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IN MANY lands people improve their education and learn more DESPITE THE RAPID advancc of technol ogy during the past two or three CntUlits much lcs than half of the norlds popula tion are enjoying the material and social benefits crcutcd by tho application of mod ern scientific tcchniqucs in llltluxlry agri culture public tdniinixlrulionY health and related fields The rcst of the worlds in habitants41mm than one and hull hiL lion peoleontinnc to live as they did centuries ago many of them in nccd of thc hare ncccssitics of lilc Wcll atturc of this situation thc lnilcd Nations has launched program of technical assistance to aid in thc economic dcvclnp ment of undcrdcvclopcd countries in co opcration with itq rclzltcd zigcncic UN today has lidcd total of 70 countries and tcrritorics providingr thcm iith experts on matters ranging from tax administration to cottngc industrics from how to tnkc census to trippinx underground Willll in the desert In addition total of about 1000 international fellotwlrlps and scholursbips have bccn lpprovcd in the tlclds of cco nomic dcvcloprncni public administration and social vclfzirc UN SccrctnryGcncral Trygvc Lic has said that apart from lllc urgent political questions there is perhaps no arr1 of the work of the United Nations that should attract more support than its technical us 5istance program The fundamental thcsis of this program is to lulp pcnplc to limp themselves by introducing thrrn to skills and organizationrl tccllniquc llttLsnfY for the most cettii cronomic ow of thcir own resources pthnnllll and llldilion This is the purposc of tcchnicul usxiil once the job of Liking itntilit kmml cdgc technological lxlll 1nd opcrutionul know how anil1hlc to countrim nccdin them This is not hr my moans ill thr help that is needed for backward countrics to dcvclop their ccmmmicv but it is vital factor factor that is nccdcd at all sluch of economic development from survcy of thc possibilities to thc ucluul building of power plant Through its many organs and special izcd agencies UN works in many dirtc tions to make thc world better plncc to live The illustration on this page offer only cw cxamplcs of what tho vorld organization is doing lhc rcaults ma tvcll he the beginning of MW 111cmornhlc phase in the social and cconomic history ofmnkind DR HUGH KEENLEYSIDE of Canada at tho lclt DirectorGeneral of the United Nations lcchnicul Assistnnce Administration is congratu lulcd by SccrcturyGcncrullrygvr Lie upon but appointment to direct one of the organizations most farsighted programs Looking on is Mr David Owen UN Assistant SecretaryGeneral in charge of the Department of Economic Affairs about their fcllowmcn through the efforts of the United Nations Educational Scientic and ultural Organization lnescor IPROBLEMS of water supply and ood control protect their crops and control their rivers by have plagued the world since the beginning of using idle manpower for community develop time These Greek villagers have learned how to ment another phase of UNtcchnicalaid program 12 MW WITHV the advent of DDT madam has ceased to be one of deaths specia agents yet the toll is still high Here WHO expert shows Turlnsh doctors how to analyze the Insecticrdc vbchthheVy prepare or SEED fromth most commonlygrotvn types of bybridcom been supplied to Italy VI the UnltedVStatcs through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO This seed is now being tested in various parts of Italy for adaptability to that countrys soil It EXPERTS of the Food andIAgticulturexganizittllm of tho United inn and her dauhter mmbers of IN GAZA the 1m Relief and won Age NationstFAO shop Haitian lurinch bow to producodim in their Liberian tribe will 1126 better life 313 for Palestine Rfuxecs teaches boys to plant 1N EMYIIES much taming Bot mbaygow hede ggowtgglgggmmar pon increase the food 511 otthal Carib ea count memes ence ewe WW St 13 di WI mu 02 Emma health pmgmms tregseedlmgs reformation program death This Indian expert explains to villagers of dens The picture isiromamovle producedbyUN gtgt