THE UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES

Geophysics ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-111
Author(s):  
M. King Hubbert
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Social Council ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
The United Nations

During the three‐week period August 17 to September 6, 1949, there was held at the United Nations headquarters at Lake Success, New York, an international scientific conference dealing with all aspects of the utilization and conservation of natural resources. The conference was authorized by a resolution of the Economic and Social Council in March 1947, who wisely stipulated that it should be limited strictly to an exchange of information, ideas and experience, and should not pass resolutions or otherwise advise or commit member governments. It was to be a scientific rather than a political conference.

Economic and Social Council

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
September 11 ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
First Session

Established by the Charter as one of the principal organs of the United Nations, and entrusted with the solution of international economic and social problems and with international cultural and educational cooperation, the Economic and Social Council met three times during 1946 to discuss both organizational and substantive matters. The First Session was held in London from January 23 to February 16, the Second in New York from May 25 to June 21, and the Third in New York from September 11 to October 3. In addition an ad hoc meeting of the Third Session, to confirm appointments to the various Council Commissions, was held on December 10.

Economic and Social Council

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-246
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Basic Program ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right

The sixteenth session of the Economic and Social Council was resumed at United Nations headquarters in New York on November 30, and concluded on December 7, 1953. The Council worked out its basic program for 1954 and considered the provisional agenda for its seventeenth session drawn up by the Secretary-General (Hammarskjold). It transmitted to the Commission on Human Rights for appropriate action the resolutions of the eighth session of the General Assembly on the draft International Covenants on Human Rights and measures of implementation; the right of peoples to self-determination; and the development of the work of the United Nations for wider observance of, and respect for, human rights and fundamental freedoms. Amending its resolution of July 31, 1953, on the program of concerted practical action in the social field of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, the Council added to the list of projects on which such a program should concentrate the improvement of health, education and social welfare in the non-self-governing and trust territories. The Technical Assistance Committee, which had been instructed during the first part of the session to submit recommendations concerning the financial arrangements for the expanded program of technical assistance, informed the Council that the working party it had established had decided to refer the question to the Technical Assistance Board, and that since the Board was not due to meet until December 1953, it had received no specific proposals. Finally, the Council confirmed the members nominated by Denmark, Panama, Cuba, the Byelorussian SSR, and China to the Statistical, Social and Human Rights Commissions.

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