Paris, 1-14 September 1981

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Check list of documents

Call Number: HC59.7 .U4958 1981c
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General documents

Vol. 1:

  • 1.  Annotated provisional agenda for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries:  note by the Secretary-General of the Conference
  • 2 and Corr.1; Add.1; Add.1/Corr.1; Add.2; Add.2/Corr.1; Add.3   The least developed countries in the 1980s:  report by the Secretary-General of the conference
  • 3.  Reports of the review meetings for the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific, held at the Vienna International Centre from 30 March to 10 April 1981.
  • 4.  Reports of the review meetings for the least developed countries of eastern Africa, held at Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, from 4 to 14 May 1981
  • 5 and Corr.1.  Reports of the review meetings for the least developed countries of western  and central Africa and Somalia, held at the Netherlands Congress Centre, The Hague, from 25 May to 5 June 1981.
  • 6.  Reports of the review meetings for the least developed countries of southern Africa, Guinea-Bissau and Haiti, held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 22 to 26 June 1981
  • 7.  Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the least developed countries:  contributions by organizations of the United Nations system – note by the Conference secretariat
  • 7/Add.1 (Part 1)  Activities by the Economic Commission for Africa on behalf of the least developed countries:  contribution by the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa
  • 7/Add.1 (Part 2)  Domestic problems and economic policies in African least developed countries:  contribution by the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa
  • 7/Add.2  Least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific:  activities of the ESCAP secretariat during the past decade and future plans for the 1980s – contribution by the ESCAP secretariat
  • 7/Add.3  Contribution by the International Labour Organization
  • 7/Add.4 and Corr.1.  Contribution by the United Nations Development Programme
  • 7/Add.4(A)  Contribution by the Social Measures Fund for the Least Developed Countries
  • 7/Add.4(B)  Contribution by the United Nations Volunteers Programme
  • 7/Add.4(C)  Contribution by the United Nations Development Programme on the United Nations Capital Development Fund

Vol. 2:

  • 7/Add.5  Contribution by the United Nations Children’s Fund
  • 7/Add.6 (Part I)  UNIDO co-operation in the industrial development of the least developed countries:  contribution by the secretariat of UNIDO
  • 7/Add.6 (Part II)  The poor fall behind:  an assessment of industry in the least developed countries – contribution by the secretariat of UNIDO
  • 7/Add.7  Poverty and the least developed countries:  contribution by the World Bank
  • 7/Add.8  Contribution by the World Intellectual Property Organization
  • 7/Add.9  The role of meteorology and related activities in economic and social development, with particular reference to the least developed countries:  contribution by the World Meteorological Organization
  • 7/Add.10  Contribution by the International Civil Aviation Organization
  • 7/Add.11  Contribution by the World Health Organization
  • 7/Add.12  Contribution by the World Food Council
  • 7/Add.13 and Corr.1  Cross-organizational analysis of United Nations programmes/projects in least developed countries:  contribution by the secretariat of the Inter-Organization Board for Information Systems
  • 7/Add.14  Contribution by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities
  • 7/Add.15  Food and agriculture in the least developed countries in the 1980s – problems and prospects:  contribution by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • 7/Add.16 Technical co-operation for the accelerated economic and social development of the least developed countries:  contribution by the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development, United Nations Secretariat
  • 7/Add.17  Contribution by the International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • 7/Add.18  Contribution by the International Monetary Fund
  • 7/Add.19 (Part I)  The external trade sector of the least developed countries:  contribution by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT
  • 7/Add.19 (Part II)  ITC technical co-operation with least developed countries in external trade promotion during the second and third United Nations Development Decade:  contribution by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT
  • 7/Add.20  Contribution by the International Telecommunication Union
  • 7/Add.21  Contribution by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
  • 7/Add.22  Food aid for the least developed countries (a perspective for the 1980s):  contribution by the World Food Programme
  • 7/Add.23  Contribution by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • 7/Add.24 and Corr.1  Contribution by the United Nations Environment Programme
  • 7/Add.25  Contribution by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • 8.  The role of non-governmental organizations in aid to the least developed countries:  paper prepared by Sir Geoffrey Wilson at the request of the Conference secretariat
  • 9 and Corr.1  Basic data on the least developed countries:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • 10.  Reports of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • 11.  Provisional rules of procedure of the Conference, as approved by the Preparatory Committee at its third session
  • 12.  Report of the Ministerial Meeting on the Least Developed Countries of the ESCAP and ECWA regions (Bangkok, 10-11 August 1981):  note by the Conference secretariat
  • 13.  Pre-Conference Consultation among Senior Officials held at Le Bon Conseil on 27 and 28 August 1981:  report by the Chairman of the Consultation
  • 14.  Memorandum submitted by the delegation of Argentina:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • 15.  Agenda as adopted
  • 16.  Rules of procedure of the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries:  note by the Conference Secretariat
  • 17.  Major results and future trends in co-operation between the USSR and the least developed countries in the commercial, economic, scientific and technical fields:  paper distributed at the request of the delegation of the USSR
  • 18.  Credentials of representatives to the Conference:  communication dated 9 September 1981 addressed to the President of the Conference from the delegations of Afghanistan, Angola, Bulgaria, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, Ethiopia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Poland, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Vietnam
  • 19.  Credentials of representatives to the Conference:  communication dated 9 September 1981 addressed to the President of the Conference from the delegation of Democratic Kampuchea
  • 20 and Add.1  Report of the Credentials Committee
  • 21.  Credentials of representatives to the Conference:  communication dated 14 September 1981 addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference by the delegation of India

Documents in the information series

Bound at the end of vol.2:

  • INF.1  Establishment of a list of speakers:  note by the UNCTAD secretariat
  • INF.2  Information for participants

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INF.3  List of participants


Summaries of individual country presentations

Vol. 3:

  • SP/1  Bhutan
  • SP/2 and Corr.1  Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • SP/3  Afghanistan
  • SP/4  Maldives
  • SP/5  Democratic Yemen
  • SP/6  Samoa
  • SP/7  Bangladesh
  • SP/8  Nepal
  • SP/9 and Corr.1  Yemen
  • SP/10  Burundi
  • SP/11  Comoros
  • SP/12 and Corr.1  Ethiopia
  • SP/13  Somalia
  • SP/14  Rwanda
  • SP/15  Sudan
  • SP/16  Uganda
  • SP/17  United Republic of Tanzania
  • SP/18  Benin
  • SP/19  Cape Verde
  • SP/20  Niger
  • SP/21 and Corr.l  Central African Republic
  • SP/22  Gambia
  • SP/23  symbol not used
  • SP/24  Guinea
  • SP/25 and Corr.1  Mali
  • SP/26  Upper Volta
  • SP/27  Haiti
  • SP/28  Botswana
  • SP/29  Lesotho
  • SP/30  Malawi
  • SP/31  Guinea-Bissau

Vol. 4:

Preparatory Committee documents

  • PC/1  Provisional agenda and annotations to the provisional agenda:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/2 and Add.1 and (A) and Corr.1; Add.2-3; Add.4 and Corr.1; Add.5-7  Replies received from donor countries and from multilateral donor agencies:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/3 and Add.1  Basic data on the least developed countries:  report by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/4  ECA conference on the problems and prospects of the African least developed countries:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/5  ESCAP/UNCTAD meeting of experts on the least developed countries:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/6  Issues for consideration by the Preparatory committee:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/7  Agenda
  • PC/8  Other business
  • PC/9  Report of the Preparatory committee for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries on its second session, held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 9 to 17 October 1980
  • PC/10  Other business
  • PC/11  Provisional agenda and annotations to the provisional agenda:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/12  Summaries of replies received from bodies of the United Nations system and from certain multilateral donor agencies:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/13 and Corr.1 and Add.1-3  Additional information received from donor countries and from multilateral donor agencies:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/14 and Add.1  Issues for consideration by the Preparatory committee:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/15 and Corr.1 and 2 and Add.1  Summary tables for the least developed countries:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/16  Agenda
  • PC/17  Other business
  • PC/18  Other business
  • PC/19 and Add.1-8  Report of the Preparatory committee for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries on its third session, held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 29 June to 10 July 1981
  • PC/INF.1  List of participants
  • PC/INF.2  Numbering of resolutions and decisions of the Preparatory committee:  note by the Conference secretariat
  • PC/INF.3  List of participants
  • PC/NGO/1  Communication received from the International Alliance of Women:  note by the Conference secretariat

Vol. 5:

Report of the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Paris, 1-14 September 1981.  1982.  (A/CONF.104/22/Rev.1)


Related titles:

  • Report of the Preparatory committee for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [on its third session] was issued after the Conference as United Nations General Assembly Official Records, 36th session, supplement no. 45 (A/36/45), JZ5010. See IUCat for location and holdings.
  • Least Developed Countries and Action in Their Favour by the International Community:  Selected Documents of the United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, HC59.7.U4948 1981. See IUCat for location.
    • Contents:  The Substantial new programme of action for the 1980s for the least developed countries and The least developed countries in the 1980s:  report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

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