Increase in the Production and Use of Edible Protein

A/RES/2416(XXIII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1969.

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2 versions · 1969–1971

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/2684(XXV)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1971	A/RES/2684(XXV)	Increase in the production and use of edible protein	549	14%Compare
1969	A/RES/2416(XXIII)	Increase in the production and use of edible protein	1,260	–

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3 subjects

Protein Deficiency Protein Research Protein Rich Food

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19 operative paragraphs

Takes note with satisfaction of the Secretary-General's report on the protein problem;

Takes note also of the comments 011 this subject made at the resumecl forty-fifth session of the Economic and Social Council ;42

Considers that the momentum generated by the report of the Advisory Committee 011 the Application of Science and Technology to Development entitled Feeding the Expandi11g T,Vorld Population: I nl!'rnational

38 Official Records nf the Econo111ic and Social Co,mci/, Resumed Forty-fifth Sessio11, Anne.rcs, agenda item 4, document E/4592.

89 E/4592/ Add.2.

40 E/4592/ Add.3, Add.3/Corr.l, and Add.4.

41 E/4592/ Add.1.

42 See Official Records of the General Assenibly, Twent}•· third Session, Supp/enient No. 3A (A/.7203/Add.1), chapter IV. General Aaaembly-Twenty-third Seuion

Action to Avert the lmpending Protein Crisis43 and by the action taken by the Secretary-General thereafter should be sustained and that appropriate national and international efforts on the protein problem should be further promoted, inter alia, by:

Finding the means of marshalling the capabilities and resources of developed countries for solving the protein problem;

( b) Strengthening links between interestecl institutions in developed ancl developing countries and promoting the exchange of information ancl expertise in activities aimecl at closing the protein gap;

Mobilizing, in both developed ami cleveloping countries, the support for concertecl action on the part of Governments, scientists, institutions and industryboth public and private-ancl prívate foundations ;

( d) Increasing public awareness of the importance of the protein content of food and the need to adopt dietary habits based on a sufficient consumption of protein;

Identifying far each region ancl for as many countries as possible, on the hasis of the respective socio-economic conditions a11C!

structures and the availability of human, natura) ancl scientific resources, critica! sectors deserving immediate and concerted efforts;

Promoting co-operation among developing countries in the protein field and achieving the maximum utilization of national ancl regional research institutions;

Promoting the adoption of an integratecl approach to the protein problern at the national leve! in the developing countries ;

( h) Promoting interna tiona I co-operation the transfer of technology to developing countries and the training of personnel in this fielcl ;

Evolving new methods an(\ revising al1Cl improving present methods usecl at the international le.ve! ior the collection, classification, evaluation and dissemination of information on critic:il aspects of the protein problem;

( j) Studying, on an interdiscipli1,;. ry has is at the national and regional levels, the applicatioH of modern management techniques to the protein problem confrl)nting developing countries ;

W elco,nes the action taken by the Food ancl Agriculture 0rganization of the United Nations, the \Vorld Health 0rganization and the United Nations Children's Fund in expanding the scope and functions of the Protein Aclvisory Group as endorsed by the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science ancl Technology to Development:

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with interested organizations in the U nited N ations system and with the assistance of the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development :

To propase, frorn time to time, appropriate measures for intensifying action in the areas indicated in paragraph 3 abovc, as well as for increasing and improving the production ami consumption of protcin from natural and conventional sources; . ( b) To continue his efforts aimed at increasing ptthltc awareness of and concern about protein rnalnutrition;

.¡;; Cnited Nations publication, Sales No.: E.68.XIII.2.

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with interested orgauizations in the U nited N ations system, to prepare and submit, from time to time, to the General Assemhly-through the Economic and Social Council-ancl to other interestecl organs, reports 011 the progress being made towards the solution of the protein problem, thc first such report to be submitted to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session;

lwvitcs the Foocl and Agriculture Organization of the L'nitecl Nations, the World Health Organization, the Unitecl Nations Children's Funcl, the International Atomic Energy Agency. the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other interested organizations in the United N ations system to include in their annual reports to the Economic and Social Council special reference to the work done by their organizations to increase the procluction ami use of edihlc protein ;

In-vites the Governments of Member States, the specializecl agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the regional economic commissions ancl the Economic ancl Social Office in Beirut to give their full support and co-operation to international efforts to solve the protein problem, and to provide the Secretary- General with information for the reports requestecl in paragraph 6 above;

Urges Governmcnts of Memher States to make use of the expertise ami aclvice of the agencies concerned in formulating their clevelopment plans for implementing as far as possible the specific proposals contained in the report of the Advisory Committee 011 the Application of Science ami Technology to Development;

Invites the specialized agencies concernecl to provide developing countries with the appropriate specialized services required for the preparation and implementation of development projects aimed at increasing the production and consumption of protein;

Invites the interested organizations within the United Nations system to examine the ways and means of increasing the resources for expanding their activities in the protein field;

Rcqucsts the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Teclmology to Development to relate its work in the protein field to the preparations for the Second United Nations Development Decacle nnd invites other interested organizations of the Unitecl Nations system, as a contrihution to the Decade, to accelerate their work 011 ohjectives and measures designed to narrow the protein gap significantly hy the end of the 1970s.

1745th plcnary meeting.

17 Dccember 1968.

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