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is approved.

 (2) No amendment made under Article XX of the Constitution which involves any new obligation for Australia shall be accepted for Australia unless with the approval of the Parliament.

5.  Appropriation

 5. There shall be payable out of sums appropriated by the Parliament for the purpose such amounts as are necessary to enable the Commonwealth, when the Constitution comes into force, to make the contributions referred to in Article XVIII of the Constitution.

The Schedule—Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations

Section 3

PREAMBLE

The Nations accepting this Constitution, being determined to promote the common welfare by furthering separate and collective action on their part for the purposes of

    raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples under their respective jurisdictions,

    securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products,

    bettering the condition of rural populations,

    and thus contributing toward an expanding world economy,

hereby establish the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter referred 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 (Functions of the Organization)

1. The Organization shall collect, analyze, interpret, and disseminate information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture.

2. The Organization shall promote and, where appropriate, shall recommend national and international action with respect to—
      (a) scientific, technological, social, and economic research relating to nutrition, food and agriculture;
      (b) the improvement of education and administration relating to nutrition, food and agriculture, and the spread of public knowledge of nutritional and agricultural science and practice;
      (c) the conservation of natural resources and the adoption of improved methods of agricultural production;
      (d) the improvement of the processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products;
      (e) the adoption of policies for the provision of adequate agricultural credit, national and international;
      (f) the adoption of international policies with respect to agricultural commodity arrangements.

3. It shall also be the function of the Organization—
      (a) to furnish such technical assistance as governments may request;
      (b) to organize, in co-operation with the Governments concerned, such missions as may be needed to assist them to fulfil the obligations arising from their acceptance of the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture; and
      (c) generally to take all necessary and appropriate action to implement the purposes of the Organization as set forth in the Preamble.

Article II (Membership)

1. The Original Members of the Organization shall be such of the nations specified in Annex I as accept this Constitution in accordance with the provisions of Article XXI.

2.