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FOURTH SESSION OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS The fourth session of the FAO Conference was held at Washington, D.C., from 15 to 29 November, 1948. The New Zealand delegation consisted of —Member : E. J. Fawcett, Director-General, Department of Agriculture. Alternate : R. W. Marshall, Department of Industries and Commerce, Washington. Associate: J. S. Scott, Department of Industries and Commerce, Washington. Advisers: L. J. K. Futter, Department of Industries and Commerce, Washington; W. N. Perry, President, Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc.). Secretary-Typist: L. Gair, Department of Industries and Commerce, Washington. At the second plenary meeting Charles F. Brannan, United States of America, was appointed Chairman of the Conference, and V. K. Wellington Koo, China, Jose Manual Casanova, Cuba, and James M. Dillon, Ireland, were appointed Vice-Chairmen. The Chairman and Yice-Chairmen, together with representatives of Brazil, Egypt, France, India, New Zealand, Poland, and the United Kingdom constituted the General Committee of the Conference. The Credentials Committee was comprised of representatives of Ceylon, Costa Rica, Luxembourg, Canada, Mexico, Syria, and Iceland. REPRESENTATION The Conference was attended by delegations from 51 nations, as follows : Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippine Republic, Poland, Portugal, Siam, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. The following non-member nations and organizations were represented by observers : Argentine ; Bulgaria ; Holy See ; Israel; Iran ; Korea ; Saudi Arabia ; Sweden ; Supreme Command for the Allied Powers; United Nations ; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; International Labour Organization; International Monetary