The Objectives of the New International Economic Order

Introduction A Note on Methodology Acknowledgements25 Key Issues of the World Economy in the Context of the NIEOPart I The Objectives of the New Economic Order Concerning 25 Key Issues of the World Economy Chapter 1 - Aid and Assistance Issues 1. Attaining United Nations Official Development Assistance Targets 2. Providing Technical Assistance for Development and Eliminating the Brain Drain 3. Renegotiating the Debts of Developing Countries 4. Undertaking Special Measures to Assist Land-Locked, Least-Developed and Island Developing Countries 5. Using Funds from Disarmament for Development Chapter 2 - International Trade Issues 6. Improving the Terms and Conditions of Trade of Developing Countries: Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers, GSP, Duties and Taxes on Imports, Invisible Trade 7. Adopting an Integrated Approach to Commodities: The Integrated Programme, Buffer Stocks, Producers* Associations, Indexation 8. Developing an International Food Programme 65 9. Adjusting the Economic Policies of Developed Countries to Facilitate the Expansion and Diversification of the Exports of Developing Countries 10. Improving and Intensifying Trade Relations Between Countries Having Different Social and Economic Systems 11. Strengthening Economic and Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries Chapter 3 - International Financial Issues 12. Reforming the International Monetary System: Using Special Drawing Rights for Development Assistance and as the Central Reserve Asset of the International Monetary System, Promoting Stable Rates of Exchange and Protection from the Effects of Inflation 13. Assuring Adequate Participation by Developing Countries in World Bank and IMF Decision Making 14. Increasing the Transfer of Resources through the World Bank and IMF Chapter 4 - Issues of Industrialization, Technology Transfer and Business Practices 15. Negotiating the Redeployment of Industrial Productive Capacities to Developing Countries 16. Establishing Mechanisms for the Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries 17. Regulating and Supervising the Activities of Transnational Enterprises and Eliminating Restrictive Business Practices 18. Improving the Competitiveness of Natural Resources and Ending their Waste 19. Providing Equitable Access to the Resources of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor Chapter 5 - Social Issues 20. Achieving a More Equitable Distribution of Income and Raising the Level of Employment 21. Providing Health Services, Education, Higher Cultural Standards and Qualification for the Work Force, and Assuring the Well-being of Children and the Integration of Women in Development Chapter 6 - Political and Institutional Issues 22. Assuring the Economic Sovereignty of States: Natural Resources, Foreign Property, Choice of Economic System 23. Compensating for Adverse Effects on the Resources of States, Territories and People of Foreign Occupation, Alien and Colonial Domination or Apartheid 24. Establishing a System of Consultations at Global, Regional and Sectoral Levels with the Aim of Promoting Industrial Development 25. Restructuring the Economic and Social Sections of the United Nations Part II The Position of Some States and Groups of States on the Issues Chapter 7 - Aid and Assistance Issues 1. Attaining United Nations Official Development Assistance Targets 2. Providing Technical Assistance for Development and Eliminating the Brain Drain 3. Renegotiating the Debts of Developing Countries 4. Undertaking Special Measures to Assist Land-Locked, Least-Developed and Island Developing Countries 5. Using Funds from Disarmament for Development Chapter 8 - International Trade Issues 6. Improving the Terms and Conditions of Trade of Developing Countries: Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers, GSP, Duties and Taxes on Imports, Invisible Trade 7. Adopting an Integrated Approach to Commodities: The Integrated Programme, Buffer Stocks, Producers' Associations, Indexation 8. Developing an International Food Program 9. Adjusting the Economic Policies of Developed Countries to Facilitate the Expansion and Diversification of the Exports of Developing Countries 10. Improving and Intensifying Trade Relations Between Countries Having Different Social and Economic Systems 11. Strengthening Economic and Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries Chapter 9 - International Financial Issues 12. Reforming the International Monetary System: Using Special Drawing Rights for Development Assistance and as the Central Reserve Asset of the International Monetary System, Promoting Stable Rates of Exchange and Protection from the Effects of Inflation 13. Assuring Adequate Participation by Developing Countries in World Bank and IMF Decision Making 14. Increasing the Transfer of Resources through the World Bank and IMF Chapter 10 - Issues of Industrialization, Technology Transfer and Business Practices 15. Negotiating the Redeployment of Industrial Productive Capacities to Developing Countries 16. Establishing Mechanisms for the Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries 17. Regulating and Supervising the Activities of Transnational Enterprises and Eliminating Restrictive Business Practices 18. Improving the Competitiveness of Natural Resources and Ending their Waste 19. Providing Equitable Access to the Resources of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor Chapter 11 - Social Issues 20. Achieving a More Equitable Distribution of Income and Raising the Level of Employment 21. Providing Health Services, Education, Higher Cultural Standards and Qualification for the Work Force, and Assuring the Well-being of Children and the Integration of Women in Development Chapter 12 - Political and Institutional Issues 22. Assuring the Economic Sovereignty of States: Natural Resources, Foreign Property, Choice of Economic System 23. Compensating for Adverse Effects on the Resources of States, Territories and People of Foreign Occupation, Alien and Colonial Domination or Apartheid 24. Establishing a System of Consultations at Global, Regional and Sectoral Levels with the Aim of Promoting Industrial Development 25. Restructuring the Economic and Social Sections of the United Nations Chapter 13 - List of Document Sources Index About the Authors