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27-JAN-1993
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followed the usual approach, simply amending the previous year ́s document in darker type. Although its flavour remains unduly expansionist, in general this year ́s changes confront us with no mejor problems. The paper is still, however, too philosophical in tone and gives insufficiently precise indications to committees about the priorities to be accorded to objectives.
Chapazu
6. Parap 1-3 put■ the rest of the paper in context, To strongthen tha managerial content, WH should try to
Language reinforcing the budgetary zzzpõlisiblaty of the Committees.
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"Committece and working parties should seek an estimate of the resource implications of any new worlt before including it in their work programghes, Where new resources would be unlikely to ba available, examples of possible offsetting savings from the existing work programme should be identified." This conforms with current Whitehall practice.
Part I
8. Para 6. "Respect for human rights" is not new language but was inserted at our instigation last year. We GSBUMO that the insertion of "institutionalised" refers to PIT programmes, membership by some non-members of the Development Centre, certain committees etc. We shall week olarification when the paper la
discussed.
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Para 8. The lack of a dialogue between OECD countries and China on issues such as repource allocation/environment was a major matter of concern at the donore meeting we arranged at FCO/ODA request in the margins of the DAC Senior Level, We judge the reforence to China in Part I can stand. Any decisions on $ dialogue would be for CGNME and is not prejudged by the reference here.
8. Paza 10. The population wording is welcome. DAC will be holding another meeting in early 1994 on population in the land up to the Cairo World Conference.
0. Para 12. For once the document is unambitious. We suggest that it should record that the OECD also has a vital role in UNCED follow-up.
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Para 18.
The new wording could ba read to imply that growing internationalisation of the aconomy oarries seedo of its ONTI destruction, unless the process is managed by rules of the game. We suggest deleting the words "As a result..." from the major addition in the middle of that paragraph and insertion instead of "In some areas". We might also pesk clarification of "...the multilateral system would be diaputed... which might more olearly be expressed"...would fall into disrepute...”
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Paca 15. Tho 1882 language is prejudicial, albeit fairly harmloss. However, we have reservations concerning “ultimately",
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