Foreign Commerce Handbook, Volume 12International Division, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1955 - United States |
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Page 21 - Commission; the Economic Commission for Europe (Ece); the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (Ecafe); and the Economic Commission for Latin America (Ecla). The Council brings certain specialized intergovernment organizations working in its field into relationship with the United Nations.
Page 24 - Fund's resources available to them under adequate safeguards, thus providing them with opportunity to correct maladjustments in their balance of payments without resorting to measures destructive of national or international prosperity. (vi) In accordance with the above, to shorten the duration and lessen the degree of disequilibrium in the international balances of payments of members.
Page 18 - Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Banking and Currency District of Columbia Education and Labor Foreign Affairs Government Operations House Administration Interior and Insular Affairs Interstate and Foreign Commerce Judiciary Merchant Marine and Fisheries Post Office and Civil Service Public Works Rules Science and Astronautics Un-American Activities Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means power.
Page 24 - To facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade, and to contribute thereby to the promotion and maintenance of high levels of employment and real income and to the development of the productive resources of all members as primary objectives of economic policy.
Page 24 - To assist in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments in respect of current transactions between members and in the elimination of foreign exchange restrictions which hamper the growth of world trade.
Page 25 - Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world without distinction of race, sex, language or religion by the Charter of the United Nations.
Page 26 - Organization is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
Page 16 - To investigate, from time to time, trade conditions in and with foreign countries where associations, combinations, or practices of manufacturers, merchants, or traders, or other conditions, may affect the foreign trade of the United States, and to report to Congress thereon, with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
Page 16 - ... to maintain and continue the development of air transportation to the extent and of the character and quality required for the commerce of the United States, the Postal Service, and the national defense.
Page 24 - Its purposes are: to promote international monetary cooperation through a permanent institution which provides the machinery for consultation and collaboration on international monetary problems; to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade, and to contribute thereby to the promotion and maintenance of high levels of employment and real income...