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Economic and Social Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The thirteenth session of the Economic and Social Council met at Geneva from July 30 to September 21, 1951. President of the Council was again Hernán Santa Cruz of Chile while the vice-presidents were the representatives of Czechoslovakia (Nosek) and of Belgium (Eyskens). The Soviet Union followed its usual procedure and requested that the representative of communist China be given the seat of the representative of Nationalist China. This request was refused

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1951 , pp. 743 - 760
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1951

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1 At the time this summary of the thirteenth session of the Economic and Social Council waswritten, the complete Official Records of the session had not yet been received. For that reason, the summary will be continued in International Organization, VI (February issue). Council discussion of the following agenda items has not been covered in this issue: land reform; regular technical assistance program; expanded technical assistance program; restrictive business practices; intergovernmental consultations on commodity problems; Economic Commission for Europe; Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; Economic Commission for Latin America; Economic Commission for the Middle East; report of the Statistical Commission; long-term measuresfor Korea; freedom of information; report on slavery; refugees and stateless persons; concentration camp survivors; trade union rights; newsprint shortage; problem of food shortages and famine; shortage of insecticides; organization and operation of the Council and commissions; coordination among the United Nations and specialized agencies; elections; traffic in persons.

2 For a summary of this report, see this issue, p. 335–336.

3 Egypt was considered as within the sphere of the middle east; for summary of economic conditions within the middle east, see this issue, p. 745.

4 Document E/1910/Add.l/Rev.l, March 1951.

5 For a summary of this report, see this 1951. volume, p. 335–336.

6 Document E/1910/Add.2/Rev.l, March 1951.

7 For summary of the World Economic Report, 1949–1950, see International Organization, V, p. 335; for summary of Council (12th 1951. session) discussion of the report, see ibid., p. 555. For summary of reports dealing with Africa and the middle east, see this issue, p. 743, 745.

8 United Nations, Bulletin, XI, p. 286Google Scholar.

9 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 25Google Scholar.

10 For summary of the activities of the International Materials Conference, see this issue,“Other Functional Organizations.”

11 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 28Google Scholar.

12 Ibid., p. 52, 55, 56.

13 Ibid., p. 61–74.

14 Ibid., p. 76.

15 Ibid., p. 36.

16 Ibid., p. 86.

17 Ibid., p. 134.

18 Ibid., p. 100; document E/L.183.

19 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13tb session), p. 105Google Scholar.

20 Ibid., p. 108.

21 Ibid., p. 115.

22 Ibid., p. 135.

23 Ibid., p. 187.

24 Document E/2042, June 29, 1951.

25 Document E/2041.

26 For summary of the report of the International Monetary Fund, see International Organization, V, p. 602.

27 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 367Google Scholar.

28 For information on previous activities of TAB, see International Organization, IV, p. 280, 645; V, p. 338–339Google Scholar.

29 The organizations include: the United Nations, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, ICAO, and WHO. In addition, the International Bank, the Fund, ITU, WMO and IRO cooperated closely with participating organizations and the Technical Assistance Board.

30 Documents E/2054, July 19, 1951 and E/2054/Add.l, August 7, 1951.

31 For summary of the sixth session of the Economic, Employment and Development Commission, see International Organization, V, p. 565.

32 For summary of the report on economic development of underdeveloped countries, see ibid., p. 567.

33 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 167Google Scholar.

34 Ibid., p. 172.

35 Ibid., p. 203.

36 Ibid., p. 221.

37 Ibid., p. 268,316.

38 Economic Bulletin for Europe, III, No. 1.

39 For text of summaries given by government representatives on employment matters, see Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), for the United Kingdom, p. 210Google Scholar; for the United States, p. 212; for Pakistan, p. 247; for Sweden, p. 251; for India, p. 252; for Belgium, p. 253; for Canada, p. 261; for France, p. 262; for Poland, p. 264; for the Soviet Union, p. 376; for the Philippines, p. 381; for China, p. 383; for Chile, p. 383; for Uruguay, p. 385.

40 Document E/L.208.

41 Documents E/L.216, E/L.226, E/L.230.

42 Document E/2019, June 18, 1951.

43 Ibid.

44 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 328Google Scholar.

45 Ibid., p. 372.

46 For summary of the report, see International Organization, V, p. 572.

47 Document E/2032, June 25, 1951.

48 Document E/2013, June 30, 1951.

49 For summary of the seventh session of the Commission on Human Rights, see Internanational Organization, v, p.561.

50 For record of Council discussion, see Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 405Google Scholar.

51 For record of Council discussion on the status of women, ibid., p. 391.

52 For summary of the fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, see International Organization, v. p. 563.

53 For the summary of the sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, see ibid., p. 560.

54 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 122Google Scholar.

55 lbid., p. 123.

56 For summary of the seventh session of the Social Commission, see International Organtzation, V, p. 558.

57 Document E/1982, April 14, 1951, p. 66.

58 Economic and Social Council, Official Records(13th session), p. 129Google Scholar.

59 For summary of the sixth session of the Population Commission, see International Organization, v. p. 564.

60 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 122Google Scholar.

61 For summary of the fifth session of the Transport and Communications Commission, see International Organization, V, p. 577.

62 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 157Google Scholar.

63 For summaries of the annual reports of the specialized agencies, see International Organization, V, p. 599, 606; and this issue, p. 784, 793, 797, 800, 808, Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 169Google Scholar, 185, 192, 235, 257, 275, 293, 343, 351.

64 For summary of the third session of the Fiscal Commission, see International Organization, V, p. 574.

65 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 146–151Google Scholar.

66 Ibid., p. 311.

67 Document E/2009, June 7, 1951.

68 Economic and Social Council, Official Records (13th session), p. 311Google Scholar.