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Among recommendations regarding the information and publications programme was one asking that member Governments consider establishing national advisory or co-ordinating groups on information which would work with the National FAO Committees or other national FAO agencies. Another emphasized the need for enlarging the circulation of FAO publications among administrators, technicians, students, and •others. A number of activities not included by the Director-General in his proposed programme were added to it by the Conference : Work on foot-and-mouth disease control, a survey of existing facilities for international reporting of outbreaks of plant and animal diseases, establishment of the consultative service on co-operatives, already mentioned, continuance of the agricultural library at Rome during the coming year (including acceptance of an offer of temporary collaboration by UNESCO), and continuance of the work of collecting information on national laws relating to agriculture. Since no recommendations were made for dropping other projects to meet the additional costs of these activities, it was left for the Director-General to . take up with the Council the problem of how and on what scale the additions to the programme are to be carried out.