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Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles

A/RES/36/144No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1982.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
International TradeTextiles

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Appeals to all countries participating in the current negotiations on the Arrangement regarding International Trade in Textiles, in particular to developed countries, to show the necessary political will and spirit of mutual accommodation, inter alia, to achieve an expansion of trade in textiles and clothing, a reduction of the barriers to such trade and the progressive liberalization of world trade in textile products, while at the same time ensuring the orderly and equitable development of such trade and avoiding disruptive effects in individual markets and on individual lines of production in both importing and exporting countries;
2
Recalls that one of the principal aims of the Arrangement is to further the economic and social development of developing countries and to secure a substantial increase in their export earnings from textile trade;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the present resolution to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for the information of the Contracting Parties and other countries participating in the negotiations.

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