United Nations Development Decade: special role of ECA in the preparation of the Second Development Decade

Abstract

The current decade was designated as the United Nations Development Decade by the General Assembly in 1961, each developing country was asked to set its own growth rate, taking as an objective a minimum-annual growth rate, of 5 percent by the end of the 10-year period. Member States were called upon to pursue policies and to take measures aimed at helping the developing countries, achieve that goal. Over the years, the operation of the Decade has been the subject of periodic review, particularly by the Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, on the basis, of progress reports by the Secretary-General.