Founded in 1949, at the Constitutive Conference held in Warsaw, it is today the largest trade union organization in terms of membership within the framework of the WFTU. It comprises 98 organizations from 6 1 countries, representing 60 million workers. A total of 110 organizations from 71 countries, representing 73 million workers were present at the 9th International Trade Conference, in Warsaw in 1 983 (October 3-6). The Agriculture TUI has consultative status at the F AO (United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture). It conducts its activities through four branch commissions: for workers in agriculture, plantations, the forestry branch and peasant workers. The TUI also publishes a monthly news bulletin. Address: Oplctalova 57 1 1000 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia Telephone: (422) 221938 General Secretary: Rene Dignef France)