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Republic of Korea Signs UNIDO Constitution

7 October 1980

The Republic of Korea today signed the Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The Constitution was adopted by consensus on 8 April 1979 by the Vienna Conference of plenipotentiaries, thus clearing the way for UNIDO to become the United Nations sixteenth specialized agency. Its primary objective shall be the promotion of industrial development in the developing countries with a view to assisting the establishment of a new international economic order.
Suk Heun Yun, the Republic of Korea's Permanent Representative to the UN, signing the Constitution at UN Headquarters as UN Legal Counsel, Erik Suy, looks on.

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