U.S. Participation in Multilateral Development Institutions: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session

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Page 268 - ... transmit to the Congress, as part of the presentation materials for security assistance programs proposed for each fiscal year, a full and complete report, prepared with the assistance of the...
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Page 230 - ... to expand international trade; to develop and expand export markets for United States agricultural commodities ; to use the abundant agricultural productivity of the United States to combat hunger and malnutrition and to encourage economic development in the developing countries, with particular emphasis on assistance to those countries that are determined to improve their own agricultural production; and to promote in other ways the foreign policy of the United States.
Page 265 - First, there is the right to be free from governmental violation of the integrity of the person. Such violations include torture; cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ; and arbitrary arrest or imprisonment. And they include denial of fair public trial, and invasion of the home.
Page 343 - THE HONORABLE C. FRED BERGSTEN .ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS AND FINANCE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS The Issues Mr.
Page 600 - The par value of the currency of each member shall be expressed in terms of gold as a common denominator or in terms of the United States dollar of the weight and fineness in effect on July 1, 1944.
Page 211 - The President shall direct the United States Executive Directors of such international financial institutions to take all appropriate actions to keep the salaries and benefits of the employees of such institutions to levels comparable to salaries and benefits of employees of private business and the United States Government in comparable positions.
Page 222 - The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall initiate a wide consultation designed to develop a viable standard for the meeting of basic human needs and the protection of human rights and a mechanism for acting together to insure that the rewards of international economic cooperation are especially available to those who subscribe to such standards and are seen to be moving toward making them effective in their own systems of governance.
Page 507 - Fund within a reasonable time an amount of its own currency equal to the reduction in the gold value of its currency held by the Fund.
Page 213 - Bank, shall advance the cause of human rights, including by seeking to channel assistance toward countries other than those whose governments engage in — (1) a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights...

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