The United States Should Play a Greater Role in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Departments of State and Agriculture and Other Federal Agencies : Report to the Senate Committee on Governmental AffairsU.S. General Accounting Office, 1977 - 68 páginas |
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ABRAHAM RIBICOFF administrative Agency for International analysis assessed budget Assistant Director-General biennium BUDGET AND PROGRAMS budget level coordinating Council Session decentralization Director Director-General's proposals discussed effectiveness established evaluation of FAO Evaluation Service External Auditor FAO activities FAO budget FAO field programs FAO governing bodies FAO Interagency Committee FAO programs FAO's governing FAO's regular budget Finance Committees financial audits Fisheries Food and Agriculture Food Security functions Geneva Group representatives grams IFAD increases international organizations issues Joint Inspection Unit member governments ment million noted nutrition Organization's participation in FAO percent priorities problems Program and Finance Program Committee programing and budgeting recommendations regular program responsibilities role Secretary specific Summary Program Technical Cooperation Program tion trust fund projects U.N. General Assembly U.S. agencies U.S. FAO Interagency U.S. objectives U.S. participation U.S. policy U.S. position papers U.S. representative UNDP United Nations World Food Conference World Food Council World Food Program
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Página 16 - US departments and agencies involved in international organization affairs and to instruct our representatives to those organizations. I shall look to you to direct this Government's work in — reviewing and establishing our long-term policy objectives in each major international organization, — analyzing and determining the US position on programs and budgetary needs of each organization on a timely and continuing basis, and — recommending steps to improve the effectiveness of each organization...
Página 61 - Council, to serve as a co-ordinating mechanism to provide over-all, integrated and continuing attention for the successful co-ordination and follow-up of policies concerning food production, nutrition, food security, food trade and food aid, as well as other related matters, by all the agencies of the United Nations system ; 2.
Página 23 - ... efforts with technical support and expert assistance In their specialized fields. I am sending a separate memorandum to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget conveying the President's wish that he give you all the assistance possible in your efforts. In particular, he should work with you in seeing that the budgets and programs of international organizations in which we participate receive the same searching scrutiny that is applied to our own Federal programs.
Página 15 - ... regard to field activities resulting from the advent of the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance, now merged into the United Nations Development Program, from which it receives a portion of its funds. Until then technical assistance had been limited. When the United States became a member of FAO, the President of the United Sta/tes directed the Secretary of Agriculture to "take the leadership in coordinating the work of the various agencies of the Government in problems arising from US participation...
Página 16 - I expect you to continue to direct and coordinate the activities of the US departments and agencies involved in international organization affairs and to instruct our representatives to those organizations. I shall look to you to direct this Government's work in — reviewing and establishing our long-term policy objectives in each major international organization...
Página 1 - Conference on Food and Agriculture, held in Hot Springs, Virginia, in 1943...
Página 54 - ... longer have the majority vote, are very real. For example, the loss of large-contributor discretion in levels of contributions and application of resources could prompt some to drop out, and this would in turn lessen the organizations' effectiveness. Our Government continues to support and follow the concept of funding development activities through voluntary contributions and using UNDP as a central funding channel and focal point for development planning and programing. We urge that US efforts...
Página 16 - If we are to be a constructive influence in helping to strengthen the international agencies so they can meet essential new needs, we must apply to them the same rigorous standards of program performance and budget review that we do to our own Federal programs.
Página 61 - Nations and is designed to function at the ministerial or plenipotentiary level reporting to the UN General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council. The Council is made up of representatives of 36 nations, approximately 22 of them least-developed nations.