A Periodic Review of Developments in International Nutrition
December 2001
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UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM’S FORUM ON
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Administrative Committee on Coordination |
SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION |
http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/
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United Nations Administrative Committee on
Coordination The Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), which is comprised of the heads of the UN Agencies, recommended the establishment of the Sub-Committee on Nutrition (SCN) in 1976, following the World Food Conference (with particular reference to Resolution V on food and nutrition). This was approved by the Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC) by resolution in July 1977. The UN members of the SCN are ECA, FAO, IAEA, IFAD, ILO, UN, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRISD, UNU, WFP, WHO and the World Bank. IFPRI and the ADB are also members. From the outset, representatives of bilateral donor agencies have participated actively in SCN activities as do nongovernmental organizations. The Secretariat is hosted by WHO in Geneva. The mandate of the ACC/SCN is to serve as the UN focal
point for promoting harmonized nutrition policies and strategies throughout the
UN system, and to strengthen collaboration with other partners for accelerated
and more effective action against malnutrition. The aim of the SCN is to
raise awareness of and concern for nutrition problems at global, regional and
national levels; to refine the direction, increase the scale and strengthen the
coherence and impact of actions against malnutrition worldwide; and to promote
cooperation among UN agencies and partner organizations. The SCN’s annual
meetings have representation from UN Agencies, donor agencies and NGOs; these
meetings begin with symposia on subjects of current importance for policy. The
SCN brings such matters to the attention of the ACC and convenes working groups
on specialized areas of nutrition. Initiatives are taken to promote coordinated
activities - interagency programmes, meetings, publications - aimed at reducing
malnutrition, reflecting the shared views of the agencies concerned. Regular
reports on the world nutrition situation are issued. Nutrition Policy Papers are
produced to summarize current knowledge on selected topics. SCN News is
published twice a year, and the RNIS is published quarterly. |
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SCN NEWS Guest Editor: Claudio Schuftan, M.D. |
Your contributions to future issues are most welcome. SCN NEWS shares experience in nutrition. If you wish to receive additional copies of SCN NEWS, or would like to suggest other names to be added to our distribution list, please write to us or visit our website at: http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/
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Chairman: A. Namanga Ngongi |
Technical Secretary: Sonya Rabeneck |
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ACC/SCN c/o World Health Organization |
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SCN NEWS provides information on issues of importance in the field of international nutrition. All manuscripts submitted for consideration are peer reviewed, although publication is not guaranteed. Editorial control is retained by the SCN Secretariat. Every effort is made to ascertain the validity of the information contained in SCN publications. Contributing authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. Guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts are available. Items published by the SCN Secretariat do not imply endorsement of views given, nor necessarily the official positions taken by the SCN and its member agencies. The status of quotes and other material is generally indicated in the text and/or source s. Readers are encouraged to review, abstract, reproduce or
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We gratefully acknowledge funding assistance from |
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This work was supported by a grant from USAID’s MGL
Research Program through the Human Nutrition Institute of the International Life
Sciences Institute Research Foundation (“ILSI RF”). The opinions
expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the
views of ILSI RF or USAID |
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