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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/134
10 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 12
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/49/726)]
49/134.
Strengthening information systems for
Africa's recovery and sustainable
development
The General Assembly,
Aware of the importance of information systems and technology for
Africa's recovery and sustainable development,
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1994/42 of 29 July
1994, in which the Council invited the General Assembly to review the
programme budget for the biennium 1994-1995 1/ with a view to permitting the
delivery of the activities of the subprogramme of the Economic Commission for
Africa on statistical and information systems development, and also recalling
General Assembly decision 48/453 of 21 December 1993, in which the Assembly
agreed to ensure the provision of adequate staffing and resources in the
subprogramme,
Endorses resolution 789 (XXIX) of 4 May 1994 of the Conference of
Ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2/ and requests the
Secretary-General fully to implement the resolution within existing United
Nations resources.
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994
1/
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session,
Supplement No. 6A (A/48/6/Rev.1/Add.1).
2/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 20 (E/1994/40), chap. IV.
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