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Economic and Social Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The resumed 28th session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was held in New York on December 14 and 15, 1959, under the presidency of Mr. Cosio Villegas (Mexico). Much of the business of the 1090th meeting dealt with elections, with the following results: 1) Canada, Japan, and the Soviet Union were elected members of the Governing Council of the Special Fund representing the economically developed countries; 2) Yugoslavia, Pakistan, and Thailand were elected members of the Governing Council representing the less developed countries; 3) Sweden was elected to the seat on the Governing Council left vacant by Denmark, for the remainder of Denmark's term (one year); 4) Haiti, Israel, and Norway were elected members of the Technical Assistance Committee, for a period of two years beginning on January 1, 1960; 5) China, Costa Rica, France, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States were elected to the Council Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations for 1960; and 6) Mr. Mohamed Abu Rannat (Sudan) and Mr. Enrique Rodriguez Fabregat (Uruguay) were elected members of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, thereby increasing the number of members of the subcommission to fourteen.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , Spring 1960 , pp. 312 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1960

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References

1 For a summary of the first part of the 28th session, see International Organization, Winter 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 1), p. 189–202CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 Document E/3309 and Adds.1–2.

3 Document E/3312.

4 Document E/3307.

5 Document A/4250.

6 Document E/L.85O/Rev.2.

7 Document E/3311.

8 General Assembly Resolution 1396 (XIV), November 27, 1959; see also Document E/L.849.

9 Document E/L.845.

10 See above.

11 UN Press Releases ECA/5, January 11, 1960, ECA/16, February 8, i960, and ECA/17, February 10, 1960; see also United Nations Review, 03 1960 (Vol. 6, No. 9), p. 12–15Google Scholar. For a summary of the first session, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 292–293Google Scholar.

12 For a list of the current members and associate members of the Commission, see International Organization, Winter 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 1), p. IIIGoogle Scholar.

13 Document E/CN.14/23.

14 Document E/CN.14/25.

15 Document E/CN.14/24.

16 UN Press Releases ECAFE/49, March 9, 1960, ECAFE/52, March 14, 1960, ECAFE/55, March 21, 1960, and ECAFE/56, March 22, 1960. For a summary of the thirteenth session, see International Organization, Summer 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 3), p. 441CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

17 Economic and Social Council Official Records (28th session), Supplement No. 3. For a summary of the thirteenth session, see International Organization, Summer 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 3), p. 351–352Google Scholar.

18 Economic and Social Council Official Records (28th session), Supplement No. 4. For a summary of the seventh session, see International Organization, Summer 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 3), p. 354–356Google Scholar.

19 For more recent information on the status of the Latin American common market, see below, p. 361.

20 Economic and Social Council Official Records (28th session), Supplement No. 9. For a report of the 13th session, see ibid. (26th session), Supplement No. 9.

21 Document E/CN.7/356 and Add.1.

22 Document E/968.

23 Document E/CN.7/L.219.

24 Document E/CN.7/L.213.

25 Document E/CN.7/L.222.

26 Document E/CN.7/L.216/Rev.1.

27 Document E/CN.7/L.212/Rev.1.

28 Document E/CN.7/L.215.

29 Document E/CN.7/L.218.

30 Document E/CN.7/L.225.

31 Document E/CN.7/L.221/Rev.1.

32 Document E/CN.7/L.214/Rev.1.

33 Economic and Social Council Official Records (28th session), Supplement No. 12. For a summary of the eighth session of the Transport and Communications Commission, see International Organization, Spring 1957 (Vol. 11, No. 2), p. 376–377Google Scholar.

34 Document E/CN.2/191 and Corrs.1–2 and Add.1.

35 Document E/3134.