text: conclusions andrecommendations ofthemeeting. Thesedelegates wereoftheview thatdiscussion ofGeneral Assembly resolutions 38/188J,39/151Eand39/210was notappropriate formeetings oftheWorldFoodCouncil andthatdeliberation of suchissueswastheresponsibility ofotherforums. Otherdelegates observed that theCouncil isapolitical forumôndcantherefore properly discuss political matters ofthetypedescribed inthereferenced paragraphs. B.Election ofofficers 59.Mr.HenriNallet, Minister ofAgriculture ofFrance, waselected by acclamation coserveasPresident foratwo-year term.Othermembers oftheBureau elected toserveinthecapacity ofVice-President include Mr.GillesLaubhouet, Minister ofRuralDevelopment oftheIvoryCoast; Mr.QaziAbdulMajid,Minister forFoodandAgriculture ofPakistan; Mr.LucioReca,Secretary ofStateof Agriculture andLivestock ofArgentina; andMr.Yovtcho Roussev, Vice-President of theNational Agro-Industrial UnionofBulgaria. C.Futureprogramme ofwork 60.TheExecutive Director summarized theprincipal areasoffutureworkforthe Council proposed bytheMinisters duringthecourseoftheirdiscussions. These included further assessment offoodstrategy implementation inAfrica; focuson regional prospectives forfurther foodco-operation andtheorganization of workshops onAsianandLatinAmerican experience inimplementation offoodpolicies andprogrammes; progress intheintegration offoodaidwith developm~nt -29-imperatives, especially inAfrica; reviewofagricultural research progress andpotentials forapplication ofimprc)ved technologiesJ continued reviewoftradeandinternational marketconstraints affecting foodobjectivesJ theroleoftransnational corporations infoci.trade,investment andthetransfer oftechnology; andfurther reviewofefforts madetomobilize resourees, adequacy OFtraining forfoodpolicyanalysis, improvement ofdataandrelated factors. 61.Following wide-ranging discussion anddebate, therewasgeneral agreement tofocusonthefollowing majorareas: (a)Further assessment offoodsectorstrategy implementation andhungerreduction measures, particularly inAfrica, andfurther development ofthemethodology formoreeffective monitoring. Theassessment should makespecifiereference tothelevelofdomestic investment andthenational budgetary shareallocated insupport ofthefoodandagricultural sector; (b)Reviewoftheprogress andeffectiveness ofintegrating emergency relief,including foodaid,withbroader development objectives forfoodself-relianee andthereduction ofhunger; (c)Special attention totheareaofregional perspectives andco-operationonfoodissues, including theregional workshop proposed byChinarelating theAsianexperience andbyArgentiaa forLatinAmerican foodpolicies andprogrammes; (d)Reviewofmeansforimproving theeffectiveness oftheWorldFoodCouncilasaco-ordinating mechanism oftheUnitedNations system. 62.Delegates expressed differing viewsonthepriority oftheCouncil's futureconsideration oftheroleoftransnational corporations asregards foodobjectives. Generally itwasagreedthataninvestigation oftheworkofotherbodiesinthisfieldshould bemadeavailable toCouncil members. D.Otherpointsofdiscussion raised bytheMinisters 63.ThePresident oftheCouncil reported onthediscussion intheprivatemeetings ofMinisters andplacedthefollowing statement intherecordofthemeeting: "Wediscussed several aspects ofthefutureworkandorganization oftheWorldFoodCouncil, andconsidered whatchanges mightbenecessary torevitalize itsworkandfacilitate theresolution ofpersistent worldfoodproblems: "Webelieve thattheCouncil shouldclearly returntoitsoriginalmandate, asspecified inthe1974WorldFoodConference resolution XXII. "Inthisregard, webelieveitwouldbetimelytoconduct areviewofthemodusoperandi oftheCouncil, ideally bytheSecretarY-General's Officewithasmallcommittee ofmemberStates. Thereview, whichcouIdbeconsidered bythetwelfth session, wouldaimtoensurethattheCouncil hasadequateauthority aadindependence todischarge itsresponsibilities." 64.Somedelegates observed thatitwasnotusefulforMinisters onlytodiscusspapers, however weIlprepared, andthatmoreattention should begivento -30-implementatio shouldconven annualminist takenbydono problems. ot preparatory m modified and activities of establish cIo co-ordinating system. Othe aetivities eo reference, wi Social Counci wouldharmth oftheactivi bodiesandsh andnotresul 65.Therewa role,respons wereofthe1/" location or'. thesebroader
analysis: The text discusses the meeting of the World Food Council, where delegates discussed topics related to food security, agriculture, and international cooperation. The focus is on the council's future work, including the assessment of food strategy implementation, hunger reduction measures, and the role of transnational corporations in food issues.