The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 48/169 and 48/170 of 21 December
1993,
Recalling further the agreed conclusions and recommendations
of the Meeting of Governmental Experts from Land-locked and Transit
Developing Countries and Representatives of Donor Countries and
Financial and Development Institutions, convened by the Trade
and Development Board in New York from 17 to 19 May 1993, and
in particular, the conclusions and recommendations of the above
Meeting pertaining to the newly independent and developing land-locked
States in Central Asia and their transit developing neighbours,
Recognizing that the overall socio-economic development
efforts of these countries, seeking to enter world markets through
the establishment of a multicountry transit system, are impeded
by a lack of territorial access to the sea as well as by remoteness
and isolation from world markets,
Supporting the current efforts being undertaken by the
newly independent and developing land-locked States in Central
Asia and their transit developing neighbours through relevant
multilateral, bilateral and regional arrangements to address the
issues regarding the development of a viable transit infrastructure
in the region,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled
"Transit transport systems of the newly independent and developing
land-locked States in Central Asia and their transit developing
neighbours: current situation and proposals for future action",
Noting that the report, as stated in paragraph 1 of its
introduction, represents a first approximation only towards a
fuller elaboration of more concrete programmes of action for dealing
with the issues,
Recognizing that to be effective, a transit transport strategy
for the newly independent and developing land-locked States in
Central Asia and their transit developing neighbours should incorporate
actions that address both the problems inhering in the use of
existing transit routes and the early development and smooth functioning
of new, alternative routes,
Emphasizing the importance of strengthening international
support measures to address further the problems of newly independent
and developing land-locked States in Central Asia and their transit
developing neighbours,
1. Invites the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, in consultation with the
Governments concerned and in cooperation with the United Nations
Development Programme, the Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific, the Economic Commission for Europe and relevant
regional organizations and in accordance with approved programme
priorities and within existing financial resources, to elaborate
a programme for improving the efficiency of the current transit
environment in the newly independent and developing land-locked
States in Central Asia and their transit developing neighbours
and to make a comprehensive analysis and study of the transit
system for Central Asian countries, paying particular attention
to the development of all new, appropriate and feasible alternative
transit routes and corridors, including the shortest ones;
2. Invites donor countries and multilateral financial and
development institutions, within their mandates, to provide newly
independent and developing land- locked States in Central Asia
and their transit developing neighbours with appropriate financial
and technical assistance for the improvement of the transit environment
for these countries;
3. Requests the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development, in collaboration with the relevant international
and regional organizations referred to in the present resolution,
to study the possibility of holding, within existing financial
resources, a regional symposium for the newly independent and
developing land-locked States in Central Asia and their transit
developing neighbours, with the participation of other interested
States, on transport and transit issues in the region, upon completion
of the comprehensive analysis and study requested in paragraph
1 above and before this issue is taken up by the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session;
4. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development to prepare a report on the
implementation of the present resolution, to be submitted to the
General Assembly at its fifty-first session.
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994