Review of the World Food Programme

XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
2290. Review of the World Food Programme

The General Assembly, Recalling that according to the provisions of its resolution 2095 (XX) of 20 December 1965 the World Food Programme would be reviewed before each pledging conference and that, subject to the review so provided for, the next pledging conference should be convened in 1967, at which time Governments would be invited to pledge contributions for 1969 and 1970, with a view to reaching such targets as might be recommended by the General Assembly and the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Noting that a review of the Programme was undertaken by the United Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme at its eleventh session and by the Economic and Social Council at its forty-third session, Having considered Economic and Social Council resolution 1255 (XLIII) of 2 August 1967, as well as the recommendations contained in the report of the Intergovernmental Committee,[1] and the report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme,[2] Recognizing the value of multilateral food aid both as a form of capital investment and for meeting food needs,

1. Establishes for the two years 1969 and 1970 a target for voluntary contributions of $200 million, of which not less than one third should be in cash and services, and urges States Members of the United Nations and members and associate members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to make every effort to ensure the full attainment of the target;

2. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to convene a pledging conference at United Nations Headquarters early in 1968;

3. Urges Governments that have pledged contributions of commodities or services for the period 19661968 to make every possible effort to carry over and make available for the period 1969-1970 any portion of such pledges that may remain unused at the end of 1968, and to indicate their readiness to effect such carry-over when announcing pledges at the 1968 pledging conference;

4. Decides that the following pledging conference, subject to the review provided for in General Assembly resolution 2095 (XX), should be convened, at the latest, early in 1970, at which time Governments would be invited to pledge contributions for 1971 and 1972, with a view to reaching whatever target may be recommended by the General Assembly and the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

1623rd plenary meeting,
8 December 1967.

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[1] Ibid., Forty-third Session, Annexes, agenda items 2 and 13, document E/4378. [2] E/4332.