Commodities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2000
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SymbolA/RES/55/183
TitleCommodities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Emphasizes the need for the developing countries that are heavily dependent on primary commodities to continue to promote a domestic policy and an institutional environment that encourage diversification and liberalization of the trade and export sectors and enhance competitiveness; expresses the urgent need for supportive international policies and measures to improve the functioning of commodity markets through efficient and transparent price formation mechanisms, including commodity exchanges, and through the use of commodity price risk management instruments; urges the developed countries to continue to support the commodity diversification and liberalization efforts of commodity-dependent developing countries, especially in Africa and the least developed countries, as well as commodity-dependent small island developing States, by providing technical and financial assistance for the preparatory phase of their commodity diversification programmes; invites the UN Conference on Trade and Development, within its mandate, to provide assistance to developing countries in the financing of commodity diversification and to include issues related to commodities in the provision of analytical support and technical assistance to developing countries in their preparation for effective participation in multilateral trade negotiations and in formulating a positive agenda for future trade negotiations.
Call number
A(01)/R3
Action note2000-12-20
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 87th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.2/55/L.62
Committee reportA/55/579/Add.2
Meeting record
A/55/PV.87
Agenda information
A/55/251 92b Commodities. COMMODITIES
Date[New York] : UN, 18 Jan. 2001
Description
4 p.