DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
FOR THE PRESS CANBERRA PR 116
October 1.960.
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FREEDOM RO HLNER CAMPAIGN.
Statement by the Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs.
The Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs, Mr R. G. Menzies,
announced today that the Australian Government would contribute œ A8,000 to the
headquarters costs of United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization's Freedom
from Hunger Campaign.
The freedom from Hunger Campaign was approved by the Conference of the
Food and Agrieulture Organization held in Rome in November last year. An
Advisory Conmmittee of Member Governments has been s et up in Rome tua dvise the
Director-General ( Dr B. R. Sen) in his conduct of the campaign. Australia was
Selected as a member of this Committee.
Mr Menzies said discussions with the international organizations concerned
had now rea-hed a fairly advanced stag; e for establishing an Appeal Committee in
Australia. He was not yet in a pusition tu suggest any firm arrangements but he
could say that, pruvided suitable arrangements of the kind now being discussed
could be finalised, the GCovernment would encourage the e stablishment and activities
O of an Appeal Committee which would raise funds in Australia for the Freedomfrom
Hunger Campaign. M r Menzies recalled that the Freedom from Hunger Campaign would run from
1960 to 1965. If established, the Appeal Committee would probably cundurt its
appeal during 1961.
Menzies, Robert
Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
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Release Date:
25/10/1960
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