World Shortage of Cereals and Other Foodstuffs

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1947.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Food Aid Food Consumption Food Distribution Food Production Food Shortage Grains Rationing

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Urges the Governments and international agencies concerned to adopt or continue measures designed to overcome the deficit during 1947 in bread grains, rice, fats and oils, dairy products, meat and sugar and to achieve the equitable allocation and prompt distribution of the available supplies free from political considerations; and, in particular,

Recommends:

Food producing countries to takc ali practicable steps

To increasc the output and collection of foodstuffs to the maximum extent;

To prevent reduction and encouragc an increase o{ areas under grain cultivaLion;

To improvc transportatio11 facilitit:s fm cereals ancl other fooclstuffs;

To increase cxports to countries suffering from a shortage of foodstuffs;

To continuc and strengthen international efforts and machinery with a view to utilizing exportable food supplies with due consideration for the urgency of the food req uirements in the needy countries;

(D To take measures against any unwarranted inuease in the pricc of grain and other foodstuffs, especially such as would be detrimental to the interests of consumers and would mainly favour speculative interests without resulting in any real advantages to the farming population;

Countries which are largely ii;idustrial ami which produce transportation equipment, agricultura! implements, machinery, spare parts and supplies for the construction of workshops for manufacturing and repairing the essential categories of such materials, or which produce fertilizers, pesti-cides, seeds, and animal feeding stuffs, to take ali appropriate and practicable measures for expanding production, increasing export, and facilitating transportation of such supplies to countries in urgent need of them, and for facilitating the construction in these countries of small factories and workshops for the manufacture and repair of the most essential vent a se procurer des devises étrangeres pour payer leurs importations,

l'insuffisance des moyens de transpon et d'autres difficultés menacent d'empecher l'utilisation des produits alimentaires disponibles.

En meme temps, cenains pays ont tendance a réduire les Sllrfaces ensemencées en cércales et autres denrées alimcntaircs, ce qui peut provoquer des hausses de prix injustifiées et aggraver encare la situation alimentaire. L'inflation des prix, ainsi que n-rtains autres farteurs agissant sur les prix, constituent souvent un nouvel obstacle a la production des denrées alimentaires soin.

L' Assemblée générale, en conséquence,

Demande instamment aux gouvernements et aux organisations internationales intéressés d'adopter ou de maintenir les mesures destinées a concnne les céréales panifi.ables, riz, huiles et corps gras, produits laitiers, viandes et sucre, et tion rapide des denrées disponibles, sans tcnir compte de considérations politiques; et, en particulier,

Recommande:

Que les pays producteurs de denrées alimentaires pn'lllll.'llt toutcs ks mt:surcs possibles pour:

11) Augmcnter au maximum la production et la colkctc de dcm écs alimentaircs;

/J) Empccher la réduction et favorisn l'accroissC'mcnt des su perfi.cies ensemcncées en céréales;

1) Améliorer les services de transport des céréaks et d'autres denrées alimentaircs;

d) Augmcnter leurs exportations vers les pays qur souffrent d'une pénurie de denrées alimen- 1aires;

canismes internationaux dcstinés a répartir les produits alimentaircs susceptibles d'étrc exporti·s, compte tenu de l'urgencc des besoins alimentaircs des pays nécessiteux;

f) Prendre eles mesures contre toute hausse rées alimentaires, notamment les hausses qui seraient nuisibles aux intéréts des consomma-

agrindteurs;

Qul' k, ¡,an t¡11i stH1l pri1H ipakmcnt indus

pieccs de recha;ige et des matériaux nécessaires a la construction d'ateliers clcstinés a la fabrication matfriel, ou qui produisent des engrais, insecticides, semences et produits pour l'alimentation appropriées ¡mur dévdopper la production, accroitre !'exportation, faci!iter le transpon de ces produic-, ver, les pays qui en ont un besoin urgent perites \ISines et ateliers destinés a la fabrication

agricultura} machines, implements and spare parts, for increasing food production;

~- Ali cou~tries to cairy out as far as practicable appropriate and necessary measures to regulate consumption, including the maintenance of high extraction rates, the dilution of flour, restrictions on usage of bread grains for beverages and other non-essential purposes, and rest.rictions on the feeding of bread grains to animals;

Governments and international agencies

concerned to continue and expand publication of the fullest possible information on supplies and requirements of foodstuffs and materials mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 above and on action taken to carry out the recommendations contained in this resolution, in order that future action may be guided by full knowledge of the relevant facts;

That attention continue to be given to the need for measures necessary to enable importing countries to overcome international payment difficulties, in order that the above recommendations may be rendered effective in improving the food situation.

Fif ty-fifth plenary meeting,

r r December r946.

46 ( 1}. Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas

Approves the general resolution of the Economic and Social Council, the resolution on thc Survey of the Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas in Asia and the Far East, and the reso lution for continuing the work of the Sub-Commission on Devastated Areas in Europe8 ;

Urges the Members of the United Nations, the Economic and Social Council, and the specialized agencies and inter-governmental organizations concerned, to take ali possible steps, within their respective fields of activity, which may lead to the early solution of the problems of economic reconstruction of devastated areas;

Directs the Secretary-General to transmi t to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development the opinion of the General 'Document A/147.

• Document A/ 116.

• Document E/145, pages 8 to 15. dispensables, en vue d'accroitre la production de, vivres; qu'il sera possible, les mesures appropriées et nécessaires en vue de réglemeRter la consommation, y compris: le maintien de -taux élevés d'cxtraction, l'adjonction d'autres produits a la farine, les restrictions a l'utilisation des céréales autres emplois non essentiels, et les restrictiom a l'utilisation des céréales panifiables pour l'alimentation des animaux; ternationales intéressés poursuivent et développent la publication d'informations aussi détailles besoins de denrées alimentaires et matériels

mandations formulées dans la présente résolution, afin que les décisions prises dorénavant s'appertinents;

Que l'on ne perde pas de vuela nécessité de prendre les mesures indispensables pour permettre aux pays importateurs de surmonter les difficultés que susci tent les paiements internationaux, afin que les recommandations exposées ci-dessus se traduisent par des résultats eflectifs améliorant la situation alimentaire.

Cinquante-cinquieme séance pléniere,

le r r décembre r946.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

46 ( 1}. Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas

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