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Mr. S. Harbinson (Hong Kong)
H Technical Cooperation
48. Commenting on the possibility for Members to raise in the Council the question of gaps of a more general nature in the technical and financial cooperation available, the representatives of Japan, Switzerland and Australia were of the view that technical cooperation should be put on the agenda whenever a need for that arose and it was considered appropriate. The representative of the United States had no objections to periodic discussions on technical cooperation, and the representatives of the Philippines, Peru and Cuba supported regular inclusion of it on the agenda. The representative of Uruguay believed that it would be useful to put it on the agenda once a year for a meeting which should preferably be dedicated to this subject. The representative of Canada agreed, except that he believed that the agenda should be open for other items as well.
IP/C/M/6