Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries

Endorses the report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries on its 10th session and the decisions adopted by the High-level Committee; takes note of the draft revised Guidelines for the Review of Policies and Procedures concerning Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, submitted by the Administrative Committee on Coordination; invites UNCTAD and the Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries of UNDP to undertake jointly further work on formulating concrete recommendations on the implementation of and follow-up to the San Jose Declaration and Plan of Action adopted by the Group of 77 at the South-South Conference on Trade, Investment and Finance; calls upon all Governments and relevant UN organizations to consider increasing allocations for economic and technical cooperation among developing countries and to identify new funding modalities to promote South-South cooperation; urges the organizations and bodies of the UN system, and invites other relevant intergovernmental organizations to make concerted and vigorous efforts to mainstream the implementation of modalities of economic and technical cooperation among developing countries; decides to hold a one-day commemorative meeting at the beginning of the 53rd session of the General Assembly to make the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countires and requests the Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries to be responsible for the preparation and organization of the commemorative meeting; requests the Secretary-General for an assessment and recommendations aimed at further strengthening the integration of the modalities of economic and technical cooperation among countries into the operational activities of the UN system.

Adopted without vote, 77th meeting

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Adopted at the 77th plenary meeting, 18 Dec. 1997.