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ID-77-13 1 (1977-05-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaceq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 02132 - (A14524431 The United States Should Play a Greater Role in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ID-77-13; B-159652. May 16, 1977. 66 pp. Report to Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, Chairman, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: International 1conomic and Military Programs: U.S. Participation iin Activities of International Organizations (609); Food: Alleviating Famine and malnutrition Abroad (1706). Contact: International Div. Budget Function: International Affairs: Foreign Economic and Financial Assistance (151); Agriculture (350). Organization Concerned: Agency for International Development; Department of Agriculture; Department of State; United Nations: Food and Agriculture Organization. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on International Relations; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Progress has been m,:de in implementing GAO's 1969 recammendations to the Departments of State and Agriculture, which are primarily responsible for alministering U.S. participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, but more specific improvements are needed. Finlings/Conclusions: The 1976 statement of U.S. objectives is broal, and neither identifies U.S. interests in terms of pri~rities nor relates U.S. goals to specific real or potential FAO programs. FAO's improved programming and budgeting systems still do not provide sufficient information to permit effective assessment of the relationships between the regular programs and the extrabudgetary development activities. Present PAO attempts to st-eamline the process will further reduce the information available to the goveLning bodies, which focus their review primarily on program increases and shifts of emphasis. The budget review process is long and unwieldy, and the budget documents are nonspecific and hard to understand. Evaluation of programs and activities is neither systematic nor comprebensive, and the member governments are not provided sufficient infrmation to judge the effectiveness of program administration. FAO plans to fund a development program w.-th budget funds rather than with voluntary contributions and to decentralize its operations. Specific functions and responsibilities have not been clearly assigned to concerned U.S. agencies. Trust fund development projects should be consistent with FAO policies and unified country programs. The United States should actively help shape the future of the gorli Food Council. Recommendations: The 1976 etatement should be revised to clarify U.S. priorities and concerns in a program-oriented manner. More specific goals and an action plan

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