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 103 STAT. 688 PUBLIC LAW 101-113—OCT. 6, 1989 Whereas improved agricultural policies, including farmer incen- tives, are necessary in many developing countries to increase food production and economic growth; Whereas private enterprise and the primacy of the independent family farmer have been basic to the development of an agricul- tural economy in the United States and have made the United States capable of meeting the food needs of most of the people of the United States; Whereas increasing farm foreclosures threaten to destroy the independent family farmer and weaken the agricultural economy in the United States; Whereas conservation of natural resources is necessary for the United States to remain the largest producer of food in the world and to continue to aid hungry and malnourished people of the world; Whereas participation by private voluntary organizations and businesses, working with national governments and the inter- national community, is essential in the search for ways to increase food production in developing countries and improve food distribu- tion to hungry and malnourished people; Whereas the member nations of the Food and Agriculture Organiza- tion of the United Nations unanimously designated October 16 of each year as World Food Day because of the need to increase public awareness of world hunger problems; Whereas past observances of World Food Day have been supported by proclamations by the Congress, the President, the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States, and by pro- grams of the Department of Agriculture, other Federal depart- ments and agencies, and the governments and peoples of more than 140 other nations; Whereas more than 400 private voluntary organizations and thou- sands of community leaders are participating in the planning of World Food Day observances in 1989, and a growing number of these organizations and leaders are using such day as a focal point for year-round programs; and Whereas the people of the United States can express their concern for the plight of hungry and malnourished people throughout the world by fasting and donating food and money for such people: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That October 16, 1989, and October 16, 1990, are designated as "World Food Day", and the

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