Approves the admission of Turkey to membership in the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Resolution 716 (PLEN.32)
Admission of Turkey as a State member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
The Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Bearing in mind that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean was established by the Economic and Social Council by its resolution 106 (VI) of 25 February 1948, in which the Council stated that membership of the Commission shall be open to States Members of the United Nations in North, Central and South America and in the Caribbean area and to France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Bearing in mind also that the Commission was established on the basis of the participation of all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and those that have had special relations of a historical, cultural, geographical or economic nature with the region,
Recalling that, in that spirit, the Commission subsequently admitted the following countries: Spain in 1979, Portugal in 1984, Italy in 1990, Germany in 2005, Japan in 2006, the Republic of Korea in 2007 and Norway in 2015,
Considering that the Government of Turkey has communicated to the Commission, through the Executive Secretary, its desire to be admitted as a member of the Commission,1
Welcomes the request of the Government of Turkey that the country be admitted as a member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;
2
Recommends to the Economic and Social Council that it approve the admission of Turkey as a member of the Commission and authorize to this effect the amendment of paragraph 3 (a) of the terms of reference of the Commission to include the name of Turkey.
