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UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVEL~PM]NT ORGANIZATION R~PORT OF THE ~ INDUSTRIt\1 DEVELOPMENT BOARD r I I j on the worI of its first session ~ 1~ April-5 May 1967 \ r GENERAL ASSEMBLY ( OFFICIAL RECORDS: TWENTY·SECOND SESSION ~ SUPPLE~ENT No. 15 (A/6715/Rev.1) ~ ! r' r UN.fED NATIONS I I, I I UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD on the work of its first session 10 April-5 May 1967 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: TWENTY-SECOND SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 15 (A/67IS/Rev.l) UNITED NATIONS New York, 1967 NOTE ..j SYMBOLS to 5 May 1967) appear in documents ID/B/SR.1 to 39. The summary records of the meetings of the Sessional I Symbols of United Nations documents are com , Committee, held between 11 April and 1 May 1967, posed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention appear in documents ID/B/C.1/SR.1 to 8. of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The documents of the Industrial Development Board of the United Nations Industrial RESOLUTIONS Development Organization and its subsidiary bodies Symbols of resolutions of the Industrial Development are identified as follows: Board consist of an arabic numeral, indicating the serial Industrial Development Board . ID/B/ nnmber of the resolution, and a roman numeral in Sessional committees of the Board . ID/E/C.I/ parentheses, indicating the number of the session at Information series of the Board . ID/B/INF. which the resolution was adopted. SUMMARY RECORDS RULES OF PROCEDURE The summary records of the meetings of the first The rules of procedure adopted by the Board at its J session of the Industrial Development Board (10 April first session have been issued as document ID/B/18. \ ,/ \ I ,\ i ~, I CONTENTS Page ABBREVIATIONS . iv INTRODUCTION . 1 Chapter Paragraphs I. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION 1-13 1 II. RULES OF PROCEDURE .. ................ .. 14-25 2 Ill. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION . 26-39 3 IV. GENERAL DEBATE . 40-104 4 V. FUTURE PROGRAMME OF WORK AND ACTIVITIES . 105-208 10 VI. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT . 209-226 25 VII. CO-ORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT . 227-243 26 VIII. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM OF ORGANI- ZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT . 244-250 29 IX. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE AND FUNC- TIONS OF THE SECRETARIAT . 251-273 30 X. FINANCIAL QUESTIONS . 274-309 32 XI. RELATIONS WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS . 310-314 35 XII. PLANNING OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOP- MENT BOARD , . 315-323 36 XIII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE BOARD TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS TWENTY-SECOND SESSION . 324 37 ANNEXES I. List of participants . 39 n. General Assembly resolution 2152 (XXI) of 17 November 1966 establishing the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 44 IH. Establishment of the headquarters at Vienna . 45 A. Agreement between the United Nations and the Republic of Austria regarding the headquarters of the United Nations In- dustrial Development Organization . 45 B. Exchange of Notes between the United Nations and the Republic of Austria of 13 April 1967 . 50 C. Letter dated 18 April 1967 from the President of the Industrial Development Board to Mr. Carl Bob1eter, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Austria . 51 D. Statement made by Mr. Carl Bohleter, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Austria, at the 3rd meeting of the Board, on 11 April 1967 . 51 IV. Report of the Sessional Committee on the rules of procedure . 53 V. Message dated 10 April 1967 from the Secretary-General to the Industrial Development Board at its first session . 62 VI. Statement made by the Executive Director at the 3rd meeting of the Industrial Development Board, on 11 April 1967 . 62 VII. Statement made by the Executive Director at the 23rd meeting of the Industrial Development Board, on 28 April 1967 . 68 VIII. Resolutions adopted by the Industrial Development Board at its first session . 70 IX. List of documents before the Industrial Development Board at its first session . 72 iii ABBREVIATIONS ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ILO International Labour Organisation OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization ,"" i ! IV INTRODUCTION The present report, the first annual report of the Industrial Development Board of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization is submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with Assembly resolution'2152 (XXI) of 17 November 1966. The Board adopted the present report at its 39th meeting, on 5 May 1967. The report cove.rs the fi:st session of the Industrial Development Board, which was held at Umted NatlOns Headquarters from 10 April to 5 May 1967. Chapter I ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION 1. The Industrial Development Board opened its sian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia, Ceylon, Chad, first session at United Nations Headquarters, New China, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Re York, on 10 April 1967. public of), Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, 2. Mr. 1. H. Abdel-Rahman, Executive Director of Ecuador, El Salvador, Gabon, Greece, Hungary, Ice the United Nations Industrial Development Organiza land, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, tion (UNIDO), acting as President pending the Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, election of the President of the Board, opened the Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, session. Panama, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Re 3. A message from the Secretary-General, who was public, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta and away from Headquarters, was read by the Executive Yugoslavia. Director.l In his message the Secretary-General noted that the first session of the Board marked an important 6. The Department of Economic and Social Affairs milestone in the development of the United Nations of the United Nations Secretariat, the Economic Com and expressed the conviction that the establishment of mission for Africa (ECA), the U nitecl Nations Con UNIDO would give a new dimension to development ference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the efforts. The Secretary-General did not regard industrial United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ization as an aim in itself. It was primarily an instru and the World Food Programme (WFP) were repre ment for spearheading economic growth, which should sented at the session. provide a basis for the development of the human 7. The following specialized agencies were repre potential in the developing countries that had remained sented at the session: the International Labour Or largely dormant. By extending to all peoples the pro ganisation (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organiza digious possibilities opened up by the industrial revolu tion of the United Nations (FAO), the United tion, it would contribute in a powerful manner to .t:Tations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza improving conditions of political and economic equilib tiOn (UNESCO), the World Health Organization rium throughout the world. (WHO), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Monetary MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE Fund (IMF) and the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (1 MCO). The International 4. The following members of the Board were repre Atol~ic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Contracting sented at the session: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Trade (GATT) also sent representatives. III Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, 8. The International Chamber of Commerce, the Iran, Italy, Ivary Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, World Federation of Trade Unions and the United In Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Ro ternational Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual mania, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Property were also represented at the session. Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab ELECTION OF OFFICERS Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North 9. At its 1st meeting, on 10 April 1967, the Board ern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, and elected by acclamation the following officers for its Zambia. first session: 5. The following States Members of the United President: Mr. Moraiwid M. Tell (Jordan); Nations sent observers to the first session of the Board: Vice-Presidents: Dr. Dan Dumitrescu (Romania); Algeria, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma, Byelorus- Dr. J. H. Lllbbers (Netherlands); Mr. Eduardo Brad ley (Argentina); 1 For the full text of the Secretary-General's message, see annex V. RapportMtY: Mr. Mbaye Cheik Omar (Guinea). 1 CREDENTIALS 3. Adoption of the agenda. 10. At its 6th meeting, on 13 April, the Board, at