Negotiations between the Committee on Negotiations with Specialized Agencies of the Economic and Social Council and the Negotiating Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations took place in New York on 6 and 7 June 1946 and resulted in a draft agreement. In this draft agreement a decision regarding relations with the International Court of Justice was deferred pending further consideration thereof by the Economic and Social Council.
This draft agreement was initialed on 10 June 1946 by Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, President of the Economic and Social Council and Chairman of the Committee on Negotiations with Specialized Agencies, and Professor André Mayer, Chairman of the Executive Committee and of the Negotiating Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
On 21 June 1946, the Economic and Social Council, during its second session, unanimously recommended the Agreement between the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to the General Assembly for its approval.
The second session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held in Copenhagen from 2 to 14 September 1946, adopted a resolution approving the Agreement and instructing the Director-General to sign on behalf of the Organization upon approval by the United Nations.
The Conference also approved the request of the Negotiating Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that Article IX provide that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations be authorized to request directly advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice on legal questions arising within the scope of its activities.
On 3 October 1946, the Economic and Social Council, during its third session, recommended to the General Assembly that it approve the insertion in the draft agreement of the authorization regarding relations with the International Court of Justice requested by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The Agreement was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1946.
