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Food and Agriculture Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The seventh session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization was held in Rome from November 23 to December 11, 1253. The membership of FAO was increased to 71 at the seventh session by the admission of Libya, Iran, and Yemen. Dr. Philip V. Cardon (United States) was appointed Director-General of FAO for the following four years, to succeed Mr. Norris E. Dodd. The Conference appointed three commisions to deal, respectively, with agenda items pertaining to 1) the world situation and outlook in food and agriculture; 2) activites of the orgainzations; and 3) constitutional, legal, administrative, and financial questions.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1954

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References

1 For a summary of the sixth session of the Conference, see International Organization, VI, p. 430Google Scholar.

2 Food and Agriculture Organization, Report of the 7th session of the Conference, Rome, 03 1954, p. 24Google Scholar.

3 Ibid., p. 179.

4 Ibid., p. 5.

5 Ibid., p. 7.

6 Ibid., p. 11–12.

7 Ibid., p. 34.

8 Ibid., p. 39.

9 Ibid., p. 39.

10 Ibid., p. 48–49.

11 Ibid., p. 59.

12 Ibid., p. 86–87.

13 Ibid., p. 109.

14 Ibid., p. 113.

15 Ibid., p. 115.

16 Ibid., p. 116.

17 Ibid., p. 122–124.

18 Ibid., p. 127.

19 US—FAO News Letter, V, No. 1, 1201 19531954Google Scholar.

20 Food and Agriculture Organization, Report of the 7th Session …, cited above, p. 127Google Scholar.

21 Ibid., p. 163.

22 Ibid., p. 165.

23 Ibid., p. 135.

24 Ibid., p. 180.

25 Ibid., p. 174.

26 Ibid., p. 186.

27 Ibid., p. 141.

28 Ibid., p. 186.

29 For previous information on the Committee, see International Organization, VIII, p. 260.

30 United Nations Press Release FAO/715, June 22, 1954.

31 Food and Agriculture Organization, Memo, II, 02 1954Google Scholar.

32 Ibid., January, 1954.

33 Ibid., March 1954.

34 Ibid., May 1954.