Implications of the application of the new criteria for identifying the least developed countries in the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Reaffirms that the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s should be implemented fully, effectively and on a timely basis by all parties; also reaffirms that all least developed countries should continue to enhance the implementation of national policies and measures in line with the Programme of Action, including through macroeconomic policies conducive to long-term, sustained growth and sustainable development, the promotion of individual initiative and broad-based popular participation in the development process, the enhancement of human and institutional capacities and the expansion and modernization of the economic base and that their development partners should effectively and expeditiously implement the commitments undertaken or the measures proposed in the Programme of Action in all areas of international support, including official development assistance, debt relief and external trade; reaffirms that a significant and substantial increase in the aggregate level of external support should be made available to the least developed countries; invites the least developed countries and their development partners, including international organizations and financial institutions, to participate adequately and effectively at the 2nd part of the 39th session of the Trade and Development Board, to be held at Geneva from 15-26 Mar. 1993; urges donors to consider providing extrabudgetary resources to facilitate the participation of representatives of the least developed countries at the future reviews of the Programme of Action by the Trade and Development Board.

Adopted without vote, 93rd meeting

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Adopted at the 93rd plenary meeting, 22 Dec. 1992.