International Trade Organization: Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on Trade Agreements System and Proposed International Trade Organization CharterU.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 1425 pages |
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... WILCOX . The Temporary National Economic Committee , Sena- tor O'Mahoney's committee . The CHAIRMAN . Oh , yes . Mr. WILCOX . I was director of the Industrial Materials Division in the Office of Price Administration in 1942 and 1943 . I ...
... WILCOX . The Temporary National Economic Committee , Sena- tor O'Mahoney's committee . The CHAIRMAN . Oh , yes . Mr. WILCOX . I was director of the Industrial Materials Division in the Office of Price Administration in 1942 and 1943 . I ...
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... WILCOX . Well , the executive committee set up the subcommit- tees , voted on their terms of reference , and thereby gave them their assignment . The CHAIRMAN . Who was on the executive committee ? Mr. WILCOX . The executive committee ...
... WILCOX . Well , the executive committee set up the subcommit- tees , voted on their terms of reference , and thereby gave them their assignment . The CHAIRMAN . Who was on the executive committee ? Mr. WILCOX . The executive committee ...
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... WILCOX . I am not sure . It may have been late 1944 . Senator JOHNSON . It is not important except that Mr. Clayton came into the picture long after it was initiated and he could not have been one of the originators ? Mr. WILCOX . That ...
... WILCOX . I am not sure . It may have been late 1944 . Senator JOHNSON . It is not important except that Mr. Clayton came into the picture long after it was initiated and he could not have been one of the originators ? Mr. WILCOX . That ...
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... WILCOX . I have marked relevant passages . Senator BREWSTER . Are they very extended ? Could you read them so they would be in the record at this point ? I am interested in your approach . Mr. WILCOX . I could do so . The CHAIRMAN . I ...
... WILCOX . I have marked relevant passages . Senator BREWSTER . Are they very extended ? Could you read them so they would be in the record at this point ? I am interested in your approach . Mr. WILCOX . I could do so . The CHAIRMAN . I ...
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... WILCOX . Yes , sir . Senator BREWSTER . The terminology is different ? Mr. WILCOX . In the document which bears on the cover : " Proposals for Expansion of World Trade and Employment , " after a preface , on page 8 there appear details ...
... WILCOX . Yes , sir . Senator BREWSTER . The terminology is different ? Mr. WILCOX . In the document which bears on the cover : " Proposals for Expansion of World Trade and Employment , " after a preface , on page 8 there appear details ...
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Page 31 - The Security Council may investigate any dispute, or any situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.
Page 435 - ... labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws.
Page 744 - In the performance of their duties the SecretaryGeneral and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization.
Page 135 - Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by any contracting party of measures: ... (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health ... (g) relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption ..." Article XX, however, sets two conditions.
Page 48 - August 14, 1941 by the President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Page 22 - ... defining the terms on which the agency concerned shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations. Such agreements shall be subject to approval by the General Assembly. 2 * It may coordinate the activities of the specialized agencies through consultation with and recommendations to such agencies and through recommendations to the General Assembly and to the Members of the United Nations.
Page 161 - With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations...
Page 335 - The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin in respect of all laws, regulations and requirements affecting their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use.
Page 646 - No distinction shall be made which is based on the flag of vessels, the place of origin, departure, entry, exit or destination, or on any circumstances relating to the ownership of goods, of vessels or of other means of transport.
Page 534 - The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the Secretary-General at the request of the Security Council or of a majority of the members of the United Nations.