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East-West Cooperation and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

David Wightman
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Probably no other organ of the United Nations concerned with economic affairs has been so closely dependent on the current temper of east-west relations as the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). The paralyzing effect of the cold war on ECE was such tiiat its activities, as distinct from its membership, have become truly all-European only within the last three years. To outline this development and reflect upon the present character of east-west cooperation within ECE is die concern of this article. But first a few words about die character of the organization itself, for its constitution is a poor guide.

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International Organization , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , Winter 1957 , pp. 1 - 12
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1957

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1 “East” and “west” are used in the conventional political sense, meaning member countries of the communist bloc on the one hand and the rest of Europe on the other. Parts of this article are very largely based on the author's book Economic Co-operation in Europe: A Study of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, published in 1956 under the auspices of the European Centre of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace by Stevens & Sons Ltd. and William Heinemann Ltd. in London and by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., in New York.

2 On the early history of ECE see: Rostow, W. W., “The Economic Commission for Europe,” International Organization, III, p. 254–268Google Scholar.