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The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture 1. That the Governments and authorities here represented— (а) Undertake to establish national nutrition organizations, if such do not now exist, entrusted with the responsibility of ascertaining food-consumption habits and the nutritional status of different sections of the population ; such organizations to be composed of authorities in health, nutrition, economics, and agriculture, together with administrators and consumers' representatives, &c. ; to be provided with adequate funds and facilities for the efficient conduct of their work ; and to have the authority to bring their recommendations to the attention of the public and to those agencies of Government which deal with agriculture and the framing of economic and social policy , (б) Re-examine and, if necessary, reorganize existing agencies and review legislation concerned with health, agriculture, and nutrition to the end that food and nutrition policies may be efficiently carried out. VIII. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE Whereas : . . , „ „ 1. Experience has shown that national nutrition organizations receive considerable benefit trom periodic exchanges of views and information on methods employed, obstacles encountered, and progress achieved * 2. Governments participating in a common undertaking will wish to collaborate so that levels of food consumption may become more equitable not only among the different sections of the populations in a given country but among the several nations of the world as well, The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture RccovYivYicYids — 1. That the several national nutrition organizations exchange information and experience and provide mutual assistance, both directly, when desirable, and through the permanent organization recommended in Resolution 11, to which they should submit periodic reports on the results of their investigations into national dietary habits and nutritional status, and on the progress achieved m raising the level of food consumption throughout the population ;■ 2. That representatives of the several national nutrition organizations meet regularly under the auspices of the permanent organization to exchange views and to make proposals for any national and international action necessary to facilitate the progress of their work. IX. DIETARY STANDARDS 1. essential that there be some measure of the extent to which food supplies should be increased, and of the character and extent of the dietary improvements which need to be carried out; _ 2. This measure is best provided by dietary standards or allowances based upon scientific evidence ; The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture RccoTyi^yicYtds— That the Governments and authorities here represented adopt as the ultimate goal of their food and nutrition policy, dietary standards or allowances based upon scientific assessment of the amount and quality of food, in terms of nutrients, which promote health, and distinguish clearly between these standards and the more immediate consumption goals which necessarily must be based upon the practical possibilities of improving the food supply of their populations. X. CO-OPERATION OF EXISTING AGENCIES Whereas i 1. National nutrition organizations were established in many countries before, the present war and various national and international health and nutrition agencies had achieved considerable progress in the study and improvement of diets and food-consumption levels in different countries and regions : 2. If no time is to be lost in moving toward the goals set out by the Conference, it is essential to make full use of the information and experience acquired by these agencies ; The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture That in the establishment of the permanent organization recommended in Resolution 11, in any projected regional branches of that organization, and in any national nutrition organizations, due account should be taken of the work and experience of existing international regional or national agencies concerned with food, health, and nutrition ; and in any such plans, the possibility of enlisting the co-operation of such agencies should be fully explored. XI. NON-FOOD PRODUCTS Whereas : . 1. Many of the non-food agricultural and marine products are constituent parts of the means to human health and welfare to an extent which merits consideration for them on a plane with food ; 2. It is of great importance to consuming countries that there should be a regular and adequate supply of these commodities, and to producing" countries that they should be enabled to orient their agricultural enterprises to world demand ; _ _ 3. The Conference has not found it possible to reach conclusions as to the effective capacity ot the world to consume specific products in future years ; 4. In many countries and regions which are not well adapted to the production of food, the production of other essential agricultural and marine prod ucts and their disposal on domestic and foreign markets provide a major source of income, and the income so derived determines to a large extent the abilities of these countries and regions to secure adequate quantities of the right kinds of food ;

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