The national economic and social consequences of disarmament in countries with different economic ~ystems and at different stages of economic development, including, in particular, the problems of replacing military expenditures with altnnative private and public civil expenditures so as to maintain effective demand and to absorb the human and material resources released irom military uses;
( b) The possible development of structural imbalances in national economies as a result of the cessation of capital investment in armaments industries, and the adoption of possible corrective measures to prevent such imbalances, including expanded capital assistance to the uncler-developecl countries;
( c) The impact of disarmament on international economic relations, including its effect on world trade and especially on the trade of under-developed countries;
( d) The utilization of resources released by disarmament for the purpose of economic and social development, i11 particular of the under-developed countries;
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R ccommends that the Secretary-General should con<luct the proposed examination with the assistance of expert consultants to he appointed by him with due regard to their qualifications and to the need of geographical representation and intimate krnm·ledge of countries with different economic systems and at different stages of economic development ;
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A/Jpeals to Governments of Member States to give full co-operation to tlw Scrretary-General in the fulfilment of the task entrusted to him;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to submit a preliminary report on the results of the examination to the Economic and Social Council at its thirty-third session;
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Requeststhe Econon11c and Social Council to transmit the report with its views to the General Assembly at its seventeenth ,;('ss10n.
