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j;TION S l , ". .~ I't \ :) o
l(ONOMIC AND
:,OClAL COUNCIL
ECONOIIC C0l1IHSSIOi-J ;CO;,, MeRICA Third Session
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LD'iITED E/CK.14/L.63 14 F8bruary 1961 Original: ENGLISH
ESTJiBLISBHelIT 01' SUB-PEOI0W.L OFFICES OF THE Ecm,lOMIC CC;TI11:OS ION FOE bl'RICA
Draft Resolution by c.ho.na, Libo~ia and Sudan
!b.2-Ec~nomicGOL1Lission for Africa
Ccnscious pf the inc:easing responsibilities ~f its Secrotariat;
Recornizinv the :L':lportc.nce ,f establishing sub-r-egl onaI offices
in ordor to deal ef'I'ectfvo.Ly with economic pr"blens peculillr t,. sub-regions;
Noting thac such sub-regional offices do not at presen, exist to deal efcectively ,·,i th pr obl.cne of interest to nembe r countries of sub-r-cgi.onsj
Draws attention to itero 19 of the 'I'erras t"f Reference of the Ec~nornic
Cornr1ission for i~frica which provides for the; ostablish.'Clent of sub-regicnal ef'f'Lcesj
huthorizes the Executive SecretQry to set up in 1961, sub-regional offices of the Econonic Commission f"r ,,:rica to ieal with prob1ens of s~b-regional
interost,