Evening star., 1947-04-06
I ask for
U.N.Group
Seeks Antidote for
War, Depression,
Unemployment
By AdeIaide Kerr

answers to puzzles mankind has
never solved. the United Nations
Economic and Social Council has
just conpleted plans for . mid
summer session to come to grips
with the causes Of depression, un-
employment and war.
Up to now, whenever man was
caught In one Of those economic
brambles, he made sporadic, isolated,
discouraged attempts to extricate
himself and generally emerged more
scratched and bleeding than before.
Now he Is trying to work with equip
ment which win take the brambles
apart and let him live in comfort
and peace. That equipment is the
worldwide organization-the United
Nations Economic and Social Coun-
Gil which meets three times year
and has a number of commissions
working between times to supply 1t
with information.
The Economic and Social Coun-
cil's long name has been shortened
in U. N. secretariat parlance to
COSOC-pronounced Eckosock. 1t
has just completed its fourth work.
packed session in which it covered
wide territory. made plans for inter-
national conferences and initiated
bodies and studies to seek ways and
means of keeping the worlds busi-
ness on an even keel, producing jobs
as well as insuring the realization
of human rights. When the Council
reconvenes July 10 1t will take up
reports on the following activities
on which commissions and secre-
tariat are now at work:
Set Up Economic Group.
1. One Of ECOSOC's most i'm
portant acts in the last session was
to establish an economic commits
sion for Europe. At least one of the
commissions formulator's calls it
"a tremendous step toward a United
States of Europe"
(ECOSOC also established an
economic commission for Asia
and the Far East with the same
general mandate for the areas
within its scope.
2. The Council asked its Econom-
ic and Employment Commission to
report on what international action
should be taken for better utiliza-
ton of world resources Of labor, ma
terials and capital and what inter-
national action should be taken to
maintain world full employment
and economic stability.
3. The subject of guarantees for
the exercise and development OF
trade union rights" submitted by
the World Federation of Trade
Unions for discussion was referred
to the ILO and the Commission on
Human Rights for study and report.
Free Press Issue.
4. The Council instructed its new
ly constituted subcommission on
freedom of information and of the
press to prepare and submit a draft
agenda for the projected interna-
tional conference on freedom of
information, whose date and place
ECOSOC will decide next session.
5. The secretary general was
asked to submit a draft conven-
ton on genocide efforts to exter-
inmate an entire race) in response
to the General Assembly's resolu-
ton labelling this a crime and ask
ing member states to enact legisla-
ton for its prevention and
punishment.
6. ECOSOC approved in principle
worldwide appeal for funds to
meet emergency relief needs of chill
dren, adolescents and expectant
and nursing mothers and favored
to meet this the collection of one
days pay or some alternative bet
ter adapted to each country. 1t
asked the secretary general to study
and report on the best way of doing
this work.
In addition to these steps for con-
sideration at its next session, the
Council authorized a number OF
activities which did not require i'm
mediate report.
1t called world shipping confer
ence later this year and gave 1t
latitude-but not a mandate-to
consider the desirability of creating
an international maritime organiza-
tion.
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