Deal. A number of resolutions were adopted by the FAO Council and Conference
on issues relating to world food security and passed on to ECOSOC and the UN
General Assembly for action, which led to nothing or to calls for further studies
(FAO, 1973). The main reason for lack of progress was the continued reluctance
of governments in developed countries, especially the US and the UK, to approve
measures that might weaken their national initiatives and powers of control. The
climate of opinion was against multilateral action in operational fields as distinct
from advisory or information-providing roles.