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International Trade Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment: The Conference, which was convened by the Economic and Social Council at Havana on November 21, 1947, ended on March 24, 1948 when representatives of 53 countries signed the Final Act of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, which included the Charter of the International Trade Organization. Of the 56 eligible nations, three did not sign; Argentina and Poland had previously announced their abstentions and the Turkish delegation stated that its instructions had been delayed. The Final Act committed the delegations to submit the Charter to their governments for ratification. The Charter was to enter into effect 60 days after a majority (27) of the signatories ratified the document. If, by March 24, 1949, this requirement had not been fulfilled then 20 ratifications were to be adequate; if by September 30, 1949, these ratifications had not been made, the Secretary-General of the United Nations was to invite the governments which had ratified to confer for the purpose of determining on what conditions they desired to bring the Charter into effect.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 1948 , pp. 365 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1948

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References

1 For a summary of the conference, see the United Nations Bulletin, IV, p. 340–342Google Scholar.

2 For information on the first part of the conference, see International Organization, II, p. 135–136. For the work of the preparatory committee of the conference, see International Organization, I, p. 139–40, 361–2, and 529–31.

3 Documents E/CONF.2/1 and E/CONF.2/SR.3.

4 For discussion of this issue, see document E/CONF.2/C.2/SR.10.

5 Ibid.

6 For discussion in Committee III, see document E/CONF.2/C.3/SR.3.

7 See document E/CONF.2/C.3/SR.4. For general discussion of commercial policy, see documents E/CONT.2/C.3/SR.3–E/CONF.2/C.3/SR.6.

8 For information on the debate in Committee III on Subsidies, see document E/CONF.2/C.3/SR.26–E/CONF.2/C.3/SR.27. For report of the subcommittee on subsidies, see document E/CONF.2/C.3/51. For United States amendments, see document E/CONF.2/C.3/1/Add.41.

9 For discussion of investments, see documents E/CONF.2/C.2/SR.12–E/CONF.2/C.2/SR.13.

10 Document E/CONF.2/C.3/SR.21.

11 United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, Final Act and Related Documents, Havana, 03 1948Google Scholar. For summary of the Charter prepared by the United Nations Department of Public Information, see New York Times, March 25, 1948, p. 2.

12 United Nations Bulletin, IV, p. 340–342Google Scholar.

13 Conditions set forth included: 1) contiguous territories among parties to the arrangement or parties belonging to the same economic region, and 2) preferential rates must insure a sound market for the industries to be protected.

14 United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, Final Act and Related Documents, Havana, 03 1948Google Scholar.

15 New York Times, March 21, 1948, p. 17.

16 Document ICITO/EC.1/SR.2