United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Lima Declaration calls for industrialization in developing countries

📅 26 March 1975

UNIDO’s Lima conference adopted a declaration and plan of action pressing for a larger share of world industrial production for developing countries.

UNIDO constitution is adopted in Vienna

📅 8 April 1979

States adopted the constitution of UNIDO, giving an intergovernmental foundation to work on industrial development, including in newly independent countries.