26 July 1984

Meeting 49 Consumer protection

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling its resolution 1981/62 of 23 July 1981, in which it requested the Secretary-General to continue consultations on consumer protection with the aim of pursuing, inter alia, the elaboration of a set of general guidelines for consumer protection, taking particularly into account the needs of the developing countries,

Recalling further its decision 1983/174 of 28 July 1983 and General Assembly resolution 38/147 of 19 December 1983,

Taking note of the discussions held during its first and second regular sessions of 1984,

Decides to transmit to the General Assembly for consideration with a view to their adoption, at its thirty-ninth session as agreed in resolution 38/147, the draft guidelines on consumer protection contained in the report of the Secretary-General on that question submitted to the Council in 1983, as well as the comments of States thereon.