2 26 A T A Dobson, a British representative, also declared that the
task for the Conference was “one of consolidation and codification” and that
the British Delegation would “do [its] utmost to assist in the achievement of
that end so that the world resource may be maintained and an immensely
important source of food supply conserved for all time for the benefit of both
the producer and the consumer in all parts of the world ”170