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United Nations: World Food Council Communique on Program of Action to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2017

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International Legal Materials , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , November 1977 , pp. 1554 - 1560
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1977

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[Reproduced from U.N. Document A/32/19 of September 12, 1977.

[On June 23 and 24, 1977, the Council considered and adopted the text of the communique without a vote. The communique was brought to the attention of the Thirty-second Session of the U.N. General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council. The General Assembly has urged implementation of the program of action with the adoption of Resolution 32/52 on December 8, 1977.]

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page 1556 note 1 $US 8.3 billion is a WFC secretariat revaluation in 1975 prices of the $US 5 billion, for which there was broad support at the World Food Conference. $US 6.5 billion is a secretariat estimate produced at the request of the second session of the World Food Council (Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session.;, Supplement No. 19 (A/31/19), Para. 62) and described in WFC/36.

page 1556 note 2 That industrial countries, multilateral agencies and other donors take effective measures to provide official assistance to agricultural and food production in developing countries on the most concessional terms appropriate to the economic conditions of the recipient country endeavouring to bring an overall grant element to at least 86 per cent.

page 1557 note 3 It is understood that the preparatory work carried out within the International Wheat Council for a new International Grains Arrangement could include rice, together with wheat and other grains.

page 1560 note 4 Recognizing the decisions recorded in this regard at the Conference on International Economic Co-operation, held at Paris.