Word: kaissouni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their way in the endless committee meetings. But the resolutions meant little without the backing of the industrial nations that carry on 80% of the world's trade. Working against the June 15 adjournment deadline, the conference's president, Egypt's Deputy Premier Abdel Moneim El-kaissouni, and secretary general, Argentine Economist Raul Prebisch, used their skills as suave fixers ,to salvage some things. The industrial nations' delegates made several soft compromises. By supporting proposals to reconvene the trade meeting every three years and to set up a small secretariat at Geneva, they moved toward creating...
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