27 July 1990

37th Plenary Meeting

1990/79. Governance of the World Food Programme

The Economic and Social Council,

Having considered the fifteenth annual report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes and the note by the Secretariat containing a decision on governance of the World Food Programme, adopted by the Committee at its twenty-ninth session, in June 1990, and transmitted to the Council by the Executive Director of the World Food Programme at the request of the Committee,

Recognizing the need for improved governance arrangements for the World Food Programme consistent with its programme requirements, its accountability to member States, and its characteristics as an entity of the United Nations system,

1. Welcomes the decision of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes to establish a sub-committee of the whole of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes to review the governance of the World Food Programme and the relationships between the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme;

2. Requests the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes to report to the Economic and Social Council in 1991 on its consideration of the important review carried out by the sub-committee, as well as to the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.