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International Measures to Assist in Offsetting Fluctuations in Commodity Prices

A/RES/1423(XIV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1960.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1960–1963
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1829(XVII)
  • 1963A/RES/1829(XVII)International measures to assist in offsetting fluctuations in commodity pricesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1960A/RES/1423(XIV)International measures to assist in offsetting fluctuations in commodity prices

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Balance of PaymentsCommodity PricesCompensatory FinancingGroups of Experts

What does this mandate say?

2 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Secretary-General to appoint a group of not more than seven experts to assist the Commission on International Commodity Trade in its consideration of commodity problems by examining the feasibility of establishing machinery, within the framework of the United Nations, designed to assist in offsetting the effects of large fluctuations in commodity prices on balances of payments, with special reference to compensatory financing, and to submit its report and recommendations to the Commission on International Commodity Trade by its ninth session, and requests the Economic and Social Council to comment on and transmit this report to the General Assembly ;
2
Further requests the Secretary-General to invite the International Monetary Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to participate in the work of the group of experts in a consultative capacity.
5 December 1959.

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