Unique ID UN7ALB50433 
World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
1/1/1979 9:53:50 PM 
Unique ID UN7542794 
World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
5/1/1979 10:27:41 AM 
Unique ID UN7714778 
Cameroon Ratifies Cocoa Agreement 
7/3/1973 10:27:41 AM 
Unique ID UN7713287 
Canada Ratifies International Cocoa Agreement 
3/23/1973 12:06:57 AM 
Unique ID UN7612223 
Headline World Trade in Commodities: Search for Stability 
Caption Description Many poor countries earn practically all their income from the trade of such commodities as cocoa, coffee, sugar, tea, cotton, jute, hard fibers, rubber, copper, and tin. They are consequently very vulnerable to trade fluctuations. The United Nations believes that international buffer stocks or reserve supplies of those ten commodities would help stabilize their prices. Negotiations are under way to establish a Common Fund from which to finance such reserves.  

A worker spreading newly-harvested coffee beans in Karnataka State. Coffee is a principal food product in India.  The UN Conference on Trade and Development is trying to establish international buffer stocks of coffee as a method of controlling world market price extremes for this commodity. 
Unique Identifier UN7542155 
NICA ID 314073 
Production Date 01/01/1978 10:06:14 PM 
Country India
Credit UN Photo/John Isaac