Expanded Program of Technical Assistance

[Under Resolution 180 (VIII) of March 4, 1949,1 the Economic and Social Council requested the Secretary-General to prepare a
report for the ninth session of the Council setting forth (1) "a comprehensive plan for an expanded cooperative programme of technical
assistance for economic development through the United Nations and its specialized agencies"; (2) "methods of financing such a pro-
gramme", and (3) "ways of coordinating the planning and execution of the programme". On the consideration of the report of the
Secretary-General, the Council, under Resolution 222 (IX) of August 15, 1949, provided for the initiation and execution of such a
program. This action was approved by the General Assembly in Resolution 304 (IV) of November 16, 1949.3 The General Assembly
had previously approved Resolutions 200 (III), "Technical Assistance for Economic Development"; 246 (III), "International Facilities
for the Promotion of Training in Public Administration"; 5 and 418 (V), "Advisory Social Welfare Services".

4

On July 1, 1950, the "Expanded Program of Technical Assistance" was established. On July 31, 1950, the Secretary-General established the Technical Assistance Administration "to provide for the efficient operation of the technical assistance programmes and to assist in their coordination with similar programmes of the governments of Member States and the specialized agencies". For the subsequent development of the programs, see the Annual Reports of the Secretary-General.] 7

1 Economic and Social Council, Official Records, Eighth Session,
Supplement No. 1 (E/1310), pp. 2-3.

2 Ibid., Ninth Session, Supplement No. 1 (E/1553), pp. 4-18.
General Assembly, Official Records, Fourth Session, Reso-
lutions (A/1251), p. 27.

4 Resolution of Dec. 4, 1948; ibid., Third Session, Part I,
Resolutions (A/810), pp. 38-40.

5 Resolution of Dec. 7, 1948; ibid., p. 127.

Resolution of Dec. 1, 1950; ibid., Fifth Session, Supplement
No. 20 (A/1775), pp. 40-41.

40,000

7 General Assembly, Official Records, Sixth Session, Supplement
No. 1 (A/1844); ibid., Seventh Session, Supplement No. 1 (A/2141);
ibid., Eighth Session, Supplement No. 1 (A/2404); and ibid., Ninth
Session, Supplement No. 1 (A/2663).

8 Information presented by the Department of State in support
of testimony for the Mutual Security Act of 1955, Hearings Before
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, 84th
Congress, 1st Session, May 25-June 17, 1955, pp. 436-437. [Foot-
notes in text are at the end of the table.]