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International Children's Emergency Fund, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, International Refugee Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, World Health Organization, Holy See, Supreme Commander for Allied Powers, Japan, Allied High Commissioners for Western Germany, International Commission of Agricultural Industries, International Cotton Advisory Committee, International Office of Epizootics, International Wine Office, Organization of American States, Permanent International Bureau of Analytical Chemistry, International Chamber of Commerce, International Co-operative Alliance, International Federation of Agricultural Producers, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Associated Country Women of the World, International Council of Women, International Union for Child Welfare, International Confederation of Agricultural Engineers and Technicians, League of Red Cross Societies. ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCE The work of the Conference was organized in three Commissions as follows : Commission I (Chairman, Viscount Bruce) : World Food Situation and Outlook. Commission II (Chairman, M. Louis Marie, Switzerland) : Activities of the Organization. Commission 111 (Chairman, Mr B. R. Sen, India) : Constitutional, Administrative, and Financial Questions. The Commissions met simultaneously and their reports were adopted as the report of the Conference. WORLD FOOD SITUATION AND OUTLOOK Production Reports showed that total world agricultural production had regained pre-war levels but, population having increased by about 10 per cent, the supplies available per person are still below pre-war. At the projected rate of progress it is estimated that for the world as a whole the supply per person will not reach pre-war levels for some six or seven years. In the Far East and Latin America it will take longer. Present food supplies are nutritionally inferior to pre-war, lower production of protective foods not being compensated by higher production of grains, potatoes, and sugar. The supply of protective foods will take even longer to recover than that of energy foods.