§ 76. Mr. Blenkinsopasked the President of the Board of Trade what action has been taken to follow up proposals made at the last United Nations Conference for Trade and Development to help achieve real progress when the Conference reconvenes.
§ Mr. DarlingSince the First U.N.C.T.A.D. Conference in 1964 there have been regular meetings of the Trade and Development Board, the main permanent organ of the Conference, and of its four main subsidiary bodies.
There has been detailed discussion of the problems of the developing countries, the nature of which is now more widely appreciated. In particular, the United Kingdom/Swedish proposal for Supplementary Financial Measures to assist countries suffering unexpected disruption of their export earnings has been worked out in a report by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and is now under examination by Governments. The international agreement for tin has been renewed and the United Kingdom has been active in the attempts to negotiate new agreements for cocoa and sugar.