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Food and Agriculture Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The sixth session of the Food and Agricultural Organization Conference was held November 19 to December 7, 1951 in Rome. This was its first biennial session. The provisional agenda for the conference included the following: appointment of a Director-General; election of Council members and chairman; emergency action to assist the United Nations in the maintenance of peace and security; final action on the international plant protection convention; establishment of a Latin American fisheries council, and principles of forest policy; review of the world situation and existing trends in agricultural production and consumption; international commodity problems; the activities of FAO and its long-term objectives; the report of the Director-General (Dodd); the technical assistance program; the $8,753,000 budget and other administrative and financial questions; and the relation of FAO to the United Nations.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1952 , pp. 108 - 111
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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References

1 Department of State, Bulletin, XXV, p. 872Google Scholar, United Nations Press Release FAO–514, November 14, 1951.

2 New York Times, November 28, 1951.

3 Ibid.

4 Unite d Nations Press Release FAO/517, November 21, 1951, p. 3.

5 New York Times, December 6, 1951.

6 For previous summary of the twelfth session of the Council, see International Organization, V, p. 783.

7 United Nations, The Work of FAO 1950/1951, Report of the Dicretor-General.

8 Ibid.

9 United Nations, Bulletin, XI, p. 410–411Google Scholar.