Towards Economic Cooperation in Asia: The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East.

1964 ◽  
Vol 74 (295) ◽  
pp. 686
Author(s):  
H. Myint ◽  
D. Wightman
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Far East ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Habt Schaaf
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Far East ◽  
Concerted Action ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Social Council ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government

The bare facts about the history and organization of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) are not difficult to relate. The commission was established in 1947 by the Economic and Social Council, along with two other regional economic commissions for Europe and Latin America, as a five-year experiment. Its terms of reference authorized it “acting within the framework of the policies of the United Nations and subject to the general supervision of the Council” and provided that it take “no action in respect to any country without the agreement of the Government of that country” to:(a) initiate and participate in measures for facilitating concerted action for the economic reconstruction of Asia and the Far East, for raising the level of economic activity … and for maintaining and strengthening the economic relations of these areas both among themselves and with other countries of the world;

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

1963 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
B. T. G. Chidzero
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Far East ◽  
The Other ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Social Council ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The United Nations

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) with its headquarters at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was established in 1958 under resolution 67aA (XXV) of the Economic and Social Council. It is one of the four regional commissions of the United Nations, the other three, which were established much earlier, being the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) with headquarters in Geneva, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) with Bangkok, Thailand, as its headquarters and the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) at Santiago de Chili. The establishment of these regional commissions was a result of the need and desirability to decentralize United Nations activities, not only on a functional but also on a geographical basis.

ECAFE and Economic Cooperation in Asia

1961 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
A. Rashid Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Far East ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
Historic Landmark

1. At the 16th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), held at Bangkok in Marchl960, a resolution was passed unanimously (Annex I) urging greater cooperation among countries of the ECAFE region in order to achieve accelerated economic and social development. This might well be regarded as a historic landmark: while regional cooperation had been taking place already in some measure through the forums of ECAFE and other international or regional bodies, never before was the desire for it voiced in such unambiguous and concrete terms. It is, therefore, appropriate and timely to study the past efforts and future possibilities of such cooperation.

scholarly journals Reserve Pooling in Asia and the Far East

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charan D. Wadhva
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Far East ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
East Region ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
Reserve Fund ◽  
Reserve Pooling

One of the forms of payments arrangements among the developing countries recognized by the Group of Experts appointed by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) [6] is the establishment of a reserve fund by pooling the reserves of the interested countries. The Committee on Invisibles and Financing Related to Trade of UNCTAD recommended that "the pooling of the reserves of the developing countries in particular regions should be considered" [7, Annex I, p. 9]. While a great deal of talk about other forms of payments arrangements has been going on in the region denned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (to be called Asia and the Far East region in the paper) i, not much has yet been thought about the possibilities of the formation of reserve funds on regional or subregional basis as a possible measure toward the cherished goal of regional economic cooperation unanimously adopted at the Ministerial Conference on Asian Econo¬mic Cooperation held in Manila [9]. The purpose of this paper is to theoretically examine the rationale for reserve pooling among a group of countries and then to apply this theory to explore the possibilities of gains from reserve pooling on both regional and subregional basis in Asia and the Far East region.

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