Commodities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2004
Files
Details
SymbolA/RES/59/224
TitleCommodities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
AccessEnglish: A_RES_59_224-EN - PDF ; Español: A_RES_59_224-ES - PDF ; Français: A_RES_59_224-FR - PDF ; Other: A_RES_59_224-DE - PDF ; Русский: A_RES_59_224-RU - PDF ; العربية: A_RES_59_224-AR - PDF ; 中文: A_RES_59_224-ZH - PDF ;
Summary
Encourages developing countries, with the necessary support of donor countries and the international community, to formulate specific commodity policies so as to contribute to the facilitation of trade expansion, the reduction of vulnerability and the improvement of livelihood and food security; calls upon developed countries that have not already done so to work towards the objective of providing duty-free and quota-free market access for all least developed country products; reiterates the role of the UN Conference on Trade and Development in addressing commodities issues in a comprehensive way; notes with concern that the real prices of some commodities are still on a declining trend, and requests the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, with in their respective mandates, to explore appropriate ways of addressing this problem and identifying best practices for dealing with persistent oversupply situations; calls upon the UN Conference on Trade and Development to continue to work for the effective operation of the International Task Force on Commodities; requests the Secretary-General of the UN, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, to report on the implementation of the present resolution.
Action note2004-12-22
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 75th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.2/59/L.26/Rev.1
Committee reportA/59/481/Add.4
Meeting record
A/59/PV.75
Agenda information
A/59/251 83d Commodities. COMMODITIES
Date[New York] : UN, 14 Feb. 2005
Description
5 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.