Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§279 United States membership in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION › § 279

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President may accept United States membership in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, using the Constitution found in appendix I of the Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture’s First Report to the Governments of the United Nations, dated August 1, 1944.

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Title 22, §279

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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as the “Organization”) the Constitution of which is set forth in appendix I of the First Report to the Governments of the United Nations by the Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture, dated August 1, 1944.

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22 U.S.C. § 279

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73