World Food Programme

A/RES/1714 (XVI)View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Election of Members Establishment Food Aid Food Surpluses Pledging Conferences

What does this mandate say?

17 operative paragraphs

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Approves specifically the est:i.blishment o_f a United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Comm1ttee of twenty States Members of the United Nations and members of the Food and Agriculture Organization to provide guidance on pol!cy, adn:inistration and . operations, and of a joint Umted Nations/FAO admm1strative unit reporting to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization ;

Requests the Economic and Social Council at its resumed thirty-second session to elect, subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 below, ten States Members of the United Nations and members of the Food and Agriculture Organization to the United N ations/F AO Inter-Governmental Committee, taking into account:

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

( b) The need far balanced representation o f 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;

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 far the World Food Programme recommended by the U nited N ations/F AO Inter-Governmental Committee;

Decides that pilot projects to be undertaken ~y the joint United Nations/FAO administrative umt, under the guidance of the United Nations/FAO Inter- Governmental Committee, involving the use of faod 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;

C oncurs 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 ;

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

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;

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 far 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;

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 and approval by the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization, to proceed on the basis of the present resolution and the resolution of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of 24 November 1961, taking into account the joint propasa} by the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization regarding procedures and arrangements for the multilateral utilization of surplus food, 22 statements made during the debates in the General Assembly and in the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization and such other conditions and procedures as may seem to it appropriate;

Recommends that Governments requesting assistance under this programme, the United Nations/ F AO Inter-Governmental Committee, and the joint United Nations/FAO administrative unit responsible far the administration of the program, keep the resident representatives fully infarmed about, and, within their field of competence, associated with, activities undertaken under the programme;

Invites tbe Secretary-General of the United

Agriculture Organization to ensure that, in carrying out the programme, the joint United Nations/FAO administrative unit rely to the fullest extent possible on the existing staff and facilities of the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as other appropriate inter-governmental agencies;

Requests the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee to report annually to the Economic and Social Council and to the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization on the progress made in the development of the programme and on its administration and operation;

Decides to undertake, not later than at its nineteenth session, a general review of the programme,

taking into account the objectives of its resolution 1496 (XV);

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Recognizing that the experimental programme outlined above constitutes a step towards the broader obj ectives outlined in its resolution 1496 (XV),

Recognizing further that the ultimate solution to this problem of food deficiency lies in self-sustaining economic growth of the economies of the less developed countries to the point where they find it possible to meet their food requirements from their food-producing industries or from the proceeds of their expanding export trade,

Recognizing that the effective utilization of available surplus foodstuffs, in ways compatible with the principies of surplus disposal recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, provides an important transitional means of relieving the hunger and malnutrition of food-deficient peoples, partw:ularly in the less developed countries, and for assisting these countries in their economic development,

Recognizing further that food aid is not a substitute for other types of assistance, in particular for capital goods,

Recognizes that food aid to be provided under this programme should take into account other forms of assistance and country plans for economic and social development ;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in clase co-operation with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and with interested groups or agencies, and jointly where appropriate, to undertake, as soon as feasible, expert studies which would aid in the consideration of the future development of multilateral food programmes;

Expresses the hope that, in the light of these studies and of the experience gained, the progress of the experimental programme will be such as to permit the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization to consider the possibility and advisability of increasing the programme, taking into account the advantages to developing countries, the interests of the contributing States, the interests of the food-exporting countries, the effectiveness of the programme and its contribution to the objectives of General Assembly resolution 1496 (XV);

Endorses again the Freedom from Hunger Campaign launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization, and requests the Secretary-General of the United Agriculture Organization, simultaneously with the implementation of the present resolution, to pay particular attention to the necessity of improving and increasing local food production and to include, where appropriate, reference to this subject in the reports mentioned above, and requests the United Nations/FAO Inter-Governmental Committee to consider the possibility of applying to this purpose a reasonable proportion of resources resulting from the World Food Programme.

19 December 1961.

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