![]() ![]() However, due to time constraints, the Working Group was unable to examine the draft outline in detail and decided to transmit it to Member States of the Conference for their comments and suggestions in accordance with resolution 45 (III) (Report of the Working Group on the work of its first session, TD/B/AC.12/1).Īt its second session, held in Geneva from 13 to 27 July 1973, the Working Group utilized the draft outline as the basis for its discussions, taking into account the comments and suggestions it had received from Member States, as well as proposals made during the discussions. Finally, the resolution recommended that the Trade and Development Board of the Conference should examine the report of the Working Group at its thirteenth session, as a matter of priority, and should transmit that report-with its comments-to the General Assembly at the Assembly’s twenty-eighth session.Īt its first session, held in Geneva from 12 to 23 February 1973, the Working Group took note of the draft outline of a charter of economic rights and duties of States which had emerged from the discussions of a sub-group it had established earlier during that session. The resolution further decided that the draft charter prepared by the Working Group should be sent to Member States of the Conference in order that they could communicate their suggestions. On, after some debate, the President of the Conference submitted an amended draft resolution (TD/L.84), which was adopted by the Conference as resolution 45 (III).īy this resolution, the Conference decided to establish the Working Group on the Charter of the Economic Rights and Duties of States, composed of 31 Member States (enlarged to 40 Member States by General Assembly resolution 3037 (XXVII) of 19 December 1972), entrusted with the task of drawing up the text of a draft charter on economic rights and duties of States. ![]() On, Ethiopia (on behalf of the Group of 77), taking note of the suggestion made by Mexico, introduced a draft resolution (TD/L.62) to the Conference which proposed to draw up such a charter. The adoption of a Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States was first proposed by President Luis Echeverría of Mexico at the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Santiago, Chile, from 13 April to (TD/SR.92). Chapter I addresses the “fundamentals of international economic relations,” chapter II lists the “economic rights and duties of states,” and chapter III considers the “common responsibilities towards the international community.” The Charter consists of a preamble, three chapters, and 34 articles. The Charter was adopted by the General Assembly in the same year by resolution 3281 (XXIX). On 12 September 1974, the Trade and Development Board decided to transmit the report of the Working Group to the General Assembly together with its comments and suggestions. At its fourth and final session, in 1974, the Working Group considered the final text of the draft charter of economic rights and duties of states, and decided to submit it to the Trade and Development Board for transmittal with its comments and suggestions to the General Assembly. ![]() The Working Group held four sessions from 1973 to 1974. On, the Conference adopted resolution 45 (III) by which it decided to establish the Working Group on the Charter of the Economic Rights and Duties of States entrusted with the task of drawing up the text of a draft charter on economic rights and duties of States. The adoption of a Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States was first proposed by President Luis Echeverría of Mexico at the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Santiago, Chile, from 13 April to. ![]() The General Assembly adopted resolution 3281 (XXIX) containing the “Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States” on 12 December 1974, by 115 votes to 6, with 10 abstentions. ![]()
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