United Nations Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly - 33rd session
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An ICA Policy for Co-operative Development
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Appendix 1
United Nations Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly
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Thirty-third session
33/47. National Experience in Promoting the Co-operative
Movement
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The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 2459 (XXIII) of 20 December 1968,
3273 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974 and 31/37 of 30 November 1976,
and Economic and Social Council resolution 1668 (LII) of 1
June 1972,
Bearing in mind that the establishing and growth of co-
operatives is one of the important instruments for the full
economic, social and cultural development of all members of
society,
Recognizing the necessity of training and educational
programmes at various levels for the growth, diversification
and professionalization of the management of co-operatives,
1. Take note of the report of the Secretary General on
national experience in promoting the co-operative
movement;*
2. Reiterates the necessity of an international exchange of
experience as a contribution to the growth and
diversification of the co-operative movement;
3. Stresses the role of co-operatives in the development of
weaker sections of the community and in over-all social
and economic advancement, particularly in developing
countries;
4. Recognizes that co-operatives are an important means of
increasing employment opportunities for women and
integrating them, as active members of society, into the
development process;
5. Stresses also the important social role of co-operatives
in involving people at the grassroots level in the
planning and decision-making which affect their daily
lives;
6. Invites Member states, relevant specialized agencies ant
other United Nations organs to pay special attention to
the training and education aspects of the co-operative
movement at the local, national and international levels;
7. Also invites Member states, relevant specialized agencies
and other United Nations organs to submit follow-up
reports on their experience in promoting the co-operative
movement, referring especially to the participation of
women in the co-operative movement and to the role of co-
operatives in achieving over-all social and economic
development;
8. invites those Member states which have not already done
so to submit reports on national experience in promoting
the co-operative movement;
9. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General
Assembly at its thirty-sixth session, through the
Economic and Social Council, a follow-up report on
national experience in promoting the co-operative
movement, referring especially to the participation of
women in the co-operative movement and to the role of co-
operatives in achieving the over-all social and economic
development, based on data already available and on
additional contributions from Member States and relevant
specialized agencies;
10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
thirty-sixth session, the item entitled `National
Experience in Achieving far-reaching Social and Economic
Changes for the purpose of Social Progress' and to
consider under this item the follow-up report of the
Secretary General on national experience in promoting the
co-operative movement.
84th Plenary meeting, 14 December, 1978
* E/1978/15 and Corr.2.
Thirty-sixth session
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36/18. National experience in promoting the co-operative
movement.
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 33/47 of 14 December 1978 on national
experience in promoting the co-operative movement and other
relevant resolutions referred to in that resolution,
Desiring to promote the implementation of the International
Development strategy for the third United Nations Development
Decade,*
Reaffirming that co-operatives play an important role in the
socio-economic development of developing countries,
Convinced that the exchange among countries of national
experience relating to the co-operative movement plays an
essential role in strengthening the co-operatives for the
benefit of their members and in overcoming difficulties in the
development of various co-operatives,
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary General on
national experience in promoting the co-operative
movement;**
2. Invites the regional commissions and specialized agencies
concerned to make further efforts with a view to
promoting the co-operative movement as an effective
instrument for the improvement of the well-being of the
population;
3. Requests the Secretary General to prepare, in
consultation with Member States and relevant
organizations of the United Nations system, a
comprehensive report on national experience in promoting
the co-operative movement, paying special attention,
inter-alia, to the following aspects:
a) Role of co-operatives in over-all social and
economic development, particularly in rural areas;
b) Participation of peasants, including landless
peasants, as well as of women and youth in co-
operatives;
c) Ability of co-operatives to increase the material
welfare of their members;
d) Inter-relationship between agrarian reform and
agricultural co-operatives;
e) Difficulties faced by countries in the establishment
and development of co-operatives and their
experience in overcoming them;
4. Further requests the Secretary General to submit,through
the commission for Social Development and the Economic
and Social Council, the above mentioned report to the
General Assembly at its thirty-eight session for
discussion under the item entitled `National experience
in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for
the purpose of social progress'.
49th Plenary meeting, 9th November, 1981
* General Assembly resolution 35/36.
** A/36/115.
