Invites interested Governments and the enterprises and institutions concerned, as well as other competent organizations, to participate in the International Symposium on the Permanent Link to be held at Marrakesh from 16-18 May 1990 with a view to the implementation of the project; invites the countries concerned to co-operate with the ECA and the ECE in accelerating the creation of transport networks leading to the Strait of Gibraltar and in harmonizing transport regulations with a view to facilitating the transport of goods and merchandise between the two areas; requests the Executive Secretaries of the ECA and the ECE: (a) to submit, at the Marrakesh Symposium, a global evaluation of the studies and work relating to the project based on the reports of the Executive Secretaries transmitted by the Secretary-General to the Economic and Social Council; (b) to allocate as far as possible the resources necessary for the evaluation of the studies and work relating to the project and of the results and recommendations of the Marrakesh Symposium; (c) to submit an interim report on the project to the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1991.

Adopted without vote, 37th meeting

Adopted at the 37th plenary meeting, 28 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. 64-66. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1A.