HC Deb 30 January 1951 vol 483 cc96-7W
85. Mr. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade which countries are members of the Interim Commission of the International Trade Organisation; how many meetings were held of the Commission in 1950 and in what places; and what decisions were reached.

Mr. Bottomley

With the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the countries represented on the Interim Commission of the International Trade Organisation. The Interim Commission did not meet in 1950, but its Executive Committee held a single meeting in Torquay on 24th November to consider the position of certain loans which have been made to the Commission by the United Nations on behalf of the proposed International Trade Organisation. The Executive Committee decided, in view of the continued uncertainty with regard to the establishment of the International Trade Organisation, to send to the Secretary-General of the United Nations an appreciation of the present financial situation of the Interim Commission.

Following is the list of countries:

Afghanistan Iran
Argentina Iraq
*Australia *Italy
Austria Lebanon
Belgium Liberia
*Brazil Luxembourg
Burma *Mexico
*Canada Netherlands
Ceylon New Zealand
Chile Nicaragua
*China *Norway
*Colombia Pakistan
Costa Rica Panama
Cuba Peru
*Czechoslovakia *Philippines
Denmark Poland
Dominican Republic Southern Rhodesia
Ecuador Sweden
*Egypt Syria
*E1 Salvador Transjordan
*France Turkey
*Greece South Africa
Guatemala *United Kingdom
Haiti *United States
*India Uruguay
Indonesia Venezuela

The Executive Committee consists of the countries indicated above by an asterisk, together with the Benelux Union, which is represented by a single joint representative.