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To facilitate the coordination of research; to encourage education and training; to assist Member Governments in establishing rational policies, to promote the rational management of resources that are of interest for two or more countries.; Established under Article VI(1) of the FAO Constitution, by the FAO Council at its 61st Session in November 1973. The Statutes, first promulgated in 1973, were amended by the FAO Council at its 74th Session in December 1978 and by the 131st Session of the FAO Council in November 2006.