Increasing the production and use of edible protein

XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
2319. Increasing the production and use of edible protein

The General Assembly, Noting Economic and Social Council resolution 1257 (XLIII) of 2 August 1967 on increasing the production and use of edible protein, Convinced that the majority of mankind, especially in the developing countries, is faced with an impending protein crisis imperilling the physical and mental development of children and adversely affecting the health and productivity of adults, Believing that it is essential that the organizations in the United Nations system urgently take co-ordinated action aimed at closing the present gap between the world's protein needs and protein supplies and at preventing an even more widespread protein deficiency in future generations, Calling for closer co-operation between Governments, industry, agriculture, universities, scientific and technological institutes and other interested organizations, in both industrialized and developing countries, in order to provide a significant impetus to the efforts to improve the protein nutrition of mankind, Believing that national development planning in the Member countries should include, where necessary, the most effective formulation, co-ordination and implementation of programmes to assure an adequate supply and human consumption of protein foods, Expressing its deep appreciation to the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development for its excellent report entitled Feeding the Expanding World Population: international action to avert the impending protein crisis,[1] Welcoming the intention of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund to enlarge the scope and functions of the Protein Advisory Group[2] and their participation in it,

1. Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1257 (XLIII);

2. Welcomes the policy objectives and the technical aspects of the proposals contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development;

3. Requests Governments to communicate to the Secretary-General by 1 July 1968 their comments and suggestions on the report;

4. Further requests Governments to inform the Secretary-General by 1 July 1968 of present and proposed activities at the national level on the part of government, industry, agriculture, universities, scientific and technological institutes and other interested organizations related to improving and increasing the production and human consumption of protein;

5. Calls for concerted and well co-ordinated action by the organizations in the United Nations system to combat protein malnutrition and for closer links between institutions concerned in the developed and developing countries in order to avoid a duplication of effort and to achieve the maximum exchange of technology;

6. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and other organizations concerned to pay particular attention to the Advisory Committee's report and to assist Governments to formulate United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Children's Fund projects for increasing the supply and human consumption of protein;

7. Expresses the hope that the services and advice of the Protein Advisory Group will be utilized to the fullest possible extent by the organizations in the United Nations system to assist in and co-ordinate the work on projects involving the supply and human consumption of protein;

8. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the organizations in the United Nations system, including the regional economic commissions and the Economic and Social Office in Beirut, to consider what action may be appropriate at the regional level in dealing with the impending protein crisis;

9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its twenty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including the activities reported by Governments and the work undertaken within the United Nations system, together with the comments of the Protein Advisory Group and the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development.

1633rd plenary meeting,
15 December 1967.

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[1] United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.68.XIII.2. [2] Ibid., paras. 51-56.