Programme of work and priorities of ECA for the biennium 1998-1999

Endorses the programme of work and priorities of the Commission for the biennium 1998-1999 as amended; requests the Secretary-General, in making his proposals for the 1998-1999 programme budget, to give special consideration to the development needs of the African region by providing the Commission with adequate resources to enable it to carry out fully the reforms already embarked upon; calls upon the General Assembly and its 2nd and 5th Committees to ensure that adequate resources are made available to the Commission for the implementation of the work programme of the Commission; requests the Executive Secretary of the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the work programme is guided by the same principles that have underpinned reform and renewal at ECA: professional excellence, cost-effectiveness in product management and programme delivery, and effective partnerships with African regional organizations, the organizations of the UN system, and other multilateral and bilateral donors in support of Africa's development.

Adopted without vote, 34th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1997, New York, 23 Jan. and 4-7 Feb. 1997; resumed organizational session for 1997, New York, 1 and 2 May 1997; substantive session of 1997, Geneva, 30 June-25 July 1997; resumed substantive session of 1997, New York, 8 Oct. and 16 and 18 Dec. 1997 - E/1997/97 - p. 35 - (ESCOR, 1997, Suppl. no. 1).