The Governing Council requests the Administrator to undertake a substantive review of the mandate, role and work priorities of the United Nations Volunteers and, taking into consideration the recommendations of the second United Nations Volunteers intergovernmental meeting, held at Maseru, Lesotho in November 1986, to submit his report to the Council at its thirty-fourth session and to include in the report, in the context of the 1988-1989 biennial budget, the Administrator’s recommendation on alternative financing modalities to meet the need for staffing United Nations Volunteers headquart

The Governing Council notes the progress achieved in assisting the most severely affected African countries in utilizing more effectively emergency relief assistance through, inter alia, the provision of qualified United Nations Volunteers under a regional project (RAF/84/024) approved by the Governing Council at its thirty-first session, in decision 84/18.

The Governing Council recommends that the General Assembly consider the question of designating an International Day for Volunteers for Economic and Social Development.

The Governing Council approves, on the understanding that this should not be regarded as a precedent, an allocation of $1.5 million from Special Programme Resources for a regional project in Africa south of the Sahara to counter the effects of the natural disaster in the reqion by providing United Nations volunteers to the affected regions.

The Economic and Social Council requests the Administrator to pursue his consultations with delegations and to submit to the General Assembly recommendations regarding the renaming of the title of the post of Co-ordinator of the United Nations Volunteers so as to reflect more appropriately the responsibilities and functions of the post.

The Governing Council decides not to change the present financial arrangements for the United Nations Volunteers. In addition, the Governing Council appeals to member Governments to make renewed efforts to bring about solutions to the problem of the financing the Special Voluntary Fund. 

The Governing Council noting with satisfaction the outcome of the first High-Level Symposium on International Volunteer Service and Development, held at Sana’a Yemen Arab Republic, in March 1982 and the adoption by consensus of the Sana’a Declaration.  Moreover, the Governing Council requests the Executive Co-ordinator of the United Nations Volunteers to continue his commendable efforts to recruit more women for the United Nations Volunteers.

The Governing Council takes note of the successful completion of the United Nations Volunteer programme's first decade of services with the expectation that the programme's role and potential will be increasingly utilized in the coming years in accordance with the needs of developing countries, in particular the least developed and newly independent countries.

The Governing Council takes into account the expectation that the United Nations Volunteers programme will play a significant role in the preparation of projects and programmes related to the International Youth Year, 1985, and requests the United Nations Volunteers in so doing to take fully into account the techincal competence of the relevant specialized agencies and the need for full co-operation and consultation with such agencies which operate core activities directly related to youth.

The Governing Council, takes note with appreciation of the Administrator’s report on the progress of the United Nations Volunteers programme and of the statement by the Co-ordinator that the number of volunteers in the field now exceeds the initial target of 500 as established by the General Assembly.