INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. October 16, 1945 IT. I. A. S. 1554] United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization,constitutionadopted by the United States of America and other governments. Signed at Quebec October 16, 1945; effective October 16, 1945. CONSTITUTION OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS PREAMBLE The Nations accepting this Con- stitution, being determined to pro mote the common welfare by fur- thering separate and collective action on their part for the pur- poses of raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peo- ples under their respective juris- dictions, securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products, bettering the condition of rural populations, and thus contribut- ing toward an expanding world economy, hereby establish the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter re- ferred to as the "Organization", through which the Members will report to one another on the measures taken and the progress achieved in the fields of action set forth above. ARTICLE I FUNcbaONS OF THE ORGANIZATION 1. The Organization shall col- lect, analyse, interpret, and dis- seminate information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture. 2. The Organization shall pro- mote and, where appropriate, shall recommend national and interna- tional action with respect to (a) scientific, technological, social, and economic research re- lating to nutrition, food and agri- culture; (b) the improvement of edu- cation and administration relating to nutrition, food and agriculture, and the spread of public knowl- edge. of nutritional and agricul- tural science and practice; (c) the conservation of nat- ural resources and the adoption of improved methods of agricultural production; (d) the improvement of the processing, marketing, and distri- bution of food and agricultural products; (e) the adoption of policies for the provision of adequate agri- cultural credit, national and in- ternational; (f) the adoption of interna- tional policies with respect to agricultural commodity arrange- ments. 3. It shall also be the function of the Organization (a) to furnish such technical assistance as governments may request; (b) to organize, in coopera- tion with the governments con- cerned. such missionsm a mn'o - . - -- ,- -. uh wUt --. T 1886
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