•
UN", ED NAT ION S
~CONOMIC
..AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
PROVISIONAL
E!CN.14!p!SR.9(V) 16 }'ebruary 1963 Original: ENGLISH
ECONCMIC CDMiHSSION B'CR AFRICA Fi::'th session
Leopo1dville, February-March 1963 DOCUMENTS OFFICE
~1 I L r~ V UP}'
NO TO BE TAKEN OUT
AIID PRIORITBS
PROVISIONAL SUMMARY RECORD OF THE NINTH NE2,TIliG held at the Falaie de la ~ation, Leopoldville,
on Friday, 15 Febr~ary 1963, at 3.45 p.m.
Chairmang Mr. Doukkali (Morocco) SGcretary:
CONTENTS:
/(r. Chidzero
Discussion of Prcgramne of Work and Priorities for 1963-1964 (continued)
Representatives iliGhing to have ccrrections made tc this provisional sUIT/nary record are re~uested to indioate them on a copy of thG record and send/hem as soon as possible to the Translation Section, Room 20, Palais de], Nation.
·
'PROGRAI®® OF WORK AND PRIORITIES FOR 1963-19'4 (E/CN.14/230'and ~dd.l
and Corr.l,2 and 3) (continued) B. Annotated List of Projectc for 1963-1964
IV.
Agric~ltureThe CHAIRMAN invited the Committee to contin11e its discussion of item 31-02, Agric~tural DevoLopmerrt Programmes and Planning.
Mr. YAKillR (Algeria) said that the omission of agrarian reform from the Programme of Work had surprised his d.e Logati on , The secretal'ia t had said it considered land reform to be a phase of' land policies. J3ut the effects of land reform on agricultural producti.on, trade, living standards and the eoonomy as a whole W8:re such as to waz-runt a special s tudy of th8 matter.
The joint ECA/FAG Agriculture Division should corapdLe a oomprehensive report on land reform problems and techniQues.
In view of the faot that many countri8s 1<erG faced "i th p rob Lems of erosion oontrol and irrigation, he c...,ggestod that the words "irrigation and
erosion corrtz-oI." be added at the end of paragraph (d).
Mr. ACOCK (Secretariat) said that it vou Ld be possible for the Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division to prepare a report on land reform. H" urg6d however tha, no time limit should bo sot for th" production of tho roport, because other bodies, including United Nations HeadQuarters and }'AO, would have to be consulted. An additional paragraph, (f), might DU added to item 31-10 (Studies and Neotings on Agricultural :Lievelopmcnt) reading as follows, "In collaboration l,i th FAO and Uni ted ITa tions H3adQuartcrs to
undertake a comprehensive survey of' land refarn: in African count ri e s ",
As to the second point raised by thc rapras0ntative of Algeria, erosion oontrol was a technioal mattc;r falling more prop~rly l{ithin FAO's previnoe, and it would therefore be better to refer it to FAC diroctly rather than te the Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division. It could only be inoluded in
~CA'o Programme of Work if thd stross Wdr8 laid on the economic and sccial conseQuences of soil erosion. In any case, it could hardly be introduced into paragraph (d) of item 31-02, 'whie l' was about tho role of Lnet i tutional
,
.
"4
CN.14/P/SR. 91(1)Page 2
factors in agricultural ~evelopment; if it were included, it would have' to be in an additional paragraph. Alternatively, provided it was under- stood that the work would bo on the; economic and social Cons8Cluellces of soil erosion and that it could not be complet8d before 1964 or 1965, the seoretariat saw no obj0ction to erosion control b..3ing ffiGntionod in para- graph (0) of item 31-10, which already mentioned irrigation.
Mr. YAKER (Algeria) said he had suggGskd that the addition be made to item 31-02 because irrigation and erosion control could prcperly be regarded as promoting agricultural devalopmont. He had no objection, however, to the s8cr~tariat's suggesticD that 8Tosion control b0 illuntioneQ in paragraph (0) of i t",I11 31-10 instead.
Mr. CARlUDY (Sierra Leono) drew attention to the roference to ccmmunity development in thE' "Cornment " on i t8m 31-02, and sugg8sted that if the
aao ro ta.r-i at wo r-o agr8<>eble the words "wi th ,:1 vieor to Lnvc s t.Lgati ng thu possibility of applying community dev510pmGnt techniques to agricultur8"
might be inserted. Although some countriGs had appliGd community dovdl- opment t0chniques to ae;ricul t.uz-e , vGry fJW rcalizod how much Ei[.ricultural output could be Lnor-eauod by the application of communi ty d0volopm,.nt methcds.
The CHAIRrilAH informed the I"8preSGntatiVG from Si0rTa Le oric that th8
sGcretari~t had noted his suggestion.
He invited the Committee to turn to Gub-s8ction 31-10, Studies and Meetings cn Agricultural Developmont.
Speaking as the repr38untativG of Morocco, he ask0d the S0cr8tariat what pr0f:roos had b e cn mad e in corme cti.ori ",lith parag'raph (d), "Action connected with the long-t0rm 0con02ic survey of Africa and the FAa Africa Survey".
Mr. ACOCK (Secretariat) replied that the FAa Africa Survoy had boen produced in the latter part of 1961 It had b,ecm distributed to govbrn- ments and had boen considered at th0 last session of the FAa Conf",rencG, which took placG in 1961. It was a general survey surrounding the
E/CN.14/p/SR.9(V) Page 3
agricultural sector, he u.sed thE> werd "su.rreund.1ng" advisedly, because the agricultural sector had been placed in a broad eoonomic context.
In addition to the genoral survey there h~d been a number of oountry studies. He did not know wh a t further action ",as contemplated, but the Joint EGA/FAO Agriculture Division was ready to co-operate in any continuation of the work and. in the Economic Survey of Africa.
The CHAIR]'UL~, speaking as the representative of Morocco, pointed out that despite the fact that the FAO Africa Survey covered tl~ whole con- tinent with the exoeption of North Afrioa, Morocco had been the country which had sponsored the resolution calling for it.
If he remembered correotly, it had been stated that sufficient funds were avail~ble for the project to be continued, and Mr. Terver, the
representative of FAD. attending the present meeting, had rec~ntly been on mission in North Afrioa to make a survey of the ragionls resources and needs.
Mr. TERVER, Observer (FAO), said there had been two FAD p~ojects:
a Mediterranean project, which h&d also covered North Africa, and an African project. FAG had an Advisory Commi ttee on Africa whcse task it was to study tee whole oontinent; its present task was threefold:
(a) to make country s tudie sj (b) to examine projects which wor-e under way or i~ proparation, coming under the Special Fund or the Freedom from Hunger Campai gr; , to see >lhothcor ohoy might become basic projects to help the integrated dovelopQ~nt of Africa; and (c) to ascertain whether it might not be possible tc make" selection 01' zone N'pjects tc act as a basis for prcp4r~ng the ~~tegration of complementa~y
economies. .A .report on that COlJ1r,lii.rtf~e fe work vrouLd. be submitted to the FiiO Conf6reuce.
The CHAIRMAN invited the Committa~ to turn to sub-section 32, Distribution and Consumption of Agricultural Products.
Mr. RUGARABAlW (Tanganyika) suggested that, in item 32-01 (Trade and Marketing of Agrioul tural Projects)., paragraph (c), mention should
also he made of a study on the relationsh1p between agricultural com~odities
E/CN.14/P/SR.9(V) Page 4
produced ir, Afri a and industrial goods produced in the) industrialized
,
countries. Tra .'-. between Africa and tha r nduotr-i a li zod countries depended on agricultural lroductsi a study was nocessary te help to onsure that the ro Lationship was und.er-sto od ,
!,lr. APPIAII (Ghana) suppo rted tho suggGstion. Tho relationship was of groat importance to all primary producing countries. For the past twelve years the price of primary produots had boen falling whoreas that of manufactured goods had eithor rison or ramained stationary, 1fhich
rosulted in primary producing countries being handicapped by adverse terms of trade. A study 1fas re~uir2d to show how much African countries had lost in foreign oxchange earnings vis-a-vis industrialized countries.
Mr. EWING (S8cre;tariat) assurod the memb0rs of the Committ8e that the secretariat was fully aWare of the importance ef the Question. He did not think, howevor, that it cculd be introduced under item 32-01. Matters rela ting to trade ar-r-angemont s and tr-ado r01a tions wore dealt 1fith in items 13-02 and 13-03; the preblbm mcntionad by the r0pr0sentative of Tanganyika was kept constantly in mind when th~ prcjects und0r those items W0re
examined.
WIT. RUGARABAMU (Tar,ganyika) said tLat tho itam illlder whioh the
Question 1fas intrDduced 1fas irr~18vant; what mattered was that it should appear aomewhere in the Pr-ogr-arnme of \'fork.
The; CHAIR!~I invitod thd Committee to turn to sub-item 33, Agricultural Enduatra e s , arid drow attuntion to the fuct that, in accordancc with the
direction given in docuoont ~/CN.14/230/Corr.2,the text of that itom was tho toxt contained in docUDent ~/CN.14/230/Add.l : tho text nunbcrod 33 in thc basic docuoont, D/CN.14/230, should now bo nunbor cd 34.
Jar APLOGAN (Da;lOI:loy), speaking on tho subjoCt of itom 33-01 (Assombly, analysis and dissomination of information on agricultural pro- ducts procossing), urgod that, in viow of tho dauago causod to food crops by insoots and huoidity whore storage methods wore poor, highest priority among the activitios contsDplatsd should be givon to studiGS of storago and cOhsorvation methods.
n!CN.14/P!SR.9(V) Pago 5
lIr. TERVER (FAG) said that tho prob10us reforrod to wero being studiod undor the FAO progra~u", A joint FAO!CTCA mooting on tho subj~Gt had boon hold in lJigoria, and anothor ono 1':C13 to bo held in anot hor- Afric;::..n oountry.
~~. ACOCK (Socretariat) stated th~t tho staff Donbor wio would bo z-oapon sd b.Lo for tho rroject described in ite,,-~ 33-01 had boon appodrrt od , but had not yet takcn up his post , During tiho C'~L1inb YGa.r he woul.d be a I:l0Db0r of tho industrialization missions which wor-c to be sont to riost Africa and 1;astorn Africa., and c onuoqucntLy rlight not have: t ir:c to und cr-t akc etudi c a -of tho typo r0qucstOd. How0vl...:r, his at tcz.t Lc n would b,] drawn t.o tho icpor-
tanoo that was Qttachod tv thG study of storage pr0bl~os.
Tho ~ooting 1-(as susp0ndod at 5 }),D. and "ras rUUl.lL18d at 5.30 p
.tl.
Tho CHAlillU-IJ drow tho Cor.::Jittoo's attonti on to a d ocuacnt wnich had boon circulatod at th0 roquost of tho rcprvsontativQ of ~thicpi~: an oxt r-act f'r om th,;::) draft of th(; Irrt oz-Ln ~cp()rt (If the Preparatory Corirri,ttcc for the Umt od NlCtiollS Conf cr-cnc o on 'I'r-ad c and Dcvc.Lopnont to bo aubra.i.tt cd to the :3conof.lic and Social Council, BCJttir.g out the r;u:dn topics for tho ConforoncoIS agenda.
Mr. WODAJO (Dthiopia) cbsorvod that the:: Socrctary-Gcnvral of tho Uni ted Nations had cJxpross-:d his intontion of l:;obiliz iug all tho r-csouz-ccs of tho regional oc onorn,c o ourri s s Lons to prepare iL-cur1ontation for tho Unitod Nations Conf or-onc o en Trade and Dev o.Lopncrrt , H,;::-, vlondorod whuthor the secro- tariat of ECi, intondod to ro-oricmtatc itsProgr"r:mo of \iork in tho light of that .iI:lportant task,
Mr. EWING (Socrotaria t) a saur-od tho COf.J]itt,,,o that ad juetraont s had boon wado to tho PrograDuo of Work in the light of tho task referred to.
Ho hii:lsolf had recontly discus sOd, o.t United Nations Hoadquartors, tho contribution to bo nadc by DCA. Tho dec~~ents for the noxt nccting of tho ECA Standing Cornnd,ttoe on Trado, to bo hold towards the end of the ycar , would, in addition, bo Qade availablo for tho Conforunco on Trado and
..
E!CN.14!P!SR.9(V) Pago 6
Dove.Lopmcnt , eithor t.o sorvo as r-av oat erial for tho Proparatory CO;;lLli ttoo, or as d ocumorrb s dirc.ctly subni,ttod to tho Oonf'cr-enc e i tsolf.
Thc Standing Comoittoo's papQrs on probloos of intra-African trado, rogional trado arrango~lonts and trade botwG0n Africa and other rogions woro on the short list "hich had. boon given priority; they ,,,ouldbo· submi tted for tho Conf'or-cno o "ith any ncc osaaz-y amondraont s , Tho DCA, through its Standing COIOILli ttoo on Trado, ,wuld pr obab.Ly bo invit od to state its viows to tho Con- f'or oncc on certain key issuos that ;jCA b01ijvod should bo c cns i.dor-cd , Doubt- less tho Coonission would, at its fifth sossion, bo ccnsidoring the matter further; and tho soorotariat, for its ~art, would continuo to act as a
channel for tho transoission of viCeS. Tho Proparatory COLwittoe was carry- ing out its w~rk in clese co-opuratiOl~with the sccrotariats of the rogional conma s sa ona, li:ny suggostions by n,-;mbor gover-n.rorrt a of ::iCA for r-eadjuatment s in the Programne of ~iork itself, or in tho ProGrawno1s priorities, to meot the needs of that nest important Conforenco would be welcome.
Mr. WOD100 (Dthiopia) saiu that he hoped that copios of tho apponQix to tho Conference's provisienal agenda, which containod a list of proposed studios, oight bo mado cvailable to representatives attonding tho fifth s0ssion.
lk. :8WING CSucrotaria t) repiiod that ovory effort would bo nad o to c oiapLy with tho ;Jthiepian ropr:.,sontativo's r8<J.ucst.
Tho CHAIR1'lAN invited tho Ceor.littco to rc surao discussion of docu- ment ~!CN.14/230 and to turn to seotion V, Statistics.
v,
StatisticsTho CHAI~~N called upon ~~. ~l-Tawil, Deputy Hoad of tho Statis- tics Division, to introduce section V.
l~. EL-TAWIL (Secretariat) pointod out that all tho projocts in socticn V wCoro continuing and high-priority onos. Ho strossed tho impor- tanco of the training ,activities which worO being undortaken. The United Nations and the Comrri s sd on , "ith the ho'lp of tho Tochnical Assistance
ill!CN. l4!P!SR.9 (v)
Pago 7
machinery, wo~o providing training for statisticians at the middle level at
thro~ training oentros and assisting two others, and wore giving help to a contre at univorsity lovel. Tho advisory sorvice for statistical developmont in tho rogion at presont consisted of five Rogional Advisers, witt. three resident staff at Addis Ababa.
Ono major fiold of assistance in statistical devolopment was exchange of
info~mationon statistical activitios in the rogio», by such moans as the quarterly Statistical Nowsletter and 'manuals on methodology adapted to, African neods. Much work had boon dono on tho formulation oj statistical standards.
The Statistics Division also arranged and propared documuntation for the bi- ennial Conforence of l~rican Statisticians. It convened meetings of groups of experts in individual fields : in the current year there was to be a moeting dealing with balance of payments problems, in co-operation with tho International Monotary Fund; and a moeting on a food consumption survoy, in oonjunction with
FAG;
also a working group on capital formation statistics would be mooting, and Ij. working group on trade statistics.The Statistics Division was, in addition, call~d upon to compile and screen for tho substantivo divisions statistics on trade, industry, transport etc.
~w. Y~R (Algoria) asked what would bo tho ittnerary of tho study tour reforrod to in itom 41-02, paragraph (b).
Mr. EL-TAWIL (Socretariat) said tho party going on tho tour, whioh was baing plannod jointly with DC~, would oonsist of sooe sixteen statisticians from lifrican countries and a similar number from ;:''uropoan oountries, ohiafly countrios of :JastGrn and Southorn Europa. The itinorary itsoLf'had not yet boon finali~od, but would bo oommunicated in due oourso to the interestod statistioal agonoios in l~rica.
The CHAIR!~N said that it night bo preferablo to postpone discussivn of ecc ti on VI till later, and ca.LLcd upon Mr. Royer, Road of tho Statistics Division, to introduce sGction VII.
'.
E/CN.14/P/SR.9(V) Page'8
VII. Training
Mr. RO'fGR (Secretariat) observod that 'training was b ocomang an increasingly iuportant facet of tho'secretariat's work, on account of thQ stress which'had been laid upon it at all sessions of tho COmIaission.
In connoxion with itOIa 61-01, Training Faciiitios in Africa, he pointed out that the nature of the activities involvod had doliberately been des- cribed in vory"general teros; the secrotariat wished to loarn the Committee's viows on the srtbjoct bofore being oore specific.
Preparations for tho'instituto doscri bed in itcm 61-02, Training in' Econooic and Sooial Planning, wero fairly well advanced; a further ooeting
of the relovant Standing Committee was to be hold the following week, and th(j iJ;lstitute would. be discussed by the Council
uild~r
item 8 of its pro- visional agonda. Progress with item 61-03, In-Service Training for African Economists and. Statisticians ,had inevitably been slow, since few trainees could be absorbed whila :SCA was still at tho formative stage; but that stage was now woll past, and in-service training activities could be extended.Sumoer CeuI'sos for African university students of econooics and statis- tics (item 61-04) had boon held in 1961 and 1962, and one would be held in 1963, an tho Technical Assistance budget. Thc work done at tho statistics' contres roferrod to in it8m 61-05 (Training Activities in Statistics) was of great ioportance, because the students trainod in theIa would go on to train othors in their turn. In c onncxaon wij;h paragraph 61-06, Training Coursos for,Customs Offioi",ls, "Co=ont", paragraph (b), he informed the Committee, .. ..
that ~ochnical assistance funds had now boen,grantod for the oontemplatod course in 1963.
It,~ould readily be soen that the training aotivities coverod many fiolds. Tho timo had perhaps como to roviow tho overall situation and de- cido how the activities shoul.d be d cvul opcd , That 1<aS what the secretariat had in mind in itom 61-01, Tho opiniun of ncmbcr-s of the CCIJI"i tteo was particularly sought in connoxion with sub-para~Taphs (a) and (b) of tho
"GOIJI:lCllt" on that itOl;}. Tho subject of paragTaph (b) was closely related to that of ito~ 51-15 in seotion VI, Public AdIainistration.
· ;:;feN
.14/r/SR.9
('1) Page 9Hr. fiASIR:J. (B0chua~£;i.lancl) conp.Laracnt.cd thc soc r-c t.a ri e.t on itc com.a-cncnatvo account of' 'training act Lv.i.tics. TICOLOi.1ic pr oj ccuo Dust <:.,1J Lnovi tabl;y G:)T.10 to nothinS" in t}:c ~D:J::;ncc: oi:~ tri~i1ic~l I;ocplc to C2.1'ry t.r.or out.
Hr. Cl~RTJJY (Si<.:::rr8. LUOllD) 3.3k:od 0xactly .wh:,t H~13 l:flVolvcd iD '-',~
pr-oj cct nonti oncd i.n i t0E. 61-01, I'Cm~lt1\)nt!l'j >c::.rasra:ph (c)" concorning a training proGrac:IJc fox' .tJ'ricarl dil)lJ::::i.t8 in ~·.:_fric;~:_
Nlr. ROY"jR (S0crctariat) r0uinucd t~'1~j Con;~iitt(;u that a trQ,iniL'f~
pre:g:ramt::J for .ItfricGl1 diplQ!J3.ts h2d a,lrG3.dy been l:-lUflC,h(;·i by th.. United Nat Lcns .DOIJ&.1.'TI.J.0nt of :,~C01·l.,-)ruic and Sociu,l .Affairs EJ..Gd wn8 boiLJ'G cal'riijd Gut
at Gcn cva ; i t ~Na::: 1:10~rI 2ug.~ostcd that the :::)roj~c~ .shc,uld b o tJJ:on ov.;t- by J)",,~L
That had not beor; pc·s~c>i bl~, 'ilh<:.n t!}C rr.:JjGlJt had bo,»i first introrlucod bc.:c,~.",t~.~'S
at "that tin,] EC..i had not I~O[~scss8d the st3.ff to run such a. I,rogr:)'i~lIJ(;. It; L:..:,.]
fIJIt that auf'f'Lc i.orit staf'f wcuLd b.:; aV:.1il:1blc in 196,1 and , i f tL0 COl:l;7;i2;:~i·.;'n
appz-ovcd tho }il'oj,)ct, th.: first course "I0Uld be L:...;ld. th2-t .)r0~i.1'.
in :2conof.1ic r.nd Socinl Plar:.ning.
Mr. Y~UC.:~R (Al(;'!'o:cia) a skcd hO'd nany students vcul d b o 3,(ioittOG te' thv insti tuto fer cccn.o;'".dc dov01op;:;on't 3,2~d iJl<:!.nDih.~; at D2.ks..r, eiu: upon;'-- principlo th('y ~would. bo ecLoctcd ,
~f;heth(;'r th-..: :.:lQ':';J:·ct:.:-:..ridot 11:'1d cons·ii:..T'8'.l t>;'. pOC:isibility ';''If 1,iU.kint.... lcnc";-'G'_.':'~
prGjuGti<n~s in. thi,"; fL:.:ld O~' voon-t
a
on.iL trainin.:;;:. S'dGll }~rcj8ctions -tlGrE;n8CCSi3£;,rJ'~ if ;';.::-ttlul·Jcl::.:-; \·.-_;rc..: -be 'be ,j,I"-'.dJ.cd.
HI'. ::~ll):~:B. (~1ccrvt::.!.L"i;~t)$ roplyillg -t: tho qn;·;stic)l1s a skcd of tLc.
r-eprcacrrtati.vc ct: .';'lgjrLo'j $~ll, ~r~ tho first j)lacc th£\t 4:.] arplic;-l.tieL~;
to attond th;",; first c our s.. had l\0-:'11 r oc c'i vcd .:lId. 32 f.jllo'ds}-~ips had b801~
bTantcd; and, ~i)coli.dlY9 th3t it vi:-l.G icr the, COl".1:.lission to dGcido upon th,-' criteria for tile ooloction of stud ontce sUI':,-:;,cstions "n ~.h,_d poi rrt "arc contaillod in tho 3xocutivo SocrotQryls report to tho COiJililissiol1.
E/CN.14/p/sa.9(V) Pago 10
Long--tort: Drc·j0cticns in tl:c fie-li/. cf vccu ni or.a), trClinin[~ v:2..~' mac c -::Jy
riany or-garu.zc.tLonu , including ILO, Ul;:-:;SCIJ Cinu th..:: Unit,.xi Eaticnc. Joir'...t groups1 cc.r.t cr od :-:.c.round =:LO~ -,,'CTC ::'jaking f·r-C·joction studil';s in AfricJ... 7'h(.
o.ttcmtion to
be on wade of o oununi ty d ovc Lcpr.crrt in the d.iscussion en 'tho ir:stituto for cc onora i,c dl..-volC'pDcnt f ...nd IJlanning. Unl()83 tho socrctG-riJ.-t "bore c cnrnurn,t;...
dovo.l cpnorrt in J::d!!.d in c onr.oxi.on witl:.. trainintj in ~lanl:line:7 the nc.cd for
t r a i n i n g s o ci a l v o r-ko r s wiGht 1")\,' " : / ' . f c r l o c k c d : t h a t dll'~;uld b e a v o i . c o d , T~;(.I"~'
should 1)0 c~ Gor':J purJ;:o80ful usscciu;tior.. ~of Bocie....l volfe:'1'0 c1guncios wit.h ~..1 proposod institute.
Mr. ROY:JR (S0cr'::;tari~t) a suurod t~i...' rcrrc.;,:.,:ntativo of' G::L.;.[18. tl:' t s oci.a.L plnr:nillg w~uld. UCCUY~l :111 inpurtu.nt pLuce i.r. thu L1Stitut c ' G pr0:.:;r'lL;".!;"
?he Lnpc r t.ancc of s::cia..l c:'CVolOTccnt h'J..u :.l1.";::"'Ys h':,L:l1 ~.':.;pha8i:;·,od in the )_'r ... - liQinary discussionc and t}ccro \,Ta.S no ~Lnt.:.,nti',m .if z:-rakinc it tho Cind.orcJ.l:::.
of the: inst i tut ( ; •
T1H; Gl-IAIRl.'-l1d': anv; t0d th0 ConE:itt;:.:.: to turn to i ton 61-G3, In-s·:;ri.r:·_,;:
Training for Afric[-~n ~cc.l1l.'r.lists .').11d Stc.\,tiotiui5.ns ..
1I-ir. PARK:JR (Liberia) ccmr.c.nd.od th;..; 8{,Dri..:,ts,rie..t on its ,:;:xc()ll;:·,J~::.t
in the fiold of training. In ViCK of the; fact that on the cstQ,(,liDhtl(;nt tll..,) Afrioan Dovol'.<p.41ont Barik thore 1v(Juld b:J (l, i;r\.iQ.t n.':,od for tr3.in.;d p0r;:-~,.)L··
nol, tho B00rc:tc..riat OUg~lt tG c,:)r.;3id,~:r the IlQssibility of havin[; tho necessary ?taff train(2,d ::::.t Addi;:; Ababa , Daka.r , IJ3RD an.i thl:; instit ut.o ±':il"'
0cononic dovolopucnt ~nd rlanning.
The C}I.I..IRl'iU\.N invit cd the Co;::u~1it t c c tc· turn to it on 61-04, SUt2~~,::
Cour-aoa for Africcn Ul~ivcrsit;r StuQ.vnts of :-~conowics 3.Ld Statistic s ,
Mr. APPI;~I (Gh.::llli:1) llrO'i'f att cnti o» tc thw fact that tho lICcmncnttr J.
tho i tor, st.a'tod that th(. First c ouz-ac t11o. boon bcold in 1962, "her,)"" he und cr-ct ood th';;l,"t a si;jilar cour s e had boon hold in 1961.
E/CN.l4/p/SR.9(V) Page ,11
Ho wonder-ed how tho courses had c onc to bo organizod. Ho know that tr.', professors had boen suppliod by Anorican universities and institutions, but did not know how thoy had bo on selectod. Did any of them come from c8utr:,'.1;
plannod economies ?
Mr. ROYIlR (Secretariat) oxplained that ... the 1962 course was the first organi~ by ECA alono; the 1961 courso had boon conducted jointly
:eCA and AID. In 1962 tho hocutivo Socrotary had. boon freo to solect Lc.ct ui- r-:..
fran any MeI:lbor country of tho Utlited Nations. Ideally, the c ouz s os OU&"::t<"'
bo given by lecturors with wide oxperience in Africa, and tho secretariat hoped it would be possible to rocruit in=ea.sdng nunbcr-s from African univ·~,'
sities. Most of the lecturers in 1962 had oome from Africa,
Mr. APPLUI (Ghana) askeo. whethor it would not bo boneficial for ':::CA to draw upon the oxperionco of' tho oentrally planned. econonios. The East~rL
Eurepean countrios had greator experionce in that fiold than the African countries.
Mr•.CARN;';Y (Sicrra Leone) onquir~J.whoth"r~in 'View of the pr-cj.c..io.l
ostablishI:Jont of an African institute for "cononio dovo10pm..nt and. planninc in Dakar, i t might be; aacumod that tho 1963 SUDDor oourse would bo the la""
to be hold in Addis Ababa and that ~ll training after that time would be provided by tho institute.
Mr. ROYIlR (Seorotariat) repliod th~t tho Conmitteo's opi.nion 0:, '~,J..
point raisod by the Sierra Leone reprcsontati'Vo would be welcoood. rEb;
sumner C01..U'6GS wore ~ntondod fer undorgraduu.t0s, c on e cquonu.Ly tho e-bandea-c was lowcr than it would be in tho coursos offered by the institute, whic:, lIero intended for officials as well as students.
Mr. CARNEY (Siorra Loono) said he did not think it' would be in-- appropriate for tho instituto to tako over- tho sunmoz- couz-eca , Ho know t;i"i;
some of tho studonts whom it was proposod should bo sent to tho Dakar
insh tut<> were in thoir final yoar a tthe univ Jr<;;i ty, and "auld 'be appoint od to posts in tho civil service of thoir rospectivo countrios as soon as they had oompletod tho course at Dakar. Consoquontly, thero would not be a very groat difforenco betwoon the standards of tho two oourses.
m/CN.14/P/SR.9(V) Page 12
Mr; RUGARABAlID (Tanganyika), referring to itom 61-06, Training CoursGs for Customs Officials, asked whcre the eeurso roferred to in para- graph (b) of tho "Conmcrrt " on tho itom 1<culd be hold.
}~. NYPAN (Socrotariat) said that ECA had approached two Wost Af:ricaJ:l govornm.onts to soo whothor tho courso oight bo held in one er other of thair capitals. Tho COuCso would be ono fer CUStODS officials in West
",U'rica.
~~. YJUCUR (Algeria) askod if it would bo for Dnglish-spoaking countries only.
}~. NYPAN (Secretariat) expl~nod that the preject had eriginatod wi th a working party in Dakar in 1961. Tho working party had split intc' tw groups, eno 2nelish-owaking anD. the othor Fronch-speaking. Tho English- speaking group had a skcd EcA to organizo courses for them, wheroas tho F'r-cnch-:
spoakin.. .group had docidod tl!at tho:Lr ll,.OUd.s WGz-Q met by the courses arrar,rsc'd by Franoo, and that thoro was no noed f~ DCA to act.
Mr. ACQUAH (Ghana) asked what tho ti.:tle to itom 61-07, TrainLy Coursos in Community Devolopl1l6nt )lethods and Tochuiq,ues for National Sup'cr- visory and JidIDin:istrativG Personnel, really Lloant. H" had road tho r-cport '.1
the 1,orkshop on Ccnaun.i ty Dovo l.opricrrt and Has a l ittl" canfusod by tho i tx:
I"
titlo. If cODmunity ~ovolopDent work was rogardod as·u profossion, the training period ought to bo longor the.n f'our Hooks. It had been stated th:,t the cour-se waS roally an orientation course for policy~makors. But, neC00;',,2V though it ,ms to acqua.Irrt polioy-makers with the aiDS and objocts of c ormunf, ty dovo.l opncnt , an oriontation oourso was' a vory dLf'fer-orrt thing from a trail'lYl' c our s«, As at prosent draftod tho title suggosted that a c omnun.it.y d ovc'L:i -
mont officer could bo trained in four weeks. That was not so.
Mr.
ROYER (Socrotariat) agrood that tho· title was misloading.should read ''Refreshor Courses ••• ".
E/ON .14/P/SR.~(V) Pago 13
~lr. SHUliillUSHO (RwanCl:l) obsorvod that trw oajority of tminillg cstablisbIJsnts ricnti.cnod in ~h\~j Prograr.~Dc of ~Jork v;:)ro in vloet Africa. Ho wished to lmOYI upon "lnt prillcipl'3 thoir location and tho gcugraphical dis- tribution of ttc students to.king th()[1, wcz-o dotorLlill(,d.
Y'JI>. ROr~11i (S~cr0turi2.t) s2.id that, :for pur-cLy historical rOaSODG,
tho countries 1'Thich had first bee one noribcr-s of the Cor-mission had boon
cat cr-cd for first. NOvT bhat many countries of Eastorn and Contral Africa h3.d also bCCOtJ,0 acnboz-s , ovor::l cf'f'or't would be raado to rodross tho ba.Laric e ,
Tho OIL\IR~,N callod upon }lr. Laberge, Road of tho Public AdQinis- trat:j.on Unit? to introduco scction VI, Publi~ AdoiniGtration, tho toxt of which? originally in document ~/CN.14/230, had since boen replacod by tho
tcxt giver. in d.oo uncnt "/CN.14/2JO/Corr.J.
~lr. LARJRGE (Socroto.riat) o~plainod that it had boon nocossary to issuo a coz-z-Lgcndur; to bhat sGction of the; Pr-ogr-annc of Work becauso tho docontralizo.tian pr oc ee s und cr- vh'i cb }jCL.. WCLS taking over public adninistra- ti on activi tics was not yet c oup l ctc , and ccr taf,n inforoation f'r on United l'Jr.tions hoadqua.rtors had c onc in rattc1.' late.
1iccnooic and SOOi11 Council Rosolution ~()7 (xx..XIV) craphas i.zod that sound public £).rloini[4traticn was cnacrrtLa.I fer t h; progross of devol oping cow,tries; it followod the.t it wa s for tho regional econooic c onru aat ons to concorn thoDsclvcs with problcI.ls of adDinistrative rOrOrD. If it was to work effectively, tho Public AdQinistration lAlit Duct be kopt adoquately inforood of' governmonts' noeds in that rJspoct.
Itco 51-0l? .~ssistance and lldvisory Servicos upon th.o r oqu..• st of
Govorooonts cone ornod Loat t cz-a which the !LCf. wes taking ovor gradually in tho ceurso of tho docontralization preocGs. Tho ad hoo projoots under ito~s
51-10? )1-11 and 51-13 all aiood at ioproving govcrnoont Qachinory for the promotion of oconomic and social dovolopoont. Thc objoct of the aotivities undor itcD 51-12 (Govornoont Purchasing and Supply) was to onsure 001'0 efficient usc ef available resourcos. A glanco at the Report of tho Seminar on Urgent Adoinistrativo ProbloDs of African Govorn~cnts hold in
•
~/CN.14/P/SR.9(V) Page 14
~ddis Ab~ba in 0ctebur (';!CN.14/180) weuld suffice to show the prussing nood fer iter.! 51-14; concerning training nccd s • •\.t the uuggestion of United Nations Headquarters tho original it oras 51-14 ancl 51-15, givon in d ocuncnt :JjCN.14/230, had bo cn c onbanod to foro tih.; uingl,' iteD 14 appoaring in the;
c or-r-LgcnIun , Ltcn )1-15, 1,)oa1 Oovt.r-nncrrt Stud.y Tour fur Senior ~~l.fricnn
Of'f'Lcor-a, concerned 0. tour to India and ¥ugosL:via, ar-r-anged with thc c c-s
op~r~tion of thOGG countrio8.
A,l though the Pr ogr-ammo of Ir,Jork cuntained no spocific iteo on fiscal o.doinistration, th,~ Rogion2-1 Advisor en that subject 'IClG te, work in 01080 co-oporation with ether :eCA Divisions ,Thore the Divisions' activities touched upon tho fiuld of adoinistrati0n, as, for ~xaoplG, in thG C2-se of i tons 01.,.11 and 12,-')2.
In reply to a queuti on by llr. PAmGR (Liberia), ),lr. LAB;::RG:8 (Socretariat) explained that the advisory servicos cont erip'La't od undor Lt on 51-01, paragraph (c), were in tho n~turo of proliIlinary assistance which could bo providod by ~CA staff at fairly short notice.
Mr. CJJlNrJY (Siorra LI.)Ol1G) suggutitcd that1 sinc o tho topics roforrcd to in paragraphs (a) and (0) of itoo 51-10 woru closoly interrelate-d, they ought to bo linkod togethor. In his experienco, ddocts in publio administra- tion structures frcquently prevontod tho bost uso boing Dado of tuchnical assistance czpcr-te in that fiold. !.bny countrios still had to work out the bost way of using such 0XpGrtui sorviccs,:;;.nu of a.'ssossing tho fruits of their 'IOrk; Tho oxports ought to bel "ttached to thu c ont.raL planning agcucios, to orisur-o that ·choir efforts vIor...) co-ordinatod,
In rogard to paragraph 51-11, :dtJinistrativc Structuro, ho ,lOu1d "d- vocate" cODParative study bo.i ng [au-do of tho efficiency of tho three types of govGrnoont 01'ganize.tion vhi ch had had tho greG. tost c f'f'eot upon Africa, natJoly the British, French and ~~erican systeoo.
Thoro bo i.n., no further c onracnt s , tho CHAImlAN declared the Conautt co ' s disoussion of tho Pr-ogz-anrao of l'/rlrk and Priorities concluded.
The DOGting rosa at 7.45 P.o.
