§ 7. Mr. R. Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proposals have been made by the United Kingdom delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council during July in Geneva for international commodity arrangements, including the international stabilisation of commodity prices, with particular reference to the problems of West African territories.
§ Mr. Ian HarveyThe debate at the United Nations Economic and Social Council on commodities has been concerned with arrangements for discussing commodity problems in general, and there have been no proposals for dealing with problems affecting individual commodities or areas. The United Kingdom delegation has supported the two positive proposals which have been put forward: to strengthen the Commission on International Commodity Trade 922 by reconstituting it with new terms of reference, and to call a meeting of the Commission early in 1959 to which all interested governments would be invited.