Target for Pledges to the World Food Programme for the Period 1971-1972

A/RES/2527(XXIV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Budget Contributions Budget Projections Food Aid Pledging Conferences

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2 operative paragraphs

Establishes for the two years 1971 and 1972 a target for voluntary contributions of $300 million, of which not less than one third should be in cash and services, and expresses the hope that such resources will be augmented by substantial additional contributions from other sources in recognition of the prospective volume of sound project requests and the capacity of the World Food Programme to operate at a higher level;

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Urges States Members of the United Nations and. members and associate members of the Food and Agnculture Organization of the United Nations to make every effort to ensure the full attainment of the target; . 3 .. Urges Governm~~ts which have pledged contnbut1ons of commod1t1es or ~ervices for the period 1969-1970 to ~ake every possible effort to carry over and . make available for the period 1971-1972 any portion of such pledges that may remain unused at the end of 1970, and to indicate their readiness to effect such a carry-over when announcing pledges at the next pledging conference;

. 4. Requ~sts the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the ~Ire~tor-General of the Food and Agriculture ~rgamzation of the United Nations, to convene for. this p~rpose the fourth pledging conference at Umted Nat10ns Headquarters early in 1970;

5,- Decides that_ the foll_?wing pledging conference, sub1ect to the review provided for in General Assembly resolution 2~95 (XX), should be convened, at the latest, e_arlr m 1972, at which time Governments should be my1ted to_ pledge contributions for 1973 and 1974, with a view to reaching whatever target may then be recommended by the General Assembly and t!1e _Conference of the Food and Agriculture Orgamzation of the United Nations.

182 3rd plenary meeting,

5 December 1969.

2528 _(XXI~'"): The. role of the United Nations 1n trammg nat10nal technical personnel for the accelerated industrialization of the developing countries

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