Welcomes the proposed programme of work for the biennium 1990-1991 in technical co-operation in the field of population; requests the Secretary-General to ensure the continued availability of funds for technical co-operation in the field of population, particularly for fellowships for training at the UN-supported Cairo Demographic Centre, the Regional Institute for Population Studies at Accra, Ghana, the Institut de formation et de recherche démographiques at Yaoundé, Cameroon and other UN demographic centres and programmes serving African countries; requests the organizations of the UN system to give priority to population needs and problems in Africa in accordance with the UN Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990.

Adopted without vote, 35th meeting

Adopted at the 35th plenary meeting, 26 July 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1989, Geneva, 5-28 July 1989. - E/1989/INF/10. - 29 Aug. 1989. - p. 26-27. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1A.