THIRD SESSION OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS The third session of the FAO Conference was held at Geneva from 25 August to 11 September, 1947. The New Zealand delegation consisted of —Member: E. J. Fawcett, Director-General, Department of Agriculture. Alternates: N. S. McClumpha, New Zealand Marketing Department, London; and R. W. Marshall, New Zealand Trade Commissioner, Washington. Adviser : A. P. O'Shea, Federated Farmers, New Zealand. Secretary : J. V. White, Department of Agriculture. At the first plenary meeting the Nominations Committee was appointed, consisting of representatives from Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Iraq, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland, and Union of South Africa. The report of the Nominations Committee tabled at the second plenary session made recommendations in respect to the Chairman of the Conference, members of the General Committee and Credentials Committee. The Conference endorsed the recommendations of the Nominations Committee, which provided for the appointment of— Chairman of the Conference: Dr. F. T. Wahlen, Switzerland. Vice-Chairmen: Dr. P. W. Tsou, China; Dr. P. R. Viljoen, South Africa ; and Mahmoud Zaki Bey, Egypt. Members : Representatives of Canada, Chile, Czechoslovakia, France, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States of America. The Credentials Committee was composed of representatives of Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Italy, and Norway. ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE The Conference was attended by representatives from 47 nations, as follows : Australia, Austria*, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma*, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland*, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan*, Peru, Philippine Republic, Poland, Portugal, Siam*, Switzerland, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia. In addition to the foregoing members, the following non-member countries sent observers : Argentina, Bulgaria, Iran, Roumania, Sweden, and Turkey.

♦Admitted during Conference.