AUSTRALIAN CLAIM
SMALL REPRESENTATION EXPORTING COUNTRIES (9 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 16. Speaking on the election of the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations’ General Assembly, Mr. N. J. Makin, leader of the Australian delegation, said there seemed to be disproportionately low representation of great exporters of primary products and raw materials. The great industrial and consuming countries were well represented, but the other members of UNO. with differing economic interests, were not represented. This appeared to be partly due to the prevailing view that, except for the great five Powers, no country which had gained a seat on one council should be elected to another council. If this view became the rule, it would mean that unequal representation of economic interests might detract from the council’s effectiveness. The economic, social, health, eduational and cultural conditions of certain countries, apart from the great five, made their participation necessary for the council’s success.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21922, 17 January 1946, Page 5
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