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World Food Program
The World Food Program (WFP) was established by
the United Nationls (U.N.) and the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the U.N. in April 1962. The
program is financed by voluhtary contributions of U.N.
and FAO member countries in the form of commodities,
services, and cash. During the initial 3-year period of
operation (1963-65), the program operated on an experimental
basis with a budget of $94 million, of which
the United States pledged $40 million in commodities
and $10 million in ocean freight and cash. The U.S.
Government contributes commodities and ocean freight
services to the program under the authority of title II.
Cash contributions are provided by the U.S. Agency for
International Development. Fifty-four countries provided
commodities or cash to the experimental WFP.
The World Food Program uses food in multilateral
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economic development, child feeding, and emergency
programs. During 1965, the final year of the experimental
period, the United States contributed $34.5 million in
commodities to the program. These were used in 37
countries. Details of the U.S. contribution are found in
table XXX.
In December 1965, both the UN General Assembly
and the Food and Agriculture Organization reviewed
WFP's accomplishments during the 3-year pilot period
and determined that its life would be extended "on
a regular and continuing basis" with a goal for the
three years, 1966-68, of $275 million. For the first
3-year period of this extension the United States has
pledged up to $92 million in commodities, $32 million
in services, inc!0iding transportation, and $6 million
cash, based on a matching formula under which the
United States will provide up to 50 percent of coinmodity
aid and 40 percent of cash and services.
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