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The Food and Nutrition Bulletin is intended to make available policy analyses, state-of-the-art summaries, and original scientific articles, particularly as they relate to developing countries and to persons engaged in multidisciplinary efforts in alleviating the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the developing world. It is not intended for the publication of scientific articles of principal interest only to individuals in a single discipline, or within a single country or region. More notices of relevant books and other publications will be published if they are received for review. The Bulletin is also a vehicle for notices of forthcoming international meetings and summaries of such meetings when they satisfy the above criteria.
In addition to serving as the successor to the Bulletin of the Protein Advisory Group of the United Nations System PAG), that terminated publication in 1977, it is the principal outlet for publication of the reports of working groups and other activities of the U.N.-ACC Sub-committee on Nutrition (SON) and its Advisory Group on Nutrition (AGN), as described in the October 1978 issue of the Bulletin. The SON itself is a focal point for coordinating the activities of FAO/WHO, UNICEF, UNU, UNESCO, the World Bank, the World Food Programme, the World Food Council, the United Nations Environment Programme, and other U.N. bodies with an interest in food and nutrition.
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