Raúl Prebisch

pment Decade, which ended in 1970. 55. In his report to the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 1964, Mr. Raul Prebisch stated: "One of the main objectives of the United Nations Development Decade is the attainment of a minimum annual growth rate of 5 per cent in the i

ore interdependent. This philosophy was the inspiration of a life which has now ended. A distinguished Latin American, the noted Argentinian Dr. Raul Prebisch, for decades worked in the United Nations and in the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) - to which he was so devoted - for an international

untries. It is no longer a secret to anyone that, as was stated at the end of the work of the second session of UNCTAD by the eminent economist Raoul Prebisch: the developed countries, with a few exceptions, continue to consider the problem of development to be a secondary problem which can be solved here a

the opening of new markets for our products. In the strategy for development of the countries with fewer resources, it would seem that what Mr. Raul Prebisch called "the persistent and systematic effort to overcome foreign strangulation" has to be resorted to. Apart from the need for structural reforms and

esident of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly, U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, his personal representative, Mr. Raul Prebisch, and also Mr. Paul Hoffman, the administrator of the United Nations Development Program, for their wide and comprehensive co-operation, which led to

blems of underdevelopment have now been pinpointed and their solution made clear in many cases. The guidelines of a bold plan of action sought by Dr. Prebisch after the New Delhi Conference are outlined in the international development strategy that has been prepared by the Preparatory Committee for the Sec

rtage, regional co-operation and so on. Much credit is due, and I should like to pay a tribute, to the distinguished Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Dr. Raúl Prebisch, for his untiring efforts in guiding the Conference along realistic paths. I should also like to express our sincere hope that UNCTAD will continue t

The outcome of both these conferences was disappointing. Nevertheless we still hope that it will not be too long before the zeal and tenacity of Dr. Raúl Prebisch finally triumphs over the intransigence of some and the indifference of others. 63. The Government of Mauritius hopes, moreover, that the various age

reat disappointment to all concerned. With his customary sobriety, the Secretary General, U Thant, described the results as meagre. For his part, Mr. Raúl Prebisch, who considers them very limited and not commensurate with the urgency or the magnitude of development problems, writes: “Be it as it may, developed

e did think in all simplicity that something new, something original, something truly humane would be done and that at last, in the words of Dr. Raul Prebisch, the United Nations Development Decade was going to cease to be a development decade without a development policy. Alas! the least that can be said i

tions of “prosperous provincialism” in international life, which the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Mr. Prebisch, has correctly identified as a dangerous phenomenon growing in the affluent countries. 13. A recent sign of this return to isolationism was the actio

of what happens when the political will is lacking can be seen in the weakness of UNCTAD. 28. My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to Dr. Raúl Prebisch and the staff of UNCTAD for the patience and self-sacrifice they have shown in charting the course which we — and particularly the developed countrie

come worldwide .... Today the peoples in hunger are making a dramatic appeal to the peoples blessed with abundance." 108. And as if in echo, Mr. Raul Prebisch, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), assessing the achievements of the Development Decade at Ge

cks at the very moment when the producing countries were having an optimistic resolution adopted in the Second Committee of the General Assembly. Mr. Prebisch, the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, in a statement to the Second Committee on 9 December 1966 [1096th meeting] did not hesitate to point out the bad fa

h was expected to help resolve some of these difficulties. The Kennedy Round has come and gone and, according to the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Dr. Prebisch, whose indefatigable effort on behalf of developing countries remains one of the shining and hopeful signs of UNCTAD, the results of the Kennedy Roun

t it would be assured of a minimum annual growth rate of 5 per cent. The disappointment expressed last month at Geneva — thus, very recently — by Mr. Prebisch, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, gives some idea of the doubt surrounding the effectiveness of this

umber of instances, the main limitations are not domestic but rather the insufficiency of external resources." 21. We should heed the warnings of Mr. Prebisch, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, when he asserts: "I am profoundly convinced that the world is in need of a radical change, not on account of the econom

Radi Prebisch, stands out for the tireless efficiency with which he has organized and directed this valuable instrument. The second aspect is his attitude towards

not be considered desirable by the community of nations, and I should like to adopt and support in the strongest possible terms the plea made by Mr. Prebisch, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at a recent meeting of the Trade and Development Board, for the kind

stablished a year ago by resolution 1995 (XIX), will function effectively and satisfactorily? Despite the untiring efforts continually exerted by Mr. Prebisch, the Secretary-General of the Conference, to whom I should like to pay a well-deserved tribute on-behalf of my delegation, we cannot close our eyes t

ssues as well as relevant recommendations. My delegation wishes to express its grateful appreciation to the Secretary- General of the conference, Mr. Prebisch of Argentina, for his most efficient organization and constructive handling of the conference. It is now the duty of this Assembly to give to the rep

arity, of a marriage of views, and of the possibilities of facing our joint problems with courage. The Secretary-General of the Conference, Mr. Ravil Prebisch, had already expressed the idea that the Conference should be imbued with a mystique, that it constituted "an act of faith in the possibility of pers

entire foreign currency income of the debtor country? 132. Solutions to these problems are being sought by national Governments and by our friend Mr. Prebisch and his advisers. We are intensely interested in the new insights in the problems of development which they will provide. To a large extent these ins

g through the most crucial period of its history. In a statement prepared at the request of the United Nations Office of Public Information, Mr. Raul Prebisch, the Executive Secretary of ECLA, recently described the troubles of Latin America in the following terms: "These are decisive times" — he said reali

I should like to express to the Secretary-General the gratitude of my Government for the work accomplished with such dedication and skill by Dr. Raul Prebisch, the Secretary of ECLA and his colleagues. 115. The General Assembly is beginning its fourteenth session with an agenda comprising many difficult pro