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Absent: Albania, China, Colombia, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial
Guinea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Solomon
Islands.

RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 34/87 E:

In favour: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Democratic
Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Federal Republic of Germany, Chana,
Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria,
Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom, United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania, United States,
Upper Volta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

Against: Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Ukraine, USSR.

Abstaining: Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Ivory Coast, Niger, Sierra Leone, Viet Nam.

Absent: Albania, Colombia, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libya, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands.

34/138. Global negotiations relating to international economic co-operation for development

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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, which lay down the foundations for the establishment of the new international economic order,

Noting with deep concern that, despite the great efforts made by many countries, especially the developing countries, at a large number of meetings and international conferences aimed at the establishment of the new international economic order, only limited progress has been achieved,

Considering the report of the Committee of the Whole Established under General Assembly resoution 32/174, 81/

Taking note of the important resolution adopted at the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Havana from 3 to 9 September 1979, on global negotiations relating to international economic co-operation for development, 82/

Emphasizing the imperative need to establish a new system of international economic relations based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit as also to promote the common interest of all countries,

81/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/34/34). 82/ See A/34/542, annex, sect. VI B.

Stressing that the establishment of such a new system calls for bold initiatives and demands new, concrete, comprehensive and global solutions going beyond limited efforts and measures intended to resolve only the present economic difficulties,

Urging all countries to commit themselves effectively to achieving, through international negotiations and other concerted action, the restructuring of international economic relations on the basis of the principles of justice and equality in order to provide for steady economic development, with due regard to the development potential of developing countries,

Emphasizing that such global negotiations must take place within the United Nations

system,

Reaffirming in this context the central role of the General Assembly,

1. Decides to launch at its special session in 1980 a round of global and sustained negotiations on international economic co-operation for development, such negotiations being action-oriented and proceeding in a simultaneous manner in order to ensure a coherent and integrated approach to the issues under negotiation;

2. Agrees that such negotiations should:

(a) Take place within the United Nations system with the participation, in accordance with the procedures of relevant bodies, of all States and within a specified time-frame without prejudice to the central role of the General Assembly;

(b) Include major issues in the field of raw materials, energy, trade, development, money and finance;

(c) Contribute to the implementation of the international development strategy for the third United Nations Development Decade;

(d) Contribute to the solution of international economic problems, within the framework of the restructuring of international economic relations, and to steady global economic development, in particular the development of developing countries, and, to this end, reflect the mutual benefit, the common interest and the responsibilities of the parties concerned, taking into account the general economic capability of each country;

3. Further agrees that these negotiations should not involve any interruption of, or have any adverse effect upon, the negotiations in other United Nations forums but should reinforce and draw upon them;

4. Agrees that the successful launching and ultimate success of global negotiations require the full commitment of all participants to careful and thorough preparations, including efficient procedures for the negotiations;

5. Decides that the Committee of the Whole Established under General Assembly Resolution 32/174 should act as the preparatory committee for these negotiations and propose all necessary arrangements worked out in accordance with its established procedures 83/ to enable the Assembly at its special session in 1980 to decide on an effective and prompt beginning of the global negotiations, and further decides that the Committee should submit to the Assembly at its special session its final report containing its recommendations on the procedures, the time-frame and detailed agenda for the global negotiations, taking into account paragraphs 1 to 4 above.

83/ See the agreed statement by the President of the thirty-third session of the General Assembly at its 39th plenary meeting, on 19 October 1978 (A/33/PV.39, p. 71).

D. THE NORTH-SOUTH DIALOG AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER

34/139. Proposals for global negotiations relating to international economic co-operation for development

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Bearing in mind the decision to launch a round of global negotiations on international economic co-operation for development,

Recalling the important proposals made in relation to raw materials, energy, trade, development, money and finance,

Taking note with appeciation of the recent major proposals made by heads of State or Government which constitute an interrelated, action-oriented and global approach to the above-mentioned issues,

Convinced of the urgent need for the establishment of the new international economic order and, in this context, recalling the relevant resolutions,

De cides that the Committee of the Whole Established under General Assembly Resolution 32/174, acting as the preparatory committee for global negotiations, should include in its final report to the Assembly at its special session in 1980 suggestions and recommendations, relevant to the preparatory work assigned to it in Assembly resolution 34/138 of 14 December 1979, which may result from the consideration of the above-mentioned proposals and from others which may be presented to it, taking into account the interrelationship of the issues.

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Co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development

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Recalling its resolutions 1778 (XVII) of 7 December 1962, 3148 (XXVII) of 14 December 1973, 31/139 of 16 December 1976 and 33/115 A of 18 December 1978,

Desirous that the benefits of co-operation and assistance in the application and the establishment and/or improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development be considered with a view to disseminating those benefits to all countries regardless of their stages of economic and social development,

Recognizing that the potential of the field of communications should be applicable to all developing countries so that it could be used appropriately to enhance further the economic and social progress of developing countries and to allow all developing countries to have equal access to communication technology in order to develop and operate their own communication systems and policies,

Noting with appreciation the relevant decisions in the field of mass communications taken by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twentieth session, 34/

Convinced that consideration of ways and means of achieving the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development will pave the way for improved international co-operation in the field of mass communications,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization concerning co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development, 35/ and notes in particular the recommendations made by the Intergovernmental Conference on Communication Policies in Asia and Oceania held at Kuala Lumpur from 5 to 14 February 1979; 36/

2.

Requests the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in the light of recommendation 51 of the Kuala Lumpur Conference referred to in paragraph 1 above and of the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Planning Conference on Communication Development to be convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in April 1980, to study, among other alternatives, the possibility of the establishment of an international fund for the development of communications under the auspices of that organization;

3. Requests the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue to pursue his efforts to prepare an integrated model plan for co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development, in accordance with paragraph 3 of resolution 33/115 A of 18 December 1978, and to submit his report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session, in the light of the Intergovernmental Planning Conference on Communication Development on April 1980 and of the decisions adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twenty-first session;

4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session the item entitled "Co-operation and assistance in the application and improvement of national information and mass communication systems for social progress and development" and to consider it at that session as a matter of priority.

34/ A/34/149, annex, sect. II.

35/ A/34/148, A/34/149.

36/ A/34/149, annex, appendix I.

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