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Politics and the Future of ECOSOC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Economic and social cooperation through the United Nations seems destined to face new challenges and alternatives in the coming years as a result of the changed composition of the United Nations membership, the increased bargaining power of the African, Asian, and other states seeking economic and technical assistance, and the precedent of UN operations in the Congo.

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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1961

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1 The elections under consideration embrace those held to fill places vacant through December 30, 1960, including the voting deferred until April 1961 at the resumed fifteenth session of the Assembly to elect a successor to China.

2 Document A/PV.987, 987th Plenary Meeting, April 18, 1961.

3 See Padelford, Norman J., “Politics and Change in the Security Council,” International Organization, Summer 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 3), p. 381–401.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

4 See Document A/PV.914, 914th Plenary Meeting, November 11, 1960.

5 See Document A/3139 for original enlargement proposal introduced by a group of Latin American states and Spain, June 26, 1956. The same or substantially similar proposals have been reintroduced and debated in the Special Political Committee each year since 1956.

6 Special Political Committee, 130th meeting, October 17, 1959.