Technical Assistance Administration Research Articles

The Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration

Journal Article The Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration Get access The Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration. Report prepared jointly for the Government of Italy by an expert appointed by the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration and by experts appointed respectively by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the World Health Organization. New York, United Nations; London, H.M.S.O., 1952. ix+343 pp. Diagrams. Maps. Tables. 1034′​′×814′​′⁠. $3.50. 25s. Sw. Frs. 14. Marianne Gellner Marianne Gellner Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 1954, Page 256, https://doi.org/10.2307/2607621 Published: 01 April 1954

World Meteorological Organization

The Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization held its fourth session in Geneva from October 6 through 26, 1953. Formal approval was given to all the new meteorological codes and forms of message recommended by the Commission for Synoptic Meteorology. The Secretary-General (Swaboda) was asked to prepare a report on the different units of measurement used in weather reports (Celsius v. Fahrenheit, knots v metres per second, millimeters v. inches, etc.) in order that the WMO Congress, to which the Executive Committee referred the question, could determine the desirability of a universal agreement on units for weather reports. Various recommendations of the Commission for Climatology and the Commission for Aerology concerning the need for publishing surface and upper air observations were considered. The International Barometer Convention proposed by the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation was approved, and members were asked to apply the Convention from January 1, 1955. The Executive Committee also considered problems relating to the publication of the new international cloud atlas, especially the text of the abridged atlas and the revision of the English text of the main volume. General satisfaction with the development of the WMO program in the field of technical assistance was expressed by the Executive Committee, which also approved the working arrangement with the Technical Assistance Administration. The Secretary-General was authorized to continue negotiations with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on a working agreement; a working agreement between WMO and the International Civil Aviation Organization was approved to become effective January 1, 1954. It was decided to create a consultative status for interested non-governmental organizations which would entitle them to send observers to the WMO Congress and regional and technical bodies and to present working documents. After deciding to hold the second WMO Congress in April 1955, the Executive Committee adopted a provisional budget for 1954 of $363,000, of which $27,250 was alloted for publications and $64,500 for the production of the international cloud atlas. The fifth session of the committee was scheduled for late August or early September 1954.

A General Economic Appraisal of Libya

A General Economic Appraisal of Libya Get access A General Economic Appraisal of Libya. By the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration. Prepared by John Lindberg. New York, United Nations; London, H.M.S.O., 1953. vi+55 pp. Tables. 11′​′×812′​′⁠. 60 cents. 4s. 6d. Sw. frs.2.50. Marianne Gellner Marianne Gellner Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 29, Issue 4, October 1953, Page 518, https://doi.org/10.2307/2606089 Published: 01 October 1953

Report of the United Nations Economic Mission to Chile 1949–50

Journal Article Report of the United Nations Economic Mission to Chile 1949–50 Get access Report of the United Nations Economic Mission to Chile 1949–50. By United Nations, Technical Assistance Administration. London, H.M.S.O. for United Nations, 1952. ix+38 pp. Tables. 11″×812′​′⁠. 3s. 40 cents. Gilbert J. Butland Gilbert J. Butland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 28, Issue 4, October 1952, Page 546, https://doi.org/10.2307/2604315 Published: 01 October 1952

Administrative Problems of the Technical Assistance Administration

Although it was not his intention, Edward Gibbon once defined the whole duty and substance of any governmental body when he wrote “a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.” Of these attributes and responsibilities the third is not the least important. Nor is this anywhere more true than in the case of the United Nations, an international organization representing and serving sixty diverse states and performing functions both unique and novel. Above all it is true of the United Nations operational agency known as the Technical Assistance Administration.The executive, that is the organizational and operational, problems of the Technical Assistance Administration break into two distinct categories. There is, first, the exceedingly difficult situation that is created by the administrative weakness of many of the governments of the underdeveloped countries which the TAA has been organized to aid. This weakness may be the result of inexperience, corruption, the general backwardness of the national economy, the primitive cultural structure, personal incompetence, or any combination of these factors. The second type of difficulty is that found in the formidable but essentially straightforward set of problems that will inevitably face an agency staffed by men and women drawn from a variety of national and personal environments, and charged with the conduct of business of an almost unique diversity, in areas globally dispersed.

Report of the United Nations Mission of Technical Assistance to Bolivia

Journal Article Report of the United Nations Mission of Technical Assistance to Bolivia Get access Report of the United Nations Mission of Technical Assistance to Bolivia. By United Nations, Technical Assistance Administration. London, H.M.S.O. for United Nations, 1951. viii+128 pp. Maps. Tables. 11′​′×812′​′⁠. 11s. $1.50. Sw.frs.6. David Huelin David Huelin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 28, Issue 2, April 1952, Pages 270–271, https://doi.org/10.2307/2604157 Published: 01 April 1952