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Food and Agriculture Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The 24th session of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was held in Rome, June 18–19, 1956 under the chairmanship of S. A. Hasnie. The Council expressed its sorrow at the death of Professor André Mayer, one of the founders of FAO and the head of the French delegation until his death. The Council also accepted the resignation of the Director-General, Dr. P. V. Cardon, and decided to hold a special session of the Conference on September 10, 1956 to appoint a new Director-General as well as to receive a report by the Council concerning the world food and agriculture situation and matters relating to the organization.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1957 , pp. 385 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1957

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References

1 For information on the 23d session of the Council, see International Organization, X, p. 312: The following summary of the Council, unless otherwise noted, is based on Food and Agriculture Organiźation, Report of the Council, Twenty-fourth session, 18–19 June 1916, Twenty-fifth session, 3–19 September 1956, Rome, 1956Google Scholar.

2 The third special session of the Conference will be summarized in a subsequent issue of International Organization.

3 For a summary of Council discussion on the report of the 26th session of CCP, see International Organization, X, p. 310–311.

4 For a summary of the seventh session of the Conference, see International Organization, VIII, p. 382–384.

5 The Times (London), 09 17, 1956Google Scholar.

6 FAO Press Release I/R/PRESS 57/8.

7 FAO Press Release I/R/PRESS 57/12.

8 FAO Press Release I/R/PRESS 57/14.