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Fisheries Economics and Statistics
221. The Conference was gratified with the work carried out in fishery, economics, statistics and related fields, endorsed the program proposed, and noted that the work was fundamental to any sustained fishery'. It hoped the work would be intensified, especially in regard to fishery institutions and services, co - operatives and statistical methods. The Conference noted the small number of professional staff members engaged in this field and the breadth of the subject matter covered, and hoped that the number of staff allocated to this sector would not fall below the minimum essential to carry, on the work.
222. Some delegations hoped that the Fisheries Economics Branch of the Fisheries Division would be strengthened from both the budgetary and personnel points of view, so as to be able to carry out satisfactorily the intensified work mentioned above.
223. The Conference recognized the fundamental importance of economics and statistics as an indispensable basis for the entire work of the Fisheries Division, and that its effective operation required that the biological, technological and economic experts should operate on a co - ordinated basis to conduct a thoroughly rounded fisheries program. In this context, some delegations stressed the desirability, of retaining the Fisheries Statistics in the Fisheries Division but agreed upon the desirability of maintaining close contact with the Statistics Division.
224. The Conference noted with appreciation the progress reported in the improvement and simplification of fishery statistics, took note of the report of the Expert Meeting on Fishery Statistics in the North Atlantic Area (Edinburgh, 1959), and recommended that this work should be followed up in the, terms of the following resolution:
Fishery Statistics in the North Atlantic Area
THE CONFERENCE
Notes with satisfaction that the Expert Meeting on Fishery Statistics in the North Atlantic Area, organized by FAO, co - sponsored by the International council for the Exploration of the Sea and the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, and held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 22 - 30 September 1959, has agreed on recommendations to governments and international organizations designed to improve and considerably simplify the collection and reporting of fishery statistics in the North Atlantic area;
Accepts the recommendations of the meeting that FAO should transmit its report to the governments and international organizations concerned, with the request that they consider implementation of the recommendations contained in it;
Accepts further that FAO should, in due course, publish a fully documented edition of the report;
Welcomes the suggestion of the meeting for the establishment of a Continuing, Working, Party on Fisher) Statistics in the North Atlantic Area, to keep under continuous review the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the meeting, consult with the officers of governments and of international organizations with respect to difficulties encountered and, keeping in mind the actual state of fishery statistical services in the different countries, make suggestions for further national and international action in its field to governments and international organizations as appropriate;
Agrees that the Working Party should consist of one governmental expert each nominated by the Governments of Canada, Germany, Iceland and the United Kingdom, one expert each nominated by the Secretary - General of the International the Exploration of the Sea and the Secretary of the International for the North - west Atlantic Fisheries, one expert nominated by the Director - General of FAO and such additional experts as may be nominated by the Working Party itself and
Authorizes and requests the Director - General to establish the Working Party in accordance with Article VI of the Constitution and to arrange, as requested by the meeting, for the FAO Fisheries Division to function as secretariat the Working Party.
225. The Conference commended the highly efficient performance of the Fisheries Division in the production of the Yearbook of Fisheries Statistics, riot only as to its timelines of issue and technical soundness but also as to its convenience of format and increasing coverage, all of which were of the greatest value to Member Governments. The Conference noted that the staff producing the Yearbooks was also engaged on other essential activities of the Division, and that the efficiency of their work was enhanced by their close contact with other fishery specialists in the Division.
226. The Conference, in endorsing the proposed program of work on fishery, economics, statistics and related fields, specially referred to the proposal to hold a technical meeting on financial assistance to fishery, industries, in order that administrators of credit and subsidy schemes in member countries should have an opportunity of exchanging experience and of reviewing methods of handling such matters.
227. The Conference endorsed a recommendation of the Fourth FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East for holding under the Expanded Technical Assistance Program a seminar in fish marketing in the Indo - Pacific region, at the invitation of the Federation of Malaya, as soon as funds permitted.
228. The Conference approved the report of the Indo - Pacific Fisheries Council (IPFC) on its work in 1958 - 59 (C 59/FI/2), and endorsed the program of IPFC for the next biennium, subject to the availability of funds. It recognized that the subject matters to which IPFC, had directed its attention had a great deal in common with those that fell within the responsibility of the out posted fishery officers in the region, and that the staff of the Fisheries Division, in servicing the Council, were thereby enabled to carry out more effectively the Organization's fisheries program in the region.
229. Some delegates from the Indo - Pacific region asked that the attention of the Director - General be drawn to the need for assisting Member Governments in strengthening fishery administrations and research services, in order to develop a sound institutional and scientific basis for the development of the fisheries in the region.
230. The Conference approved the report of the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (GFCM) on its work in 1958 - 59 (C 59/FI/3), and endorsed the pro gram of the GFCM for the next biennium.
231. The Conference noted the growing volume of the work in the Regional Fishery Office for Europe and the Near East, due not only to normal representational work in the region but also to the growing output of the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean, and to the formation of the European Inland Fishery Advisory Commission. The Conference therefore approved the Director - General's proposal to strengthen the staff of this office by the appointment of an additional Regional Fishery Officer to be stationed in Cairo; this appointment had originally been recommended by the Fourth FAO Near East Regional Conference, Damascus, 1958.
232. The Conference requested the Director - General to explore, the possibility, of setting up a fisheries consultative body for the Near East.
233. The Conference rioted with approval that effect had been given to the decision at the Ninth Session of the Conference to form the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission. Fourteen countries had already indicated their interest in taking part in the work of the Commission, which would hold its first meeting in Dublin in April 1960, at the invitation of the Government of Ireland.
234. The Conference noted that the post of Regional Fishery Officer in Africa authorized by the Ninth Session of the Conference had been filled. Delegates from West African countries expressed their interest in the establishment of a regional fisheries consultative body, in West Africa, and in the following resolution, which it adopted, the Conference requested the Director - General to explore this possibility:
Regional Fisheries Consultative Body, West Africa
THE CONFERENCE
Considering that the states and territories the West African region members of FAO are desirous of developing the fisheries of that area,
Noting that these states and territories have many common problems connected with such development and that they wish to co - operate among themselves in planning and carrying out work that will forward such development and also to exchange fisheries information in order to keep abreast of new knowledge and
Noting further how successful the Indo - Pacific Fisheries Council and the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean hare been in developing fisheries in the Indo - Pacific and the Mediterranean areas respectively,
Requests the Director - General to explore the possibility of establishing a body in the western part of the African region to serve that area in a manner similar to that in which the IPFC and the GFCM serve their areas.
235. The Conference noted that the out posted fishery staff in the Latin American region, as authorized at the Ninth Session of the Conference, had been strengthened by the appointment of a Regional Fishery Officer at Rio de Janeiro.
236. The Conference noted that only two notifications of acceptance of the draft agreement for the establishment of a Latin American Fisheries Council had so far been deposited. This matter is reported further in paras. 632 - 633 of this report.
237. The Conference now took the view that in Latin America, smaller groups of states might more readily find matters of common interest in the field of fisheries, in contrast to the wide scope of the earlier proposal for a Latin American Fisheries Council, which had been open to all the states in Latin America. The Conference, in this context, adopted the following resolution introduced by Argentina on behalf of the delegations of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay:
Regional Fisheries Consultative Body, Western South Atlantic
THE CONFERENCE
Considering that agreement for the establishment of the Latin American Fisheries Council has not been ratified by the necessary number of countries to enable the Council to come into being,
Observing that the American States of the South Atlantic (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) have expressed particular interest in co - operating among themselves on common problems in order to promote fuller use of the marine resources in the western South Atlantic in accordance with sound economic and scientific principles, to co - ordinate studies, research and techniques and to determine their common needs,
Recognizing that the general objectives of the proposed Latin American Fisheries Council could best be achieved within a limited area comprising a number of countries which, through their geographical location, have problems in common and which are disposed to co - ordinate their activities in order to advance the development of their fisheries industries,
Requests
the Director - General to study, together with the governments of the
American countries of the South Atlantic concerned, the possibility of:
(a) creating a Regional Fisheries Commission to serve the said zone in a form similar
to that of other FAO Regional Councils or/and
(b) developing a co - ordinated project of fisheries technical assistance in the said region and advising the governments concerned on the best way of implementing the same.
238. As regards future trends, the Conference requested the Director - General to take into account the following suggestions, if at some future time additional funds should become available:
239. Greater emphasis should be placed on the institutional and structural aspects of fisheries generally.
240. Work should be intensified in the fields of fish marketing and distribution and fishery co - operatives; and, in particular, detailed study should be made of productivity in marine and inland fisheries and of the problem of the protection and conservation of marine fishery resources.
241. Work on the appraisal of fishery, resources should be intensified and the problems of exploitation examined from the biological, economic and technological points of view.
242. If possible, a series of forecasts by continents of the trends of output over the ensuing ten years should be undertaken.
243. The Conference noted the opportunities which were available to Member Governments. for contributing to freedom from hunger by promoting increased consumption and production of fish and fish products. It stressed the increasing significance of the fisheries in those parts of the world which still suffered from malnutrition, especially for those people whose diets lacked highquality protein. It suggested, therefore, that within the general work of FAO to promote freedom from hunger, considerable attention should be paid to fisheries.
D. Forestry and Forest Products
Program of Work 1960 - 61
Regional Forestry Commissions
Program Trends
244. The Conference reviewed FAO's work in the field of forestry and forest products since its last session, and considered the Director - General's proposed Program of Work for 1960 - 61.
245. The Conference commended the Director - General on the scope and intrinsic value of the program fulfilled through 1958 and 1959 and of the projects he proposed to undertake during the ensuing biennium, which were generally approved. The hope was expressed that the Director - General would ensure that future allocations were commensurate with FAO's increasing responsibilities in these fields, taking into account the over - all needs of the Organization.
246. In regard to 1958 and 1959, the Conference singled out for special mention the completion of the study, on wood resources and requirements for the Asia and Pacific region and of the third World Forest Inventory (1958); progress in the compilation of a multilingual forest terminology; the cooperation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the work of the Joint FAO/ECE Committee on Forest Working Techniques and Training of Forest Workers; the joint meetings on forestry agriculture relationships held in Turkey in 1959 by subsidiary bodies of the European Forestry Commission and of the European Commission on Agriculture; and the technical aid rendered under ETAP to many developing countries.
247. Appreciation was expressed to the Government of the United Arab Republic for the buildings and facilities provided for the Near East Forest Rangers' School. Governments of the Latin - American region were again urged to give support to the Latin American Forest Research and Training Institute at Mérida Venezuela (see also paras. 616 - 622 of this report) in the field of forestry and forest products.
248. The Conference's views in regard to closer relationships between forestry and agriculture and on wastershed management and shifting cultivation are contained in paras. 308 - 317 of this report.
249. Inevitably, with the limited resources available, the Director - General had to be selective in the projects to be undertaken under the Regular Program in the ensuing biennium. The selection had to be made against the background that forests everywhere have a vital protective function to fulfill and that, furthermore, the world was likely to require an increase in output in the order of 500 million cubic meters of industrial wood over the next 15 to 20 years. Both these points presented marked difficulties in the less developed regions of the world, which justified the importance attached by the Director - General to extending and improving forest and watershed management and to encouraging forest industry development in these regions.
250. The Conference agreed with the policy of giving increasing emphasis to the servicing of ETAP activities in forestry and forest products.
251. The Conference was in agreement with the sectors selected by the Director-General for special emphasis in 1960 - 61, which included:
(a) land use problems, including forestry problems connected with land settlement and colonization;
(b) evaluation of the indirect benefits of forests (forest influences) ;
(c) forest operations and working techniques, with the valued co - operation of ILO on forest workers' training and accident prevention, and extension of activities to other regions;
(d) research, with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations acting as scientific adviser to FAO;
(e) forestry education, in its widest sense, including promoting fellowships, foreign travel of technicians and organizing demonstration projects,
(f) surveys of timber resources and requirements;
(g) investigations on the yields from investments in forestry and on other key economic problems.
252. The emphasis given to the regional co - ordination of plans for forest and forest industries development received favorable comment. The Conference drew the attention of the Director - General to a recommendation made by some delegates that a working party be formed to study the economic and technical aspects of the production of, and trade in, railway sleepers (crossties) in the southern zone of Latin America.
253. The Conference noted especially the many ways in which forestry could contribute necessary elements in the Director - 1 General's Freedom - from - Hunger Campaign. 5 The improvement of forest range management, improved rural and urban housing, 1 packaging for the mass distribution of foodstuffs, provision of fuelwood, and the contribution of farm woodlands to farm c incomes, were cases in point. Water is a key element in food production and the sound management of forests or watersheds (catchment areas) is needed to ensure the sustained availability of water.
254. Many delegates stressed the value of 2 organizing more study tours as a means of forestry training. Such tours should normally form an integral part of technical meetings but on occasion it might be more appropriate to organize them separately.
255. The Conference took note of the offer of Argentina to make available to interested member countries the facilities of the new national forestry school. It was hoped that these facilities could be expanded so as to provide specialized training in torrent control and soil conservation, as recommended by a recent ETAP mission, and that international aid would be forthcoming for this purpose. The Conference also noted with appreciation the offer of Austria to place the resources of its new high - altitude Acclimatization Research Institute at Patscherkofel (Tyrol), at the disposal of interested countries, as a gesture of bilateral technical assistance.
256. The proposals of the Director - General to organize a Second World Eucalyptus Conference and a world - wide consultation on problems of the production, use and trade of plywood, were endorsed. The Conference also supported a suggestion that FAO should issue a study on the silvicultural systems followed in the management of tropical forests.
257. The Conference heard with great appreciation a report by the delegate of the United States of America on the progress being made in preparing for the Fifth World Forestry Congress. It also welcomed the arrangements being made in Canada for study tours and other activities, as reported by the delegate of that country. Member countries were urged, in the spirit of Resolution No. 21/57 of the Ninth Session of the Conference, to give every support to this important forestry event, especially by facilitating broad participation by national and nongovernmental services, institutes and agencies, by representatives of industry, and by, individuals.
258. The Conference urged Member Governments to concentrate increasingly on improving national statistical services concerned with forestry and forest products, and on securing accurate national forest inventories, aided by FAO to the extent necessary and possible with the funds available. It was emphasized that every problem related to the development of forestry and forest industries has an economic aspect, and the Conference commended the way in which the economic and social approach was closely interwoven into all FAO's work in forestry and forest products. It stressed further that accurate statistics are fundamental to activities in all fields of forestry and to the formulation of forest policies. The Director - General was commended for the quality and usefulness of the statistical and economic information on forestry and forest products assembled and issued by the Organization. Foresters attending the Conference, after being advised of the conclusions of the Program Committee about future arrangements for statistical work within the Organization, wished to place on record their considered opinion that, except for tabulation and mechanical calculation for routine publications, such as the Yearbook of Forest Products Statistics, any separation of the planning, compilation and analysis of statistics from the other activities of the Forestry and Forest Products Division would result in a loss of quality, and efficiency.
259. The Conference took note of the reports of the Tenth Session of the European Forestry, Commission, the Second Session of the Near East Forestry Commission, the Sixth Session of the joint Subcommission on Mediterranean Forestry Problems (Silva Mediterranea), and of the Sixth Session of the Latin - American Forestry Commission. It commended the proposals and recommendations expressed in these reports to the close attention of the Director - General and of Member Governments.
260. Support was reaffirmed for the Director - General's policy of strengthening further FAO's regional activities in forestry and forest products. The Regional Forestry Commissions and their subsidiary bodies should play an increasingly important role in providing member countries with opportunities to discuss together, at a regional level, problems of mutual concern as, for instance, the matter of the impact on forest policies of current trends toward economic integration among regional groups. The Commissions could also serve to ensure that due weight is given by governments to forestry in land use planning and that the role of forestry is kept in proper perspective in relation to all other forms of land use.
261. The Conference was apprised of the completion with FAO's help of an economic study for forest development in Argentina, and took note of a proposal that such studies might be initiated by national agencies with the help of outside experts in other interested countries of Latin America or even of other regions, taking advantage of the experience gained in compiling the reports made in connection with FAO's Mediterranean Development Project.
262. The Conference particularly appreciated that Member Governments were now agreed to complete the pattern of regional forestry, commissions so as to cover all the regions served by the Organization.
263. The Conference, in this regard, adopted the following resolution:
African Forestry Commission
THE CONFERENCE
Noting the importance accorded by member countries of the Africa region at the Preliminary Regional Consultation at Accra in 1958, to the organizing by FAO of regional activities in all its major fields with due regard to similarities and differences existing in large natural Zones,
Recognizes the interest If member countries of the Africa region in exchanging information on their forest policies and on methods adopted to implement them and that the co - ordination of national forest policies on a regional level would serve the general, economic and social development of the region;
Decides, therefore, to establish under Article VI of the Constitution an African
Forestry Commission, whose statutes shall be as follows:
1. The function of the Commission shall be to advise on the formulation of forest
policy and to review and co - ordinate its implementation on the regional plane, to
exchange information and, generally, through special subsidiary bodies, advise on suitable
practices and action in regard to technical problems, and make appropriate recommendations
in relation to the foregoing. 2. Membership in the Commission is open to all Member Nations and Associate Members of
the Food and Agriculture Organization whose territories are situated wholly or partly in
the region concerned as defined by the Organization, or who are responsible for the
international relations of any non - self - governing territories in that region.
Membership shall comprise such eligible nations as have notified the Director-General of
the Organization of their desire to be considered as members. 3. Any Member Nation of the Organization and any Associate Member that is not a member
of the Commission but has a special interest in the work of the Commission may, upon
request communicated to the Director - General of the Organization, attend sessions of the
Commission, and of its subsidiary bodies and ad hoc meetings as observers. 4. Nations which, while not Member Nations or Associate Members of the Organization,
are members of the United Nations, may be invited on their request to attend in an
observer capacity meetings of the Commission in accordance with the provisions adopted by
the Conference of the Organization relating to the granting of observer status to nations. 5. The Commission shall report and make recommendations to the Conference through the
Director - General of the Organization, it being understood that copies of its reports,
including any conclusions and recommendations, will be circulated to interested Member
Governments and international organizations for their information as soon as they become
available. 6. The Commission may establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the
accomplishment of its task, subject to the availability of the necessary funds in the
relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization. 7. The Commission may adopt and amend its own rules of procedure which shall come into
force upon approval by the Director - General, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
Requests the Director - General to proceed with arrangements to convene a first session of this African Forestry Commission, if possible before the Eleventh Session of the FAO Conference, in consultation with the Member Governments concerned and also with the Commission for Technical Co - operation in Africa South of the Sahara (CCTA).
North American Forestry Commission
THE CONFERENCE
Having noted the desire of the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States of America to establish a North American Forestry Commission wherein forestry matters of general interest to the three countries could be discussed in a more carefully considered, systematic and co - ordinated manner than can be achieved under existing informal arrangements,
Understanding that the servicing of the proposed Commission's activities would be undertaken largely by the Member Governments of the Commission, and consequently that its establishment should not result in substantial claims against the regular budget of the Organization or the time of its staff members,
Decides therefore to establish under Article VI of the Constitution a North American Forestry Commission whose statutes shall be as follows:
1. The function of the Commission shall be to advise on the formulation of forest policy and to review and co - ordinate its implementation on the regional plane; to facilitate such bilateral activities as the Member Nations of the Commission might agree shall be carried out within its framework; to exchange information and, generally, through special subsidiary bodies, advise on suitable practices and action in regard to technical problems and make appropriate recommendations in relation to the foregoing.
2. Membership in the Commission is open to all Member Nations and Associate Members of FAO whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the region concerned as defined by the Organization or who are responsible for the international relations of any non - self - governing territories in that region. Membership shall comprise such eligible nations as have notified the Director - General of the Organization of their desire to be considered as members.
3. Any Member Nation of the Organization and any Associate Member that is not a member of the Commission considered but has a special interest in the work of the Commission may, upon request communicated to the Director - General of the Organization, attend sessions of the Commission and of its subsidiary bodies and ad hoc meetings as observer.
4. Nations which, while not Member Nations or Associate Members of the Organization, are members of the United Nations, may be invited on their request to attend in an observer capacity meetings of the Commission, in accordance with the provisions adopted by the Conference of the Organization relating to the granting of observer status to nations.
5. The Commission shall report and make recommendations to the Conference through the Director - General of the Organization, it being understood that copies of its reports, including any conclusions and recommendations will be circulated to interested Member Governments and international organizations for their information as soon as they become available.
6. The Commission may establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the accomplishment of its task, subject to the availability of the necessary funds in the relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization.
7. The Commission may adopt and amend its own rules of procedure, which shall come into force upon approval by the Director - General subject to confirmation by the Conference.
Decides further that a first session of the Commission shall be held at a time and place to be determined by the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States of America in consultation with the Director - General.
264. The Conference decided to expand FAO's responsibilities by including wildlife management among its regular activities, as proposed initially by the European Forestry Commission. It recommended that the Organization should develop a practical program of work in this field, and asked the Director - General to consult with Member Governments, with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the Inter national Hunting Council, with a view to presenting specific proposals to its Eleventh Session.
265. The Conference endorsed the Director - General's intention of seeking to considerably, expand FAO's work aimed at strengthening in member countries the organizational and administrative structure for planning and servicing forest development and for conducting research, extension and education. It particularly agreed that increased attention should be given to research and training, including that at the postgraduate level. The view was expressed that regional co - ordination of research and training was essential for the achievement of FAO's objectives, and that regional advisory, groups for this purpose should be maintained or established by the Organization for all the less developed regions to the extent that funds permit.
266. Work on logging and extraction, forest resource surveys, and the economic aspects of forest policies should also be considered for expansion, as well as all activities related to the examples given in para. 253 as being pertinent to the Freedom from - Hunger Campaign, taking into account the over - all needs of the Organization. The phased cycle of studies on regional wood resources and requirements should he brought to completion as planned.
267. The Conference further invited the Director - General to strengthen the collaboration between the Forestry and Forest Products Division and the Land and Water Development Division on studies (containing physical, economic and institutional aspects) related to the sound management and conservation of natural resources (water, forests and soils). Such sound management and conservation should constitute an integral part of country planning, land use policies, and economic and social development programs. The Conference adopted the following resolution:
Management and Conservation of Natural Resources
THE CONFERENCE
Recognizing the importance of the part to be played by the forest in economic and social development plans, not only by reason of its general influence on the water regime, soil conservation and on amenities but also as a source of raw material and employment,
Conscious of the difficulties with which foresters are faced in matters of the conservation and management of natural resources on areas not suitable for cultivation, owing to the lack of statistical and technical data regarding problems for which foresters have special responsibility,
Recommends that the forest services and other appropriate agencies in member countries intensify applied research in this field;
Concurs with the high priority accorded by the Director - General to the formulation of policies for sound land use and development of natural resources, within the framework of the program of work of the Forestry and Forest Products Division;
Invites Member Governments to give full support to all such activities.
268. The Conference also requested the Director - General to give consideration to expanding the activities of the Organization in the field of forest tree improvement, with special emphasis on the extension of quick growing species of economic value in temperate, arid and tropical countries, and take into account the over - all requirements of the Organization. It adopted the following resolution:
Quick - Growing Species and Tree Improvement Programs
THE CONFERENCE
Recognizing the importance to forest owners and forest industries of quick - growing forest tree species of economic value and of trees superior in growth rate and yield, in technical qualities for specific products, in resistance to pests and diseases, in adaptability to soil and climatic conditions, and for increasing the productivity of forest land,
Appreciating the progress achieved in this field by the International Poplar Commission and by FAO working parties in regard to eucalypts, and
Recognizing that the study lour on Mexican pines which it is proposed to hold in 1960 will also make a valuable contribution in this connection,
Recommends that the Director - General give consideration to expanding the activities of the Organization related to quick - growing species and to forest tree improvement in all its phases: genetics, tree breeding, propagation of elite strains and varieties, use of radioisotopes and other atomic energy tools and techniques in research, use of improved seed, nursery and planting techniques;
Recommends further that a world - wide meeting or a series of regional meetings on quick - growing species and forest tree improvement be planned, if possible, fir the next program biennium (1962 - 63); and
Requests all interested Member Governments to give full support to such undertakings.
269. Unanimous appreciation was expressed of the attention being given by the Director General to pulp and paper matters, as evidenced by, the activities of the Latin American Advisory Group, direct assistance to Member Governments, and the Conference on Pulp and Paper Development in Asia and the Fat - East which, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, is to be held in Tokyo in 1960. In the light of the report of the World Consultation on Pulp and Paper Demand, Supply and Trade, held in Rome in September 1959, the Conference considered that greater attention to pulp and paper problems should be given at the international level than they had hitherto received.
270. The Conference accordingly adopted the following resolution:
Pulp and Paper Development
THE CONFERENCE
Recognizing the importance of the findings of the recent World Consultation on Pulp and Paper Demand, Supply and Trade, held in Rome in September 1959, which drew attention to the growing importance of the pulp and paper industry, its potential contribution to human welfare, and the important implications for foresters of its rising raw material requirements,
Endorses the recommendations of that Consultation;
Expresses the hope that the Director - General, in developing his future programs, may be able to make Provision for expanding FAO activities in pulp and paper sufficiently to enable, the Organization to give effect to these recommendation and;
Recommends that the Director - General subject to the availability of funds, establish a group of experts to advise him on FAO's work in this field and that in order to ensure effective guidance, the group should be of balanced composition, reflecting broadly the interests If producer and consumer countries and being of the several
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