The next business is Item No. 4 on the Order Paper.
Committee on Finance. - Convention on Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: Motion of Approval.
Debate resumed on the following motion:
That Dáil Éireann approves of the terms of—
(1) the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
(2) the Supplementary Protocol No. 1 to the Convention,
(3) the Supplementary Protocol No. 2 to the Convention,
(4) the Protocol on the Revision of the Convention for European Economic Co-operation of 16th April, 1948, and
(5) the Memorandum of Understanding on the Application of Article 15 of the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
which were signed on behalf of the Government in Paris on the 14th day of December, 1960.
—(Minister for External Affairs).
Question put and agreed to.
Would Deputies mind if I put the introductory statement on the record? I have a statement which gives the history and, if anybody wants to know what we are joining in UNESCO, it would be as well for it to be on the record. We can do it tomorrow; I am in no hurry about it.
Agreed that the motion be taken on Wednesday, 12th July, 1961.
The Dáil adjourned at 11 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 12th July, 1961.