Expresses deep disappointment at the failure of the 1966 United Nations Cocoa Conference to conclude a cocoa agreement;
2
Deplores the breakdown of the multilateral consultations on cocoa held in New York from 29 November to 7 December 1966;
3
Affirms the need for reaching an international cocoa agreement at an early date and in any case not later than the beginning of the 1967-1968 cocoa season ;
4
Requeststhe Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to approach the Governments concerned with a view to 88 Ibid., annex A.Il.l, p. 26.
89 Official Records uf the Trade and Development Board, Fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 9, document TD/B/81.
40 Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 37, document A/6567/Add.l, annex.
41 Ibid., Twenty-first Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/6315/ Rev.I), part two, annex B. Resolutiom adopted on the reports of the Second Committee resuming the multilateral consultations on cocoa at an early date;
5
Calls upon all concerned in the consultations, particularly the major consumer countries, to do their utmost to arrive at an agreement on all outstanding matters;
6
UrgesGovernments to ensure that representatives to these consultations have sufficient political mandate to facilitate agreement on the various matters at issue;
7
Urgesfurther that these consultations should be completed as soon, as possible so that there ma_Y be an early resumption of the Cocoa Conference with a view .to concluding an agreement which will answer the needs of the developing countries.
17 December 1966.
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