such under its regular program. However, for 1962-63, $400,000 was included in the regular budget primarily for technical assistance in agricultural development planning.

United States Participation in FAO Meetings

In 1961 the United States participated in 50 FAO-sponsored meetings. Included were sessions of the FAO Conference and Council, which are the principal governing bodies of FAO. Some were meetings of the regional forestry and fisheries commissions and the International Rice Commission; some were meetings of working groups dealing with such commodities as grains, rice, cocoa, coconut, citrus fruit, coffee, and milk and milk products; some were technical meetings concerning veterinary education and animal disease and health problems. In addition, meetings were held jointly by FAO and other international organizations, such as the FÃO/IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) meeting on Radioisotopes in Agricultural Research. There is a growing tendency on the part of international organizations, particularly Specialized Agencies, to collaborate more than in the past in such highly technical endeavors.

During the year the United States was host to one important FAOsponsored meeting. This was the Conference on Fish and Nutrition, held in Washington, D.C., during the period September 19-27. The Conference was attended by 304 participants from 35 countries and international organizations.

ANNEX

MEMBERS OF THE FAO AND CONTRIBUTIONS

(Membership as of December 31, 1961; contributions as assessed for 1962)15

15 This table is an adaptation of the one appearing as annex VI to the U.S. delegation report on the 11th FAO Conference and of the one appearing on pp. 607-608 of Yearbook of the United Nations, 1961.

60. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL THREEYEAR UNITED NATIONS/FAO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: Resolution 1714 (XVI), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 19, 1961 16

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 1496 (XV) of 27 October 1960 17 and Economic and Social Council resolution 832 (XXXII) of 2 August 1960 18 on the provision of Food surpluses to food-deficient peoples through the United Nations system,

Having considered the report of the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations entitled Development through Food-A Strategy for Surplus Utilization,1o the report of the Secretary-General entitled "The role of the United Nations and the appropriate specialized agencies in facilitating the best possible use of food surpluses for the economic development of the less developed countries",20 and the joint proposal by the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

14 U.N. General Assembly Official Records, Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/5100), pp. 20-23. This resolution, sponsored by the Representatives of Cameroun, Canada, Denmark, Liberia, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and the United States, was adopted by a vote of 89 to 0, with 9 abstentions. 'Text in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, pp. 85-87. "U.N. ECOSOC Official Records, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 1 (E/3555), pp. 3-4.

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Nations regarding procedures and arrangements for multilateral utilization of surplus food,21

Having reviewed the action taken at the eleventh session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization on the utilization of food surpluses 22 and, specifically, its resolution of 24 November 1961 stating that, subject to the concurrence of the General Assembly of the United Nations, an initial experimental programme for three years, to be known as the World Food Programme should be undertaken, having also noted in particular the reference to safeguards contained in paragraph 13 of the above-mentioned resolution,23 Recognizing the existing facilities for consultation provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization through its Consultative SubCommittee on Surplus Disposals,

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Bearing in mind its resolution 1710 (XVI) of 19 December 1961 on the United Nations Development Decade, and in particular the reference in paragraph 4(d) to the elimination of illiteracy, hunger and disease,

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1. Approves the establishment of an experimental World Food Programme to be undertaken jointly by the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in co-operation with other interested United Nations agencies and appropriate inter-governmental bodies, bearing in mind that the establishment of such a programme in no way prejudices the bilateral agreements between developed and developing countries, and accepts and endorses the purposes, principles and procedures formulated in the first part of the resolution approved by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization on 24 November 1961, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution, including the safeguards mentioned in that resolution and General Assembly resolution 1496 (XV), especially in paragraph 9 thereof;

2. Approves specifically the establishment of a United Nations/ FAO Inter-Governmental Committee of twenty States Members of the United Nations and members of the Food and Agriculture Organization to provide guidance on policy, administration and operations, and of a joint United Nations/FAO administrative unit reporting to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization;

3. Requests the Economic and Social Council at its resumed thirtysecond session to elect, subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 below, ten States Members of the United Nations and members of the Food

U.N. doc. A/4907.

22 See supra.

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'Which specifies that, in carrying out the program, "(i) . . . commercial markets and normal and developing trade are neither interfered with nor disrupted, (ii) the agricultural economy in recipient countries is adequately safeguarded with respect to its domestic markets and the effective development of food production, (iii) due consideration is given to safeguarding normal commercial practices in respect to acceptable services."

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and Agriculture Organization to the United Nations/FAO InterGovernmental Committee,25 taking into account:

(a) The representation provided by the ten States that were elected to serve on the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization;

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(b) The need for balanced representation of economically developed and developing countries, and other relevant factors such as the representation of potential participating countries, both contributing and recipient, equitable geographical distribution and the representation of both developed and less developed countries having commercial interests in international trade in foodstuffs, especially those highly dependent on such trade;

4. Calls upon the Economic and Social Council at its thirty-third session, in co-operation with the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization, to review and to take appropriate action on the procedures and arrangements for the World Food Programme recommended by the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee;

5. Decides that pilot projects to be undertaken by the joint United Nations/FAO administrative unit, under the guidance of the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee, involving the use of food as an aid to economic and social development, shall be undertaken in agreement between the Secretary-General, acting on behalf of the United Nations, and the Director-General, acting on behalf of the Food and Agriculture Organization;

6. Concurs in the calling of a conference where States Members of the United Nations and members of the Food and Agriculture Organization will be invited to pledge contributions;

7. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, to convene such a conference at United Nations Headquarters as soon as feasible after the concurrent sessions of the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization;

8. Urges States Members of the United Nations and members of the Food and Agriculture Organization, in considering their contributions, to make every effort to assure the early attainment, on a voluntary basis, of the $100 million programme;

9. Further requests the Economic and Social Council, in co-operation with the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization, at its next regular session following the pledging conference, to review the composition of the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee and to make, by election for the balance of the three-year programme, any adjustments of membership that might be deemed desirable in the light of the considerations outlined in paragraph 3 above; 10. Instructs the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee, in preparing recommendations on the conditions and procedures for the establishment and operation of the programme for the review

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On Dec. 22, 1961, the U.N. ECOSOC elected Australia, Colombia, Denmark, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, the United Arab Republic, and the United States.

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