Increase in food production

VII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
628. Increase in food production

The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the resolutions[1] of the General Assembly and of the Economic and Social Council relating to the need for promoting the increased production of food in the world, Noting the statements[2] of the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to the effect that the production of foodstuffs is not increasing at the same rate as the population, and noting that food supplies per capita are still less than before the Second World War when more than half the population of the globe was already suffering from malnutrition, Recognizing:

(a) That the problem of the shortage of foodstuffs is of extreme importance and the greatest urgency to all mankind since it affects its very existence-and particularly to the peoples of the countries most immediately threatened by food shortage,

(b) That it is necessary to devise effective measures for increasing the aggregate production of foodstuffs with a view to fostering the economic development of under-developed countries and the relief of hardships caused by food shortages, particularly in the countries most immediately threatened,

Considering:

(a) That such measures call for co-ordinated, joint and effective international action by the Food and Agriculture Organization and all other international bodies which may be in a position to assist in increasing agricultural production, particularly of foodstuffs,

(b) That it is incumbent upon these organizations, and particularly the United Nations, to give special attention to co-ordinated international action in this field,

1. Calls the attention of the Economic and Social Council, of the specialized agencies concerned, and of the Technical Assistance Board to the increased need for co-ordinated and joint action with regard to the problem of increasing food production, particularly in the countries most immediately threatened by food shortage;

2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to include in its annual reports to the General Assembly a special section with regard to action taken by the United Nations and the specialized agencies on the problem of the continuing lack of an adequate production of foodstuffs.

411th plenary meeting,
21 December 1952.

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[1] See, inter alia, General Assembly resolutions 202 (III) and 525 (VI), and Economic and Social Council resolutions 405 (XIII), 416 E (XIV), 424 (XIV), 425 (XIV) and 451 A (XIV). [2] See document E/2195, p. 4.