Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: External Relations Division I: Registered Files, United Nations (UN Series)

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Reference: MAF 352
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: External Relations Division I: Registered Files, United Nations (UN Series)
Description:

This series contains papers dealing with the administration by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom's contribution to the United Nation's World Food Programme.
Date: 1961-1970
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: UN file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 9 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Accumulation dates: 1950 to 1981
Administrative / biographical background:

From 1950 to 1964, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food liaised directly with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Thereafter responsibility for co-ordinating the United Kingdom's contribution to the food programme was transferred to the Ministry of Overseas Development, for which the division acted as an agent, procuring the necessary supplies.

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