HC Deb 22 February 1971 vol 812 c2W
37. Mrs. Hart

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the present stage of discussions within the United Nations Development Programme about the implementation of the Jackson Report.

Mr. Kershaw

Last December the U.N. General Assembly approved the U.N.D.P. Governing Council's action on the Report. The Council devoted the bulk of its January session to discussion of the detailed implementation of its earlier decisions. The Organisation's senior field staff have been briefed for the introduction in 1972 of new procedures. Though a great deal more work remains to be done to give full effect to the policy decisions already taken, progress continues to be encouraging.

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