International Measures to Assist in Offsetting Fluctuations in Commodity Prices

A/RES/1423(XIV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1960.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1960–1963

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1829(XVII)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1963	A/RES/1829(XVII)	International measures to assist in offsetting fluctuations in commodity prices	630	14%Compare
1960	A/RES/1423(XIV)	International measures to assist in offsetting fluctuations in commodity prices	408	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Balance of Payments Commodity Prices Compensatory Financing Groups of Experts

What’s in this document?

2 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint a group of not more than seven experts to assist the Commission on International Commodity Trade in its consideration of commodity problems by examining the feasibility of establishing machinery, within the framework of the United Nations, designed to assist in offsetting the effects of large fluctuations in commodity prices on balances of payments, with special reference to compensatory financing, and to submit its report and recommendations to the Commission on International Commodity Trade by its ninth session, and requests the Economic and Social Council to comment on and transmit this report to the General Assembly ;

Further requests the Secretary-General to invite the International Monetary Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to participate in the work of the group of experts in a consultative capacity.

5 December 1959.

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