Resolution
18/71
Change in the Structure of the
Committee on Commodity Problems
THE CONFERENCE
,
Noting
the views of the
Council
and the
Committee on Commodity Problems
regarding the structure and composition of this Committee,
Having considered
that it would be desirable to open the Committee on Commodity Problems to all interested Member Nations on a trial basis,
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Decides
that:
1.
The
Committee on Commodity Problems
shall be open to all interested Member Nations for a trial period of four years, at the end of which the structure and composition of the Committee and the method of appointment of its members shall be reviewed by the
Conference
;
2.
The appointment of the members of the Committee shall be carried out in accordance with the following procedure:
(a)
The members of the Committee on Commodity Problems provided for in paragraph 6 of Article V of the Constitution shall be appointed by the
Council
for a period of two years at the session of the Council immediately following the regular session of the Conference;
(b)
The Committee shall be composed of those Member Nations which notify the
Director General
in writing of their desire to be appointed as members of the Committee in view of their interest in the work of the Committee and their intention to participate actively, for a two-year period, in the efficient discharge of the Committee's mandate;
(c)
The
Director-General
shall determine and communicate to all Member Nations the latest date by which such notifications shall be made and shall submit a list of such notifications to the
Council
not later than on the day set by the Council for the appointment of the members of the Committee.
3.
Members of the Committee should, as far as possible, be represented by their most senior officers concerned with commodity problems of an international character.
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(Adopted
19 November 1971
)