Ninth Session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, G.A. res. 50/98, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/98 (1995).


     The General Assembly,
 
     Recalling its resolution 1995 (XIX) of 30 December 1964, as amended, on
the establishment of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as
an organ of the General Assembly,
 
     Reaffirming its resolution 47/183 of 22 December 1992 in which it, inter
alia, emphasized the importance of the Cartagena Commitment, adopted by the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its eighth session, held
at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 8 to 25 February 1992,
 
     Expressing its satisfaction with the early and unanimous agreement
reached by the Trade and Development Board, at the second part of its
forty-first session, on the development-oriented provisional agenda for the
ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,
pursuant to which, under the unifying theme "Promoting growth and sustainable
development in a globalizing and liberalizing world economy", the Conference
will be addressing the following topics:
 
     (a)  Development policies and strategies in an increasingly
interdependent world economy in the 1990s and beyond:
 
          (i)  Assessment of the development problematique in the
               current context;
 
          (ii) Policies and strategies for the future;
 
     (b)  Promoting international trade as an instrument for development in
the post-Uruguay-Round world;
 
     (c)  Promoting enterprise development and competitiveness in developing
countries and countries in transition;
 
     (d)  Future work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development in accordance with its mandate:  institutional implications,
 
     Considering that the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development is a major intergovernmental economic and development
event of 1996 within the United Nations,
 
     Taking note of the recommendation of the Trade and Development Board that
the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
should be held at Midrand, Gauteng Province, South Africa, from 27 April to 11
May 1996, preceded by a one-day meeting of senior officials on 26 April 1996,
 
     1.   Welcomes with appreciation the generous offer made by the Government
of South Africa to host the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development;
 
     2.   Decides to convene the ninth session of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development at Midrand, Gauteng Province, South
Africa, from 27 April to 11 May 1996, to be preceded by a one-day meeting of
senior officials at the same place on 26 April 1996;
 
     3.   Stresses the crucial importance of the ninth session of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development in considering the topics of its
provisional agenda, and affirms the need to achieve through the session a
constructive and action- oriented outcome;
 
     4.   Calls upon all Governments to ensure their full participation, at
the highest possible political level, in the ninth session of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
 
     5.   Invites the Secretary-General to establish a fund to which voluntary
contributions can be made with a view to contributing to the participation of
representatives of the least developed countries in the ninth session of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
 
     6.   Urges all Governments to take appropriate steps to ensure adequate
preparations at the national, regional and interregional levels and within the
framework of the permanent machinery of the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development for the purpose of facilitating a positive and action-oriented
outcome. 
      

 

 



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