Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 88 (f)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/177 of 22 December 1992, by which
it adopted the programme for the Second Industrial Development
Decade for Africa, and its decision 48/456 of 21 December 1993,
by which it endorsed Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/65
of 30 July 1993,
Recalling also the Mauritius Declaration on Africa's Accelerated
Industrial Recovery and Development in the Context of the Second
Industrial Development Decade for Africa (1993-2002) and Beyond,
adopted by the Conference of African Ministers of Industry at
its eleventh meeting, held at Port Louis from 31 May to 3 June
1993,
Taking cognizance of the establishment of the African Economic
Community and the need to ensure its operation,
Recalling further the resolutions adopted by the General
Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
at its fifth session, 1/ in particular resolution GC.5/Res.12
on the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, resolution
GC.5/Res.16 on the industrialization of the least developed countries
and resolution GC.5/Res.20, containing the Yaounde Declaration,
2/ which emphasized that the organization should pay special attention
to the industrialization of the least developed countries, and
accord high priority to the industrialization of Africa and to
the realization of the objectives of the Second Decade,
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on
the implementation of the programme for the Second Industrial
Development Decade for Africa (1993-2002); 3/
2. Reaffirms the importance of industrialization as a dynamic
instrument of growth, essential to sustainable economic and social
development of developing countries, particularly in Africa;
3. Considers industrial development to be an important
vehicle for poverty eradication, income and employment generation,
social integration and vertical diversification;
4. Recognizes the need for increasing the integration of
African industry in world manufacturing, and for that purpose
calls for the support of the international community in achieving
the goals of the Second Decade;
5. Also recognizes the responsibility of the African countries
in the implementation of the programme of the Second Decade, and
calls upon them to continue to undertake appropriate measures
to promote economic growth and sustainable development, including
by continuing to promote a favourable climate for foreign investment;
6. Requests the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
to give full assistance to improving the competitiveness of the
industrial sector in Africa and to formulating measures to improve
it in the light of the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations;
7. Also requests the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, in cooperation with the African Development Bank
and other subregional, regional and international financial and
banking institutions, to provide support, especially in the development
of new and innovative measures to mobilize resources and promote
foreign direct investment, to African countries;
8. Calls upon the Economic Commission for Africa and the
Organization of African Unity to facilitate cooperation with the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization in order to
provide support to improve African industrial cooperation and
to integrate the African Economic Community into the industrial
sphere, particularly in the areas of industrial policy, technology,
human resource development, industrial investment, small-scale
industries, enterprise development and institutional infrastructure,
all of these being essential for poverty eradication, employment
generation, social integration and vertical integration;
9. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation
of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its fiftieth
session.
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994
1/ See United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Decisions
and Resolutions of the General Conference, Fifth Regular Session,
Yaounde, 6-10 December 1993 (GC.5/INF.4).
2/ Also reproduced in A/49/347, appendix. 95-76387 /...
3/ A/49/372. .