Secretariat of the World Food Council.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    16 December 1976
UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976), Secretariat of the World Food Council., A/RES/31/120, UN General Assembly, 16 December 1976, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1976/en/8881 [accessed 18 June 2025]
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31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
120. Secretariat of the World Food Council

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3348 (XXIX) of 17 December 1974, by which it established the World Food Council in conformity with resolution XXII adopted by the World Food Conference on 16 November 1974[1] and requested the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to establish the secretariat of the Council, Noting that the World Food Council has adopted rules of procedure[2] containing provisions concerning the appointment of the head and the staff of the secretariat of the Council,

1. Decides that the secretariat of the World Food Council shall be headed by an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the members of the Council and with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, for a period of four years with due regard to the principle of geographical rotation;

2. Further decides that the Secretary-General shall, in consultation with the Executive Director of the World Food Council, appoint an adequate number of staff to the secretariat of the Council, taking into account the need for equitable geographical distribution, in addition to professional competence, and avoiding the appointment of persons who simultaneously perform functions in other agencies or institutions.

101st plenary meeting
16 December 1976
[1] See Report of the World Food Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.75.Il.A.3), chap. II. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/31/19), annex IV.
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