Talk:International Coffee Organization

Increase brevity and combine 1st and 2nd paragraphs?
Hello, I am a brand-new editor and unsure of how much information is considered relevant/should be included in the introductory paragraph(s) of an article. It seems to me that the first two paragraphs of this article could be condensed down to read this:

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) was established in 1963, in London, by the United Nations (UN) as an administrative body of the International Coffee Agreement (ICA), which had been signed the year prior in 1962.

(This is what is currently written:)

''The International Coffee Organization (ICO) was set up in 1963 in London, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) due to the economic importance of coffee. It administers the International Coffee Agreement (ICA), an important instrument for development cooperation.''

It was a result of the five-year International Coffee Agreement signed in 1962 at the UN in New York City and renegotiated in 1968, 1976, 1983, 1994 and 2007 at the ICO in London.

However, I am unsure if it's appropriate for me to delete the extraneous information in the second paragraph describing the chronological timeline of ICA re-negotiations.

Thanks,

Stybbshrike Stybbshrike (talk) 00:16, 15 June 2023 (UTC)