发展中国家要求在国际经济领域里设立一个进行经常活动的机构。为此,联合国大会批准召开这次会议。当时普雷比什在会上所作的题为《寻求有利于发展的新贸易政策》的报告,说明了这次会议的中心议题。报告首先指出,在伴随工业化而产生的进口需要不断扩大和初级产品出口停滞的情况下,按照联合国大会1961年12月通过的《联 Developing countries demanded the establishment of a body for carrying out regular activities in the international economic field. To this end, the United Nations General Assembly approved the convening of this meeting. At that meeting, Prebisch delivered a report titled “Seeking a New Trade Policy for Development,” which described the central issue of the conference. The report begins by noting that, in the light of the continuous expansion of imports accompanying industrialization and the stagnation in the export of primary products, the United Nations General Assembly, in December 1961, adopted "United