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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)56 final
Brussels-12February1982
PARTICIPATION
OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
INTHEWORLDFOODPROGRAMME
PLEDGING CONFERENCE
(Commission Communication totheCouncil)
COMC82)56final

SUMMARY
I!
1.TheWorldFoodProgrammehas,fromtheoutset,operatedona
two-yearbudget,thesumofwhichrepresentsthetargetforcontributions
fromdonorssupporting theProgramme.
2.Toachievethistarget,theWFPorganizeseverytwoye^fsin
NewYorkaPledgingConferencetowhichallpotentialdonorsareinvited
withaviewtoannouncingtheircontributions forthetwo-yearperiod
concerned .
3.Theseannouncements are,however,provisional inthecaseofalmost
alldonors,andthusaresubjecttoconfirmation orinvalidation at
theannualapprovaloreachdonor'sbudget.
4.Itshouldbenotedthat,hitherto,theCommunity assuchhasnever
announceditscontribution atthepledgingconferences,citingas
justification itsspecificorganizational structure andthefactthatits
budgetisestablished annuallydespitethefactthatitistheWFP*s
thirdlargestcontributor aftertheUnitedStatesandCanada.
5.Thispracticeisparticularly regrettable sincetheCommunity's
contribution totheWFPisnotonlyverysubstantial butisexpressed
intermsofquantityratherthanvalueandthereforeguaranteesthat
theWFPwillbesupplied agiventonnagethatwillnotbeaffectedas
aresultofpricefluctuations .
6.TheCommission considersitessential,fromapoliticalpointof
view,thattheCommunityparticipate henceforward inWFPpledging
conferences withthefurtheraimofenablingtheWFPtoprogramme
itsaidsufficiently inadvance,givenitsparticularorganizational
structure (project-by-projectapproach).Thisproposition ismadein
thecontextoftheCouncilDecisionwhichforesawthepossibility of
grantingfoodaidonamulti-annual basis(CouncilResolutionof18.11.80
concerning foodaid).
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7.Moreover,itshouldberiotedthat,attheLastsessionofthe
WFP'sCommitteeonFoodAidPoliciesandProgrammes,whichwasheld
inRomeinOctober1981,theCommitteewasagreedthattheWFPshould
organizeapledgingconferencefortheInternational EmergencyFoodReserve
aswell.
8.Proposeddecision
TheCommissionaccordingly proposestotheCouncil:
-onagenerallevel,thattheCommunityparticipate inWFPpledging
conferences andthereannounceitscontributions forthetwo-yearperiod
inquestion;
-specifically,thattheCommunityannounceitscontributions tothe
WFPfortheperiod1983-1984atthenextpledgingconferencetobe
heldinNewYorkon2March1982.
Thesecontributions ,subjecttotheannualapprovaloftheCommunitybudget,
couldamountforeachyearofthetwo-yearperiodtoaminimumof:
-65,000tofcereals,
-32,000tofmilk,
6,000tofbutteroil,and
-50,000tfortheIEFR
(thesequantitiescorrespondtothoseproposedbytheCommissionin
thecontextofthe1982programmes).