Urges all Governments to implement the guidelines for consumer protection and establish appropriate means to co-ordinate policies and programmes for consumer protection; encourages Governments to collaborate, as appropriate, in joint efforts for the protection of consumers, including the development of product safety standards and testing procedures, and in the exchange of information and advisory services; requests the Secretary-General to provide assistance to Governments, in particular those of developing countries and other interested countries, in implementing the guidelines on consumer protection, and to develop a programme of action for the next 5 years on the implementation of the guidelines.

Adopted without vote, 37th meeting

Adopted at the 37th plenary meeting, 27 July 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1990, Geneva, 4-27 July 1990. - E/1990/INF/8. - 15 Aug. 1990. - p. 58-59. - Issued in ESCOR, 1990, Suppl. no. 1 and 1A.