United Nations World Food Council (WFC)
Conseil mondial de l'alimentation des Nations Unies (CMA)
Consejo Mundial de la Alimentación de las Naciones Unidas (CMA)
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Founded
1974-12-17
History
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Act as a policy-making and coordinating body on policies concerning production, nutrition, food security, trade in food and food aid; monitor the world food situation and identify problems; mobilize support and strive to ensure the coherence of overall efforts of governments and agencies to solve world food problems. WFC reports to the General Assembly through ECOSOC.
Events
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B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO) (Observer Status). Works closely with: B-XB0971 - FAO; F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP).
Links with:
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF0077 - Asian Development Bank (ADB);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- H-XD0665 - European Community;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD);
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- H-XD9682 - Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), currently F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- B-XB3548 - WHO.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
H-XF4236 - Club of Dakar; U-XF1730 - Réseau d'ONG européennes sur l'agro-alimentaire, le commerce, l'environnement et le développement (RONGEAD); B-XB1562 - International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID); H-XB1850 - International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP); B-XB2832 - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Members
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE3430
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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