Developing human resources for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Emphasizes that in the development of human resources, an overall, well-conceived, integrated and gender-sensitive approach should be adopted, incorporating such vital areas as population, health, nutrition, water, sanitation, housing, communications, education and training, and science and technology, as well as taking into account the need to create more opportunities for employment in an environmnet that guarantees opportunities for political freedom, popular participation, respect for human rights, justice and equity, all of which are essential for enhancing human capacities to meet the challenge of development; also emphasizes the need to ensure the full mobilization and integration of women; reaffirms the importance of women and youth in human resources development; stresses the importance of international support for national efforts and regional programmes towards human resources development in developing countries, particularly in the area of national capacity-building, and the need to increase the flow of resources to developing countries for such activities; calls upon the relevant bodies to bear in mind the need to mitigate possible negative impacts and to include appropriate social safety nets in the formulation and implementation of stabilization and structural adjustment programmes in developing countries; invites the UN system to assist developing countries, at their request, in developing their capacity to assess through appropriate indicators, progress made in satisfying, in the pursuit of human resources development, the fundamental economic, social and cultural needs of their populations.

Adopted without vote, 86th meeting

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Adopted at the 86th plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1993.