Abstract
At the Fourth UNCTAD Conference in Nairobi in 1976 an Integrated Programme for Commodities (IPC) was adopted. It can be seen as a recognition of the need for an overall approach to commodity problems, in contrast with earlier fragmentary efforts, which had failed to yield any significant results.
Kabir-Ur-Rahman Khan gives a background to the adoption of the IPC, asses the results achieved so far, and the prospects and need for an improved negotiating machinery.