A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/102 9 February 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 95 (d) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/50/617/Add.4)] 50/102. United Nations system support for science and technology in Africa The General Assembly, Reaffirming the Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development, 1/ adopted by the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development and subsequently endorsed and reaffirmed by the General Assembly, Reaffirming also its resolution 46/151 of 18 December 1991, the annex to which contains the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, having as its priority objectives the accelerated transformation, integration, diversification and growth of the African economies, in order to strengthen them within the world economy, Having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "United Nations system support for science and technology in Africa", 2/ and the conclusions and recommendations contained therein, Recognizing the crucial significance of science and technology, including the related information technologies, for planning, development and decision-making in science and technology and the promotion of endogenous capacity-building in science and technology in the process of growth and 1/ Report of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, Vienna, 20-31 August 1979 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.I.21 and corrigenda), chap. VII. 2/ 96-76477 A/50/125-E/1995/19, annex. /...

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