Reconstruction of the United Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme as a Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes — A/RES/3404(XXX) | UN Mandate Registry

Reconstruction of the United Nations/Fao Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme as a Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes

A/RES/3404(XXX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conference and Meeting Services Election of Members Food Aid Periodic Reports Work Organization

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

1

Decides that the United Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme shall be reconstituted as the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes, which shall comprise thirty States Members of the United Nations or members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, fifteen of these membcrs to be elected by the Economic and Social Council and fifteen by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, it being understood that outgoing members shall be eligible for re-election;

2

Resolves that States already elected as members of the United Nations/FAO Intergovemmental Committee of the World Food Programme, pursuant to the provisions of previous resolutions, shall continue as members of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes for the remainder of their respective terms and requests the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to elect three additional members each, one member each for a term of one year, one member each for a term of two years and one member each for a term of three years;

3

Decides that thereafter all members of the Committce on Food Aid Policies and Programmes shall be elected for a term of three years and requests the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to make such provisions as will ensure that the terrns of office of five members elected by each of the two Councils shall expire in each calendar year;

4

Requests the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, when they elect members of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes, to take into account the need for the balanced representation of economically developed and developing countries and other relevant factors, such as the representation of potential participating countries,

both contributing ~nd recipient, equitable geographical distribution and the representation of both developed and developing countries having commercial interests in intemational trade in food-stuffs, especially those highly dependent on such trade;

5

Further decides that, in addition to discharging the functions hitherto exercised by the Intergovemmental Committee, the Committee on Food Aid Poli-

cies and Programmes shall help to evolv~ and. ~oordinate short-term and longer-term food a.id polIC1es r.ecommended by the World Food Conference and shall, in particular:

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a

Provide general guidance on the po icy, a - ministration and operation of the World Food Programme;

( b) Provide a forum for intergovemmental _consultations on national and intemational food rud programmes and policies;

e

Review periodicr .ly general trends in food aid requirements and availabilities;

d

Recommend to Governme_nts, thr~,ugh . t?e World Food Council, improvements m food md pohc1~s and programmes on such matters as pro~ramme pnorities, commodity composition of food rud and other related subjects;

e

Formulate proposals for the more effective coordination of multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental food aid programmes, including emergency food aid;

f

Review periodically the implementation of the recommendations made by the World Food Conference on food aid policies;

6

Decides also that the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes shall report annually to the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which in considering the reports of the Committee 'shall ttl:e into account the responsibilities of the W~rld Food Council, and that the Committee shall submit periodic and special reports to the World Food Council;

7

Resolves that the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes should norm~lly hol~ regul~r sessions twice a year and such special sess1ons as 1t considers necessary or as called for by the Secretary- General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in consultation with the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, or on request submitted in writing by at Ieast one third of the members of the Committee;

8

Further resolves that the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes shall be serviced by the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, acting in consultation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and that in this respect the Executive Director shall be

guided by the relevant provisions of the Genera~ Regulations8 of the World Food Programme and m particular shall continue to rely to the maximum extent possible on the technical services of the United Nations . and its subsidiary bodies, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system, without any duplication of such services;

9

Invites the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes to adopt its own rules of procedure, which shall be based on the rules of procedure hitherto applicable to the Intergovernmental Committee, and to make provision for inviting States Members of t~e United Nations or members of the Food and Agn-

s Por the text, see World Food Programme Basic Documents. culture Organization of the United Nations that are not members of the Committee to participate in its deliberations;

10

Authorizes the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes to establish s~ch su~sidiary bodies as may be necessary to enable it to d1scharge its functions;

11

Resolves that the appointment of the Executive Director and the administration, procedures, financing and other working arrangements of the World Food Programme should continue to be governed, mutatis mutandis, by the World Food Programme Basic Documents.

2420th plenary nf~ting

28 November 1975

ANNEX Decision of the Governing Council of the United Natione

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