV. SUBREGIONAL STRUCTURES AND ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL

CO-OPERATION

■ . General Assembly resolution 2803(XXVI); Commission resolutions 176(VIII), 177(VIII), 221tx) and 24l(xi)

20. The Commission, in resolution 176(VIII), recognized the need to complete at an early date the initial process of

building institutions of economic co-operation to provide a stable framework for co-operation on specific projects of economic development. Considerable efforts were being made to bring about economic co-operation in Africa at both the regional and subregional levels, especially in the form of achievements such as the Economic Community of Eastern Africa the Inter-State Committee for the Development of the Senegal River Basin, the Niger and Chad Basin Commissions, the

institutions of economic co-operation in the Maghreb countries, the Conference on Co-ordination in West Africa, the West

African Customs Union and the Central African Economic and

Customs Union„

(a) Central African subregion

21. The same resolution welcomed the steps already taken by the Governments to increase the flow of trade between the countries of the subregion. The Executive Secretary was requested to intensify his efforts through multilateral and bilateral agencies towards the realization of the subregional transport network adopted at the Meeting on Economic Co

operation in Central Africa held at Brazzaville in 1966. He was further requested, in consultation with FAO, to proceed with the detailed inquiry into agricultural specialization perspectives requested by the Brazzaville Meeting.

Cb) Eastern African subreqion

22. In the case of Eastern Africa, the resolution called on the Executive Secretary to take concrete measures with the assistance of interested donor countries towards the develop ment of a transport network within the subregion including air and sea transport links„

23. The Executive Secretary was also requested to carry out studies in close consultation with the Governments concerned of trade patterns as they existed then within the subregion and to suggest concrete steps by which intra-subregional trade could be developed further with a view to eventually establishing

a common market within the community.

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24. The Executive Secretary was further requested to convene

a meeting of experts from each of the countries concerned to examine the proposals for the expansion and liberalization of trade and to draw up practical and binding agreements by which a common market could be established within the subregion.

(c) West African subreqion

25. The Executive Secretary was authorized to convene

meetings of technical bodies of the West African subregion to

continue studying and submit recommendations on co-ordinated development in that subregion in the fields of transport, industry and energy.

(d) North African subreqion

26. As far as the North African subregion was concerned, the

Commission recognized that there was need to stimulate the

process of economic ■ co-operation which had been initiated among

the six countries of the North African subregiono The participants in a meeting on economic co-operat,ion in North Africa which had been held in Tangier in June 1966 had invited the secretariat to undertake studies relating to tourism, maritime transport

and possibilities of co-oper-.tion in other .conomic sectors,

27. The Executive Secretary was further requested in

Commission resolution 177CVIII) to approach the United Nations and the specialized agencies with a view to the recognition of

the Naghreb Council of Ministers for Economic Affairs as a

body qualified to receive direct technical assistance from the

specialized agencies of the United Nations.

28. In resolution 2803(XXVI) the General Assembly noted that

the regional economic commissions and the United Nations

Economic and Social Office at Beirut would be called upon to assume major responsibilities for review and appraisal at the regional level of the progress in implementing the Inter

national Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, and decided that they should receive funds earmarked for regional and subregional advisory services and

should be authorized to administer them.

29. In resolution 221(X) the Conference of Ministers of ECA

recognized that closer co-operation was essential between the

Economic Commission for Africa secretariat and the African multi

national organizations, and that all countries in Africa stood

in need of an increasing volume of United Nations technical

assistance* It was convinced that the present strength of the

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African multinational groupings rendered them capable of assuming responsibility for initiating measures for the required inter

governmental negotiations for economic co-operation.

30. Accordingly, the Conference urged the Executive Secretary - to pursue vigorously and intensify the new policy of decentra

lization of the activities of the Commission,, The ECA secretariat should be provided with adequate resources to enable it to achieve

a wider degree of decentalization and to create an adequate

number of the multinational interdisciplinary, development

advisory teams within which must be integrated counterparts from

the countries concerned.

31»' Subsequently in resolution 241(XI), the Conference

recommended that the action of the UNDATs be if not exclusively at least mainly, oriented towards the identification, evaluation

and implementation of multinational projects. In order to

avoid any duplication or overlapping, the UNDATs should work in close co-operation with the subregional offices of. the Commission.

The Executive Committee was requested, in the same resolution,

to define the working relations between the UNDATs and the

subregional offices where they existed- The Executive Secretary

was requested to formulate and execute realistic action .

programmes in consultation with member States in each of the areas to be served by the UNDATs.

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RR SOLUTIONS

I. "DECENTRALIZATION"

5O( IV")'. Decentralization of the economic and social activities of the

.United Nations and strengthening of the regional economic

commissions . .

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Bearing in mind General Assembly resolutions 15l8(XV) and 17O9(XVl) ' and resolutions 793(XXX) and 823(XXXII) of the Economic and Social'Council

as well as the reports of the Secretary-General to the Economic and Social

Council l/ and to the General Assembly, 2/

Considering that:

(a) Governments of member States concur in the opinion that advantages would accrue from utilizing the services' of the Commission in the economic and social fields as frequently as possible and from the decentralization of United Nations technical assistance activities, ■ .

(b) The limited resources available for technical assistance projects in which Governments of member States are interested must be turned to the fullest possible account, and that consequently.the knowledge and experience accumulated by the Commission's secretariat should be drawn upon as fully as possible in the selection, execution and evaluation of technical assistance projects in. order to ensure the .:maximum utilization of available resources,

(c_) The Commission1 s. secretariat should be given the requisite resources to enable it to carry out such activities with the necessary efficiency,

1. Notes with satisfaction resolutions.15l8(XV) and 17OS|(XVl) of the General Assembly and resolutions 793(XXX) and 823(XXXII) of the Economic and

Social Council;

2. Expresses its gratitude for the measures which the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council have adopted to decentralize United: ; Nations economic and social activities and to strengthen the regional economic

commissions; . ■

3. Expresses its appreciation of the views of the Secretary-General on the intensified participation of the regional economic commissions in.the United Nations economic and social activities and on the need to increase

their staff.resources;

\j Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Thirty-second

sess i on, Annexes, agenda item 6, document E/3522. ■

2/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixteenth session.

Annexes, agenda items 12, 28, 29 and 30, document A/49H*

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4. Recommends to the Secretary-General that he take the necessary measures to endow the Commission' s~secretariat with the. requisite authority and sufficient-technical personnel.to enable .it to fulfil its functions efficiently with regard to the services required of it by Governments of member States, in particular by transferring progressively substantive and operational functions, so that the Commission's secretariat may play an

increasing part in assisting Governments of member States in .the' formulation, evaluation and execution of technical assistance projects throughout the region and in associating these projects more closely with.the. Commission's

work programme.

74th meeting ■ 28 February 1962

Fourth session

83(V). Decentralization of United Nations activities

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Recalling its resolution-50(IV) of 28 February 1962,

Noting the report of the Executive Secretary on the steps taken to .

implement this-resolution (e/CN. 14/227), ..

1. Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 879(XXXIV) of 6 July- -1962 and General Assembly resolution l823(XVIl) ■ of 18 December 1962,

reaffirming the policy of decentralization and requesting that further steps be taken to implement it;

2. Expresses its gratification that the Secretary-General will continue to convene meetings of the Executive Secretaries of the regional economic commissions;

3. Notes with satisfaction the establishment of a Technical Assistance'■

Co-ordination Unit within the Office of the Executive Secretary, which will enable the secretariat of the Commission gradually to become the central point for the planning and execution of technical assistance projects in . Africa;

4. Requests,the Executive Secretary to make available to the Commission at its sixth session copies of the reports requested ty the General Assembly

in operative paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of its resolution l823(XVIl) and to submit

a report on the increased participation of the secretariat in the technical assistance activities of the United Nations.

2.8th meeting 1 March I963 ' ;■ Fifth session

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187(IX). Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Commission

The Economic Comir.iBsion for Africa,,

Noting with satisfaction and appreciation the report prepared by the secretariat entitled "A venture in self-reliance: ten years of ECA, 195«- 1968" and tte information paper, "The role of ECA in tho economic expansion

and social growth in Africa", . . .' ..

Emphasizing the importance of multinational and subregional ^P«^

in Africa as veil as.the need for the creation and strengthening of inter governmental machinery to promote the undertaking of concerted action pro-

grammes,

Aware of the importance of, the research undertaken by the secretariat

on economic and social development in the continent, and■ the »*?d^ «~d

at facilitating economic co-operation on a multinational and subregional

basis,

Convinced that the problems engendered, by the division of the. world into affluent and indigent societies cannot be resolved except on the basis of self-reliance in Africa, the full co-operation of the more developed coun tries in the application of science and technology to the development of ;

the region,

' 1. Affirms its support for the activities which the secretariat has

undertaken in its first ten years of existence;

2 Urges upon member States to recognize the need to.encourage a ■ spirit"■of ■eTlfVreliance and to take all appropriate measures for mobilizing

domestic resources and for utilizing manpower;

3 Further urges member States to take all necessary steps to strengthen co-operation between countries in the same subregion;

4 Calls upon member States to lend their full support to the Commis sion and its secretariat by adopting policies and taking initiatives, indi vidually and collectively, in order to facilitate the effective implementa- tion of the work programme approved by the Commission;

5 Invites member States to make use increasingly of the services available in the secretariat for the identification of projects and further planning, implementation and evaluation of national, multinational and sub-

regional programmes;

6 Urges the industrialized countries to re-examine the form, content and volume of aid offered by them with a view to eliminating the effects of adverse terms of aid, tied loans and suppliers' credit on the economies of African countries, taking into account their level of economic development;

7 Strongly urges the industrialized countries to take all necessary measures in order to increase the export earnings of African countries, in

particular:

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(a) To facilitate access to their markets of semi-mansifactured and manufactured. .goo^.Sj. including, processed and semi-processed products, so as

to enhance the prospects for the rapi&' industrialization'-of African countries?

(b) To encourage co-operation in working .out. commodity agreements on products of particular interest, in order to promote stabilization of prices in international markets for. primary, commodities; , .. •■■ ■ -

8.' Further calls upon the developed countries to take appropriate steps ftp.ensure an increased share for African countries in the benefits of invisible

trade, particularly shipping, other forme of transport, banking, insurance and tourism, taking care that the cost 'of such services are kept at a level favour able to the expansion of the trade of African countries;

9. Requests member States to take steps to co-operate with the secre tariat of the Economic Commission for Africa in publicizing widely the activities .of the Commission;

10. Requests the Executive Secretary and as a special feature of'.the

Second United.Nations.Development Decade: .

(a) To advise and assist the Governments of member States, Oil request, in drawing up in a realistic"manner specific targetsfor growth in the different sectors of the economy and in attaining them; ■ ■■• '

(.b) To advise and assist the Governments of member States, on

request, in the planning of their manpower requirements, and", in .drawing up

programmes for training for econoric and social development;

-: .. {o) .To mobilize, when necessary, additional resources required *•

for the purpose of assisting member States in their increasing efforts in' the field of planning and development which'will result from their a'ct'ive partici pation in the programme of the Second Development Decade;

(&) In co-operation with the United Nations Development Prograr^.ne, the World Food Programme and the United Nations system of specialized agencies, to. take steps to assist countries of the region to1 cop^- with ..the particular problems which.confront them in the implementation of their development plans and of the work programmes approved by the Commission; '

(e_) To take appropriate steps to ensure consultations with the system of specialized agencies and the United Nations Development Programme in order to secure a co-ordinated approach to their activities in Africa, so that the total resources available to the Commission arid these agencies may be effectively applied to the-development of the countries in tte region;

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(f) To take specific measures to ensure the co-operation of the United Nations system of specialized agencies in the implementation of the work programmes approved by the Commission, and towards this end, to seek, as far as possible, to have joint work programmes with individual agencies in their respective areas of competence;

To promote, through member States, the organization of' national campaigns to secure popular support for the effort which will be required for the attainment of the objectives of the second United Nations Development Decade and in this regard to take cognizance of the action required to be taken by the secretariat and member States under resolution

11. Further requests the Executive Secretary to accord special emphasis in the implementation of operational programmes for the economic and social action in' the priority areas indicated by the Commission, the Economic and*

Social Council, and the General Assembly;

12. Urges. the Executive Secretary, in consultation with the Bubregions, to formulate programmes for economic and social action;

13. Recommends that the Executive Secretary should participate in the operation of the international machinery that might be established to

evaluate planning, policies and performance under the second United Nations Development Decade and for this purpose to assist in setting the'standards and criteria which are appropriate for a meaningful assessment of economic and social'progress in the African region;

14. Strongly requests that adequate staff, financial and other resources be made available to the secretariat to ensure the efficient performance of its tasks and that steps be taken to ensure the Commission fuller decen tralization, of operational activities of the United Nations programmes of technical co-operation in the region.

147th meeting 10 February 1969 Ninth session

1442(XLVIl). The role of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut in the second United Nations Development Decade

The Economic and Social Council,

Noting with satisfaction the growing effectiveness of the regional . economic commissions in initiating and implementing an increasing number of regional, subregional and multinational projects of direct and practical importance to the developing countries, as well as the increasing spirit of self-reliance and the desire for economic co-operation in the developing world,

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Aware that the promotion of economic co-operation in such forms among the developing countries within a comprehensive regional framework is important for the success of their development efforts, individually and ■

collectively,

Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1?O9(XVI) of 19 December I96I and 1823(XVII)- of 18 December 1962 and Council resolution 793(XXX) of 3 August I960 on decentralization of the economic and social activities of the United Nations and strengthening of the regional economic commissions,

Aware_ of the firm determination of the developing countries to mobilize all their human and material resources for speeding up their economic and

social development during the 1970s,

Emphasizing the importance of consultations within the system of United Nations organizations and specialized agencies and with the United Nations '

Development Programme,

Considering that within the framework of any arrangement that might be made for the implementation of the second United Nations Development Decade, the regional economic commissions have a crucial and vital role to play in helping governments to implement the global strategy,

Appreciating that steps are being taken to promote specific measures to ensure the effective co-operation of the United Nations system of specialized agencies in the implementation of the work programmes approved by the

regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut, and towards this end to achieve, as far as possible, the establishment of joint work programmes with the individual agencies in their

respective fields of competence.

2£^f the proposals for reorganization set out in resolutions and 189(IX) of the Economic Commission for Africa, and including,

inter alia, the strengthening of subregional offices,

1. Urg.es that a more effective and substantial decentralization of operational activities be carried out in accordance with the resolutions of

the Council and of the General Assembly and invites the regional economic ' * commissions to bear this requirement in mind in drawing up their work pro- ■•

grammes; .■ . ; ....

' . 2* Recommends that the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut play a more active role in the

implementation of operational programmes for economic and social action in the priority areas indicated by the commissions, the Office in Beirut, the

Council and the General Assembly^

TT . . ;*• ^rther recommends that the regional economic commissions and the

United Nations economic;and-Social Office in Beirut participate effectively

in the operation of any arrangement that might be established for the formu

lation of policies and the preparation and evaluation of development plans

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under the second United Nations Development Decade and for this purpose assist in setting the standards and criteria that are appropriate for a meaningful assessment of economic and social progress in the different

regions;

4 Urges the appropriate agencies to give favourable consideration to such reiui£ts,as may be made by member States of the regional economic commissions,,individually or collectively, for the placing at the.ir dis- poiarof the services of experts and such other services essential for

the development of the regions.

1625th plenary meeting

31 July 1969

.. ... _;.:..::'. .- ..Forty-seventh session

2S63(XXIV). The role of the regional economic commissions in the field of development planning during the second United Nations

Development-Decade

The General Assembly,

Convinced that economic and social development planning should receive special attention within the framework of the second United Nations Develop

ment Decade,

Aware that the organizations of the United nations system have a signi- ficant role to play in this field through technical co-operation activities,

Welcoming Economic and Social Council resolution 1442(XLVIl) of 31 July 1969 and the views expressed at the forty-seventh session of the Council concerning the role of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut in this field during

the second United Nations Development Decade,

Noting the interest in this question as embodied in numerous resolu

tions of"the regional economic commissions,

T; --Requests the Secreta-ry-Gerrera.1 of the United Nations, the Execu tive Secretaries of the regional econ-omic commissions and the:Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut to intensify their efforts to meet more satisfactorily the requirements of Member States m development planning, plan implementation, public administration and management, especially by organizing,-wherever possible and appropriate, continuing advisory services in these fields, in particular with a viewto action to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the second United

Nations Development Decade; .:

2. Further requests the Secretary-General to examine at the earliest

opportunity the various means of organizing and financing such services,

which should begin to operate as soon as possible, and to this end to secure

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the close co-operation of bodies likely to be interested, including the United Nations Development Programme and the specialized agencies;

3 Further-requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its forty-ninth session on the progress made towards the implementation of the present resolution and on the plans drawn up for.,

the future.

l832rd plenary meeting

1; . ... 13 December 1969

* ; Twenty-fourth session

219(x). The role of the Economic Commission for Africa in the United Nations programmes of technical co-operation in Africa

■ The-Conference, of Ministers8 _,• ,. .

Noting that the Commission's"'resolution 21l(IX),-bf 14 February I969 on

the role of the Economic Commission for Africa in United Nations programmes of technical co-operation in Africa has not been implemented,

■ • Noting also General Assembly resolution 2688(XXV) of 11 December 1970 on the capacity of the United Nations development' system and in particular the recognition of greater decentralization of responsibility for programming and implementation from the Headquarters to the regional and country levels,

Conscious of the need to entrust the Economic Commission for, Africa with a greater role in determining the policies of the United Nations in its

assistance to Africa,

Reaffirms the Commission's resolution 21l(lX) of 14 February 1969 on technical co-operation in Africa as annexed hereto.

163rd meeting 13 February 1971 Tenth session Annex

■ 2U(IX).- The role of the Economic Commission for Africa in United'Nations . ' programmes of technical co-operation in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa, . ,

Recalling its resolution l8l(VIIl) of 24 February 1967 on technical

assistance, -..•■■

H-ving noted General"Assembly resolution "2279(XXIl) on the programming

procedures for the technical assistance component of the United Nations

Development Programme,

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Conscious:of the need to entrust the Economic Commission for Africa .with a greater .'role in determining-the policies pf the United Nations in

its assistance to Africa,

1* Invites the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements within the United Nations Secretariat so as to give the secretarial of the Economic Commission for Africa a major role in the carrying out of operational activities under'the United Nations programme of technical co-operation in the African region, including the preparation, carrying out and evaluation of

" specific projects;

, .2, Recommends that the Eoonomic and Social Council and the General Assembly provide the secretariat with the necessary facilities and resources for carrying out this increased role in technical co-operation activities;

3. Calls upon the. Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to adopt decisions needed to make" possible this decentralization to give the Commission the responsibility for a major share of the operations of technical co-operation;

4. Requests the Executive Secretary to take the necessary steps so that the secretariat can undertake an enhanced role in operational activities;

5. Recommends in this connexion that the Executive Secretary pay special attention at the initial period to operational activities in support of:

. (a_) Projects aimed at fostering economic co-operation among countries,

including advisory services in the establishment of regional and subregional groupings;.

(t>) Projects aimed at increasing intra-African trade, both those con

ceived within the framework of integration movements and those undertaken on an ad hoc basis;

(c.) Projects connected with the establishment■or expansion of multina

tional institutions for training and research in the African region;

6. Recommends that the United Nations Development Programme establish,

in addition to its country programmes, a global allocation of funds for pro jects of multinational co-operation under the Special Fund so that financing will be assured for United Nations assistance to intra-African co-operation including the promotion of intra-African trade.

154th meeting 14 February 1969 ' Ninth-session

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2803(XXVl). Regional and subregional advisory services under the United

Nations regular programme for technical co-operation

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 2563(XXIV) of 13 December I969 and 2687(XXV) of

11 December 1970 on the role of the regional economic commissions in the

second United Nations Development Decade, . '

Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 793(XXX) of 3 August

I960 and General Assembly resolution l823(XVIl) of 18 December 1962 on the

decentralization of the economic and social activities of the United Nations and the strengthening of the regional economic commissions, ;

Recalling further Economic and Social Council resolution 1442(XLVIl) of

31 July 1969 in which the Council called upon the regional economic commis

sions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut to play a more active role in the implementation of operational programmes for economic and social action,

Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 16O1( Li) of. 20 July I97I on regional and subregional advisory services,

Considering that the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut will be called upon to assume major

responsibilities for review and appraisal at the regional level of the progress in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the second United Nations Development Decade,

Stressing that the increasing responsibilities' being discharged by the

regional economic commissions in the operational fields have a distinctive

identity of their own without duplicating United Nations Development Pro

gramme activities, that these functions are an integral part of their

mandatory and policy functions and that any distinction between these two

categories of functions is arbitrary,

Taking note that the regional advisory services under the United

Nations regular programme have in recent years been utilized by the regional economic commission for the discharge of these responsibilities.

1. Decides, as a pratical step in strengthening the regional economic

commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut

enabling them to carry out with increasing effectiveness their duties

towards the States members of their respective regions, to establish a

separate section in the United Nations regular budget to provide for a

unified system of regional and subregional advisory services earmarked for

the operations of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations

Economic and Social Office at Beirut, and to transfer to that section the

existing regional advisory services at present under section 13 of the''1 budget;

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2. Requests.the Secretary-General to provide, as appropriate,

directly to the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut," the respective amounts earmarked for regional

and subregional advisory services and to authorize the executive secretaries

of the regional economic commissions and the Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut to administer these -funds;

II

Decides that the existing section 13 of the United Nations budget for

the regular programme, of technical assistance shall be maintained for 1972

at its current level of. $5,408,000 and its operations shall be concentrated substantially to support country programmes of the least developed among the developing countries as well as regional and subregional programmes of

special interest to those countries. ■ ;

2017th plenary meeting 14 December 1971 Twenty-sixth session

1817(LV). Role of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut in the review.and appraisal of the International Development Strategy

The Economic and Social Council,

Having considered the annual reports of the regronal economic commis sions and the United Nations iHconomxC and Social Office in Beirut and the report on the meetings of the iSxecutive. Secretaries of the regional economic

commissions ,_l/

Reaffirming the important role of the regional economic commissions .and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut in the review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy for the second United Nations Development Decade, in accordance with General Assembly resolution

280l(XXVl) of 14 December I97I, Y"

Recalling its resolution 1756(LIV) of 16 Kay 1973, in which the

Secretary-General was requested to submit to the Council at its fifty- eighth session a further report on regional structures of the United Nations system,

Stressing the importance of regional, subregional and interregional co operation for the attainment of the objectives of the International Develop ment Strategy,

■Uoti'ng in this, respect the review of regional and interregional projects undertaken by the .United Nations Development Programme and the consultations which have taken place between the Programme and the regional economic

Vjf E/5370 and Corr.l

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commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut for the purpose of strengthening their relationship and co-operation^ v..

Recalling General Assembly resolution 2974(*VIl) of 14 December 1972 concerning co-operation between developing countries and the decision of : the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to imple ment that resolution in order to improve the capacity and experience of all the Member States and to direct the multiplier effect of assistance extended

to developing countries,

1. Takes note with interest''of the report on the meetings of the Executive Secretaries of the regional economic commissions and requests ■

the Secretary-General to continue to submit these reports to the Council at its summer sessions, incorporating therein an analytical study, based . on the contents of the annual reports of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Council in Beirut, identifying common development problems the various regions are faced with and iden tifying also .those experiences of the developed countries and the develop ing' countries themselves which can be helpful to the developing countries

in the solution of these common problems;

-2. .'Commends the regional ec.oriQ.nuc_, .commissions and the United Nations

■Economic and Social Off ice ..in. 3eirut_Xo.r_their important contributions to

the review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy, as

contained in the Quito Appraisal adopted by the Economic Commission for latin America in the annex to its resolution 32O(XV) l/, the first" "biennial review of social and economic development in the region of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. 2/ and in the first biennial review and appraisal of progress undertaken"by the Economic Commission for Africa 3/

and invites them to continue and intensify their activities in this respect, so as to ensure that their contributions are available well in time for the mid-term review and appraisal scheduled for 1975, with particular emphasis on the need to promote both functional and sectoral regional, interregional

and subregional co-operation;

3, Draws the attention of the regional economic commissions to the

report of the Secretary-General on regional structures ±/ and to its resolu tion 1756(LIV) and requests them to give due consideration to this matter and to co-operate fully with the Secretary-General in the implementation of

that resolution?

4. Invites the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as the other organizations of the United Nations system concerned to co-operate equally fully with the Secretary-General in the implementation of resolution 1756(LIV);

\l see Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Fifty- fifttTsession, Supplement No.8 (E/5275 and Add.l), part III. "

.2/ S/CN.II/L.349.

3/ S/CN. 14/565.

1/ S/5127.

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5. Invites the Secretary-General to give his full support to the regional economic commissions, in particular with regard to their contri bution to the mid-term review and appraisal;

6. Requests the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut to give due consideration to the

principles and guidelines for co-operation with the United Nations Develop

ment Programme for inter-country programming and projects l/ and to report,

in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme, from time to time, on the steps taken for their implementation.

7. Requests the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office in Beirut to consider, if they have not already

done so, long-term priority areas of their activities in the light of the changing economic and social situations of the regions and in the world at large.

1876th plenary meeting 9 August 1973 Fifty-fifth session

II. -REGIONAL STRUCTURES

1553(XLIX). Preparatory study on regional structures

The Economic and Social Council,

Considering the note by the Secretary-General on the terms of reference and financial implications of the proposed preparatory study on regional

structures,* 2/

Emphasizing the necessity of taking into full consideration the views of States of the respective regions individually and collectively within the framework of their regional economic commissions,

Bearing in mind the fact that problems of regional co-operation vary from one region to another,

!• Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with other organizations of the United Nations system a questionnaire on the various aspects of regional structures and to forward it to the Governments of Member States with the request that they send their answers to their respective regional economic commissions;

l/ See Council resolution 153O(XLIX), annex.

2/ E/AC.24/L.379.

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2. Requests the Executive Secretaries of the regional economic com missions, to prepare reports on the "basis of the answers to" the questionnaire and to submit them to the regional economic commissions at their next

annual session in order to elicit comments from Governments;

3. Requests also the Director of the United Nations Economic and - Social Office in Beirut to prepare a report on the basis of the answers

to the; questionnaire received from Governments covered by the Office and •:-- to submit it to the Secretary-General;

4. Further requests the Executive Secretaries of the regional economic commissions to submit their reports, together with the comments of Govern ments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations; "■,"'" ■

5. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the- Economic and Social Council as early as possible and not later than at its fifty- second session the results of the preliminary enquiry and to recommend concrete lines of action.

... •. 1721st plenary meeting

30 July 1970 Forty-ninth session

217(x). Regional structures within the United Nations system

The Conference of Ministers,

Recallir.^ Economic and Social ouncil resolution 1553(XLIX) of 30 July 1970, requesting the Secretary-General of the United Nations to report to the Council, not later than at its fifty-second session, the

results of the preliminary inquiry on regional structures within the

United Nations system, and to recommend concrete measures,

Recalling its Executive Committee's Ifemorandum for Consideration by

the Economic and Social Council 1/ and the reports of the Executive Com mittee's first, 2/ second 3/ and third §J meetings, as well as the Ques tionnaire for the Study on Regional Structures, $J submitted-to member -

States to secure their co-operation in facilitating the work of the

Secretary-General,

Recalling further paragraphs 84 to 92 and annex IV of the report of the Executive Committee's fourth meeting 6/, setting out the reactions of

1/ E/CN.14/EC0/1O.

2/ E/CN. 14/456.

2/ e/cn. 14/462.

4/ E/CN. 14/479.

£/ E/CN.14/EC0/24.

6/ E/CN.I4/498.

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the Executive Committee to the draft questionnaire transmitted, by the Secretary-General to member States on 30 November 1970,

Bearing in mind the fact that the problems of regional co-operation vary from one region to another and that the African regional structures within the United Nations system must necessarily reflect the.peculiar problems as well as the collective aspirations of the member States of the Economic. Commission for Africa,

1. Motes the steps taken by the Executive Committee to . secure the co-qperation of member States in the matter;

2. Requests member States which have not submitted replies to the Secretary-General's questionnaire to submit them direct to the Executive Secretary not later than 30 April 1971;

3.. Requests the Executive Secretary to.render such advisory services to member States as:may be requested-by any of them in connexion with the questionnaire; for this purpose, member States requiring.such assistance may wish to authorize their respective embassies in Addis Ababa to consult with the Executive Secretary;

4« Urges the Executive Secretary to prepare, with the help of the Executive Committee, a report on the regional structures, in the light of the views and recommendations submitted.by individual member States, and to transmit the report, together with the replies of Governments, to the Secre tary-Genera1.

. ■ ■; . 3.63rd meeting

13 February 1971 Tenth session

1756( LIV), Study on regional structures

The Economic and Social Council, ■ ■-

Recalling General Assembly resolutions 2626(XXV) of 24 October 1970 and

2688(XXV) of 11 December 1970,

Recalling further General Assembly resolution 2687(XXV) of 11 December 1970 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1442(XLVIl) of 31 July 1969, dealing, with the role of the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut in the second United-Nations Development Decade, as well as other resolutions of the Assembly and the

Council dealing with decentralization of the economic and social activities

of the United Nations and strengthening of the regional economic commissions

as enumerated in resolution 1442(XLVIl),

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Stressing the importance of enhancing the role and the usefulness for member countries of the regional offices in the United Nations system,

Mindful of the need of facilitating the application of an integrated

approach, . . ■■-■■■ •

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;—'

2. Reaffirms that the regional economic commissions in their respec tive regions are the main general economic and social development centres

within the United.Nations system, and calls upon all the organizations and

agencies in the system to work closely with the regional economic commissions to achieve the over-all economic and sooial development objectives at the

regional level; . ....

3* Requests the Secretary-General, taking into account the study referred to in paragraph 4 "below and any related recommendations, to submit to the Economic and Social Council at its fifty-eighth session a further report on regional structures of the United Nations system aimed at their, gradual simplification and adjustment to the realities, needs and aspirations of each region, on the basis of an in-depth analysis of the regional struc tures of the United Nations system, as well as the terms of reference of the respective regional offices, and requests the Secretary-General, in preparing this report, to take into account also:

(a) The opinion of the member countries of the regional economic

commissions and the United Nations Economic and Social Office at Beirut,;

(b) The conclusions of current discussions between the United Nations Development Programme and the regional economic commissions;

(c) The points of view of the specialised agencies concerned

whose opinions will be requested by the Secretary-General, and wherever feasible, as expressed by their respective regional conferences;

4- Requests the Joint Inspection Unit, for its part, to include in its work programme an in-depth study of the matter, including such recommendations as it may deem appropriate to achieve the above-mentioned purposes.

1853th plenary meeting 16 May 1973.

Fifty-fourth session

1/ E/5127.

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III. SUBREGIJNAL STRUCTURES

23(lll), Establishment of subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Conscious of the increasing responsibilities of its secretariat,

Recognizing the importance of establishing subregional offices in order to deal effectively with economic problems peculiar to subregions,

Noting that such subregional offices do not at present exist to deal effectively with problems of interest to member countries of subregions,

Bearing in mind paragraph 19 of its terms of reference which provides for the establishment of subregional offices,

Requests the Executive Secretary to undertake forthwith a study on the possibility of and conditions for the establishment of subregional offices"

of the Commission to deal with problems of subregional interest and to submit a progress report to the Commission at its fourth session.

48th meeting 15 February I96I Third session

64 (IV). Establishment of subreg-.onal offices of *he Commission

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Having examined the document submitted by the Executive Secretary . . concerning "the establishment cf subregional offices of the Commission

(E/CN.14/161 and Add.1-3),

Having examined the offers of the governments of certain member States to accommodate subregional offices,

Considering the importance, for efficiency's sake, of decentralizing the Commission's activities on climatic, ecological and economic grounds,

1. Decides to set up two subregional offices;

2. Proposes, with due regard to United Nations resources, the follow

ing order of priority: .. : .. .:.

(a) A subregional office for Western Africa, to be sited at

Niamey (Niger); . .. ..

(b) A subregional office for Africa TTorth of the Sahara;

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3. Invites the Executive Secretary to consider later the possibility of establishing two further subregional offices:

(a_) A subregional office for West Africa;-' ' "

(b) A subregional office for Central Africa.

79th meeting 3 March 1962

■ Fourth session . -

1O2(VI). Subregional offices ...

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Having examined the report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources and Transport on its second session (e/CN.14/245 and

Corr.l and Add.l), . ' ■

Considering that, under its resolution 64(IV) of 3 March 1962, the

secretariat has established subregional offices at Niamey, Tangier and Lusaka, Considering that the existence of the fourth subregion, known as the subregion of central Africa, must be officially proclaimed,

1- Proclaims the existence of the subregion of central Africa;

2. Authorizes the Executive Secretary to define, in agreement with the States concerned and intergovernmental bodies, the boundaries of this sub- region in order to take all appropriate measures with regard to the operation of a subregional office and to ensure effective co-operation between the new subregion and xhe other subregions with regard to the examination of common

problems. - . -

jJL2th meeting 29 February jj64-

Sixth session

■ ' 104(VI). East African subregional office ■

The Economic Commission for Africa.

■•' Recalling/its resolution 64( IV) of 3 March" 1962 concerning the estab

lishment of subregional offices of the Commission,

1/ This should be read as East Africa.and not West Africa,

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Supporting the action taken "by the "Executive Secretary under operative paragraph 3 of resolution 64(IV),

Decides to confirm the establishment of the subregional office at

Lusaka, Horthern Rhodesia.

112th meeting 29 February I964 Sixth session

134(VII). Subregional offices

The Economic Commission for Africa,

HavirigThoted "the report by the Executive Secretary on subregional

activities'of "the Commission (e/CN.14/308 and Corr. l) ,

■ Considering the importance attached to the efficient functioning of ...

"the subregiohal" off ices,

Considering that the offices are capable of giving technical.support as quickly as it is needed to the action being taken or proposed by Governments

in furtherance of economic co-operation and integration in the subregions,

Considering the need to associate the Commission more closely with the

interests of the subregions, so that it may be in a position, in supporting any economic or social action involving the subregions, to provide the sub

regions with technical assistance fully adapted to ."ocal conditions,

Considering that the practical and positive nature of the important

studies to be undertaken by the Commission at the continental level will basically depend upon the extent to which they can reflect subregional and

interregional aims and experience,

Invites-the Executive Secretary to:

(a) Provide the subregional offices with adequate material and enough adequately skilled personnel to enable them ;to become and remain closely integrated in the economic and social life of the subregions, with due regard to subregional priorities;

■ (b) Take all necessary steps to respond as soon as possible to any request for technical assistance from African Governments.

' 123th meeting

22 February 1965

~ """■■ Seventh session

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15O(VII). Subregional office for Central Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Recalling its resolution 102(Vl) of 29 February I964 concerning the

establishment of a Central African subregion,

Noting.'the report issued as a result of meetings held by the delegations

of the countries' composing this subregion (E/CN. 14/L.3O6),

Approves the measures taken by the Executive Secretary to establish the office for this subregion in a country of the subregion chosen in agree ment with the Governments concerned;

127th meeting

22' February 1963

Seventh session,.

178(VIII). Increase in the activities and staff of the subregional offices

The Economic Commission for Africa,

Considering its'resolution 23(lll) of 15 February I96I on the estab lishment of subregional offices,

.Considering its resolutions 64(IV) of 3 March 1962, 104(Vl) and 102(Vl) of 29 February 1964, 12.4(VII) of 22 February 1965 and 150(VIl)-of 23 February

I965 concerning the establishment of subregional offices at Niamey, Tangier, Lusaka and Kinshasa,

Considering that the subregional offices must have at their disposal the necessary means to enable them to play their full part in dealing with problems of regional concern,

Being aware of the increasingly heavy burden of work falling upon the ■ Executive Secretary and anxious that the subregional offices should participate actively in the attainment of the desired objective, namely, regional co--

operation and economic integration,

Requests the Executive Secretary to facilitate the work of the subregional offices by providing them with adequate means to enable them to deal effec tively with the problems peculiar to the subregion and to consider the holding of much more frequent meetings at the subregional headquarters.

139th meeting

■ ' ■ ■ 24 February 1967

Eighth session