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Articles

The World Food Council: The Rise and Fall of a United Nations Body

Pages 663-694 | Published online: 15 Feb 2011
 

Abstract

At the recommendation of the 1974 World Food Conference, the UN World Food Council (WFC) was established by the UN General Assembly at the ministerial or plenipotentiary level following the worst world food crisis in modern history at the beginning of the 1970s. The WFC was charged with overseeing the follow-up of the conference's resolutions and coordinating the work of the concerned UN agencies relating to food production, nutrition, food security, food trade, and food aid. This is the first summarized and selective account of the work of the WFC until its demise in 1993. The reasons for the fall of this UN body are given as well as proposals for another body to fulfil its roles.

Résumé

Suivant la recommandation de la Conférence mondiale l'alimentation de 1974. l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU a établi le Conseil mondial de l'alimentation (CMA) au niveau ministériel ou plénipotentiaire, aprés la pire crise alimentaire de l'histoire moderne au debut des années 1970. Le CMA devait surveiller la mise en oeuvre des résolutions de la Conférence et coordonner le travail des organismes de l'ONU chargés des questions relatives à la nutrition, à la production, à la sécurité et à l'aide alimentaires ainsi qu'au commerce des aliments. L'article présente le premier résumé sélectif du mandat du CMA jusqu'à sa dissolution en 1993. Il expose les raisons de l'échec de cet organe et formule des propositions afin qu'un autre puisse remplir son rôle.

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