Resolution
11/97
Revision of the general regulations of the
World Food Programme
THE CONFERENCE
,
Recalling
its Resolutions 1/61, 4/65 and 22/75 concerning the establishment and continuation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, of the United Nations
World Food Programme
, its Resolution 9/91 concerning the revision of the General Regulations of the World Food Programme and membership of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes of the World Food Programme, and its Resolution 9/95 transforming the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes into an
Executive Board of the World Food Programme
and approving revised General Regulations for the World Food Programme,
Noting
Resolution 48/162 adopted by the
General Assembly of the United Nations
on
20 December 1993
, on further measures for the restructuring and revitalization of the
United Nations
in the economic, social and related fields,
Having considered
the decision of the Hundred and Twelfth Session of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, adopted on the recommendation of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme, concerning the revision of the General Regulations of the World Food Programme:
1.
Decides
to approve the revised General Regulations of the World Food Programme contained in Appendix F as endorsed by the FAO
Council
at the ninth meeting of its Hundred and Twelfth Session on
7 June 1997,
and by the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
in its decision N. 1997/217 of
8 July 1997
;
2.
Decides
further, subject to the concurrence of the
General Assembly of the United Nations
, that the revised General Regulations shall enter into force on
1 January 1998
.
(Adopted on
17 November 1997
)