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Documents relatifs aux relations extérieures du Canada
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Volume #16 - 657. | |
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CHAPITRE VII RELATIONS AVEC LE COMMONWEALTH | |
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2E PARTIE PLAN DE COLOMBO | |
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A RÉUNION DU COMITÉ CONSULTATIF DU COMMONWEALTH SUR L'ASIE DU SUD EST, SYDNEY, 11 20 MAI 1950 | |
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Note du chef du Comité interministériel sur la politique du commerce extérieur pour le Cabinet | |
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CABINET DOCUMENT NO: 73 50 SECRET |
[Ottawa],
le 8 mars 1950 |
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RE CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE PROPOSED CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ASIA | |
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1. At the meeting of Cabinet of February 14th, the Secretary of State for External Affairs reported that the Colombo Conference had approved a resolution for the establishment of a Commonwealth Consultative Committee to investigate the possibilities of cooperation in the economic development of South and South east Asia. The Cabinet directed that the Interdepartmental Committee on External Trade Policy consider the proposal and report back. 2. The resolution of the Colombo Conference on the Consultative Committee was as follows: "A. The Conference of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers recommends that the participating Governments should: (i) examine the possibility of making financial assistance available for essential productive purposes in South and South East Asia, taking into account their existing commitments; (ii) support as high a priority as possible for projects presented to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development which would contribute to the economic well being of the area and would be in accordance with the Bank's objectives; | |
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