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An Unfortunate Decision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

A. Loveday
A. Loveday
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A. Loveday, former head of the Economic, Financial, and Transit Section of the League of Nations, is now at Nuffield College, Oxford. He is the author of many articles on international economic cooperation.
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Extract

Early last summer the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations took a decision which in the course of years is likely to have a very considerable and, in my opinion, a very damaging effect on its work and its efficiency. After a lengthy discussion it resolved by a majority vote that all its advisory commissions should be composed of government representatives — of persons, therefore, acting on government instructions — rather than of persons acting in their individual capacity.

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International Organization , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1947 , pp. 279 - 290
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1947

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1 I omit the Narcotics Commission which has its origin in certain conventions and is not exactly comparable with the others.

2 The Secretary-General was instructed, however, in order to secure a balanced representation in the various fields covered by the commissions, to consult with governments, so elected before the representatives were finally nominated by these governments and confirmed by the Council.