Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974 containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974 containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation,

Recalling also its resolution 3506 (XXX) of 15 December 1975 on the implementation of the decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its seventh special session,

Recalling further its resolution 2626 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 containing the goals, targets and policy measures of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, which have been complemented and strengthened by its resolutions on the establishment of a new international economic order and its resolution 3517 (XXX) of 15 December 1975 on the mid-term review and appraisal of progress in the implementation of the International Development Strategy,

Noting the reports on the fourth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held at Nairobi from 5 to 31 May 1976,/103 and the interim report of the Conference on International Economic Co-operation,/104 as well as other relevant reports,

Noting further the pertinent decisions on the establishment of the new international economic order adopted at the Third Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Seventy-seven, held at Manila from 26 January to 7 February 1976,/105 the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Colombo from 16 to 19 August 1976,/106 and the Conference on Economic Co-operation among Developing Countries, held at Mexico City from 13 to 22 September 1976,/107

Considering with deep and increasing concern that parts of the developing world are still subject to foreign aggression and occupation, apartheid, racial discrimination and colonial and neo-colonial domination, which constitute major obstacles to the economic emancipation and development of the developing countries as a whole as well as major threats to international peace and security,

Noting the regret expressed by the developing countries that the developed countries have yet to display the necessary political will to implement these fundamental decisions of the United Nations and fulfil their commitments and obligations and to adjust their policies for this purpose,

Deeply concerned that during the current Second United Nations Development Decade the terms of trade of the majority of developing countries have deteriorated, together with unprecedented and growing balance-of-payments deficits, that the burden of debt has reached unmanageable proportions in many developing countries and growth in the developing countries is expected to fall short not only of the 6 per cent target of the International Development Strategy but also of the rate of growth achieved in the First United Nations Development Decade and that, for many developing countries, particularly among the least developed, land-locked, island and most seriously affected developing countries, real per capita income could, if present trends persist, be lower in 1980 than at the start of the Decade,

Considering that the inequity in economic relations between the developed and the developing countries is one of the primal issues confronting the international community, a situation which could adversely affect international economic co-operation and the promotion of world peace and security,

I

1.Affirms that its resolutions on the establishment of a new international economic order reflect a commitment on the part of all countries to ensure equitable economic relations between developed and developing countries and a deliberate, sustained and planned effort to contribute to the development of the developing countries;

2.Emphasizes the conclusions reached in the mid-term review and appraisal of progress in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, contained in its resolution 3517 (XXX), which specifically identified serious shortfalls in the implementation of its resolution 2626 (XXV) during the first half of the Decade;

3.Expresses its deep concern and disappointment at the failure of the Conference on International Economic Co-operation to achieve thus far any concrete results;

4.Reaffirms that urgent, more vigorous and concrete steps and actions still remain to be taken, collectively and individually, by all members of the international community to end without delay all forms of foreign aggression and occupation, racial discrimination, apartheid, colonialism and neo-colonialism and that it is also the duty of all States effectively to support and extend assistance to the countries, territories and peoples subjected to them so as to restore their national sovereignty, their territorial integrity and their inalienable and fundamental rights in order to promote development and international co-operation, peace and security;

5.Expresses deep concern, despite some progress in certain areas, at the slow pace of progress in the implementation of the measures specified in the resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly adopted at its sixth and seventh special sessions and at the limited nature of agreements reached at the fourth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;

6.Urges the international community, particularly the developed countries, to display the necessary political will in the ongoing negotiations in different United Nations forums and elsewhere so as to reach the concrete and urgent solutions necessary to promote the establishment of a new international economic order;

II

1.Decides to undertake during the course of its thirty-second session a detailed assessment of the progress made in the implementation of its resolutions 2626 (XXV), 3202 (S-VI), 3281 (XXIX) and 3362 (S-VII) under a single item entitled "Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 2626 (XXV), 3202 (S-VI), 3281 (XXIX) and 3362 (S-VII) entitled, respectively, 'International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade', 'Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order', 'Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States' and 'Development and international economic co-operation'";

2.Requests the Economic and Social Council and the Committee on Review and Appraisal to prepare a preliminary assessment, for consideration by the General Assembly at its thirty-second session, bearing in mind the provisions of the preceding paragraphs and the reports at the sectoral and regional level submitted by the United Nations organs and organizations concerned, and such other developments as may take place in the interim;

3.Requests the Secretary-General and the heads of the United Nations bodies and organizations concerned, in preparing for the review and assessment, and Member States, in preparing their national reports on the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, to take fully into account the provisions of the present resolution, in particular section II, paragraph 1.

106th plenary meeting
21 December 1976