A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/260 1 August 1994 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 123 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/48/811/Add.3)] 48/260. Africa: critical economic situation, recovery and development The General Assembly, Recalling section II, paragraph 19, of its resolution 48/228 A of 23 December 1993, in which it requested the Secretary-General to consider the creation of a new budget section relating to the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s with recommendations for additional resources and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its resumed fortyeighth session, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General 1/ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2/ 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General 1/ and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 2/ 2. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a draft programme budget section to include the activities mandated under programme 45 of the mediumterm plan for the period 1992-1997, entitled "Africa: critical economic situation, recovery and development", currently administered under section 8 (Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development) of the programme budget, and to submit it to the General Assembly at its current session but no later than 10 July 1994; 3/ _______________________ 1/ A/C.5/48/74. 2/ A/48/7/Add.8. 3/ At its 68th meeting, on 21 June 1994, the Fifth Committee adopted draft resolution A/C.5/48/L.71 entitled "Africa: critical economic situation, recovery and development" and recommended it to the General Assembly for adoption. The draft programme budget section appears in document A/C.5/48/74/Add.1 dated 7 July 1994. /...