FAO: Its Origin, Formation and Evolution 1945-1981
its origins, formation and evolution 1945-1981 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS --,''''' ":1,, , FAO: its origins, formation and evolution 1945-1981 by RALPH W. PHILLIPS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome 1981 First published 1981 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. © FAO 1981 foreword In July 1935 my wife and I set out from Amherst, Massachusetts, on our first trek to Europe. We sailed out of Montreal on the S.S. Duchess of York, and late in the afternoon of the first day we passed the city of Quebec, which offered us a striking view of the Chateau Frontenac perched on a bluff high above the St. Lawrence River. We had no premonition that, within just over ten years, World War II would have been fought, or that in the aftermath of that war the representatives of many nations would have gathered in the Chateau Frontenac on 16 October 1945 to found the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) Neither did we have any way of knowing that this new Organization would have a pervasive influence on much of the remainder of our lives.
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