UN General Assembly
1958

54. The tin situation is one example of what I have in mind with regard to South-East Asia, I might add in this regard that Australia, for its part, stands ready to enter into any consultations to restore stability in the tin position and to avoid any permanent breach of the International Tin Agreement. 55. For a great many commodities there is already international machinery in being which can be used for pursuing commodity studies. Australia, as a producer, is greatly interested in sugar, wheat, and now lead and zinc. As a consumer we are now ready to join with our producing friends in Asia in any consultations intended to help to moderate excessive price fluctuations in commodities to achieve greater predictability in export earnings and thereby a sounder basis for investment in development'.