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Economic and Social Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East: The seventeenth session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) was held in New Delhi, India, from March 8 to 22, 1961.1 In addition to delegates from member countries there were observers present from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Republic, Yugoslavia, and West Germany, as well as from the United Nations specialized agencies and nineteen nongovernmental organizations. The main topics under consideration at the session were 1) the use of resources released through disarmament, 2) possible adverse effects on Asia of European economic groupings, and 3) the establishment of a regional petroleum institute. The question of fluctuations in commodity prices and the need for increased regional economic cooperation were also discussed. In presenting the report of the session, which was later approved, Mr. Sashichiro Matusui of Japan, the chairman of the drafting committee, noted that the Commission had heard statements by several delegates on the credentials of the delegation of Laos. The delegate of the Soviet Union, in particular, questioned the validity of the credentials of the delegation of King Savang Vatthana and contended that the delegation did not represent the “legal government” of Prince Souvanna Phouma. However, the committee examining the credentials of the Laotian delegation had found them in order.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , Summer 1961 , pp. 500 - 510
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1961

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References

1 UN Press Release ECAFE/85, March 22, 1961. For a summary of the sixteenth session, see International Organization, Spring 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 2), p. 315–316.Google Scholar

2 General Assembly Resolution 1516 (XV), December 15, 1960.

3 UN Press Release ECLA/24, May 18, 1961. For a summary of the eighth session, see International Organization, Spring 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 2), p. 318–320.Google Scholar

4 For a discussion of the Montevideo meeting, the drafting of the treaty for the Latin American Free Trade Association, and the establishment of the Free Trade Zone, see International Organization, Spring 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 2), p. 361.Google Scholar

5 Economic and Social Council Official Records (31st session), Supplement No. 3. For a summary of the tenth session, see International Organization, Summer 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 3), P. 441–443.Google Scholar

6 Document E/CN.9/158 and Corr.1.

7 Economic and Social Council Official Records (32d session), Supplement No. 11, and Document SF/L.41. For a summary of the third and fourth sessions of the Governing Council, see International Organization, Summer 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 3), p. 450–451.Google Scholar

8 Document SF/L.50 and UN Press Release SPF/122, May 24, 1961.

9 See ECOSOC Resolution 692 C (XXVI), July 31, 1958.

10 UN Press Release Soc/2915, March 25, 1961.