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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
Rome, 3 – 6 November 1969
FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
Rome, 28 November 1969

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1970


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda

Election of Vice-Chairmen

Attendance by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in an Observer Capacity

Illness of the Secretary General

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Commodity Problems

- Reports of the Forty-Fourth Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP)

- Consultative Obligations of Member Nations under the FAO Principles of Surplus Disposal

- Indicative World Plan

Inter-agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

- FAO/UNIDO Relations

- Other Matters

UN Joint Inspection Unit Reports

Report on the Desert Locust Situation

PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Confirmation of Nominations of the Chairman of the Conference and the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference

Election of Nominations Committee

Nomination of Chairman of Informal Meeting of Observers from Non-Governmental Organizations

Other Final Arrangements for the Fifteenth Session of the Conference

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Establishment of Relationship between FAO and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA)

Invitations to Non-Governmental Organizations which do not have Status with FAO

Cooperative Projects and Autonomous Programmes and Budgets of Bodies established under Article XIV of the Constitution

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Position of the Organization - Status of Contributions

Reimbursement of Withdrawals from the Working Capital Fund

Audited Accounts

- UNDP (TA Sector), 1968

- UNDP (SF Sector), 1968

- FFHC, 1968

- European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, 1968

- Trust Funds, 1968

- World Food Programme, 1966, 1967 and 1968

Adjustments in the 1970–71 Programme of Work and Budget

Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in 1968–69

Rome General Service Salary Survey

Other Matters Arising from the Report of the Twenty-Second Session of the Finance Committee

- Admission of New Members

- Management Consulting Advice

- Establishment and Allocation of Posts

- Headquarters Accommodation

- CERES - FAO Magazine

CONCLUDING ITEMS

Date and Place of the Fifty-Fourth Session of the Council

Tribute to Mr. Maurice Gemayel

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Fifty-Third Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Contributions Outstanding, 6 November 1969

E - List of Unscheduled Sessions Approved since 1 June 1969 (Part I), and Cancellations or Postponement of Approved Sessions since 1 June 1969 (Part II)

FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

INTRODUCTION

APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

Programme and Finance Committees

Committee on Commodity Problems

Committee on Fisheries

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

Intergovernmental Committee on the World Food Programme

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Action Arising out of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference

Membership of Council Committees

Invitation to the U.S.S.R. to attend in an Observer Capacity the FAO Technical Conference on Fish Finding, Purse Seining and Aimed Trawling

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Appointment of Alternate Chairman of the FAO appeals Committee

Action Arising out of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference

Organization of Conference Sessions

CONCLUSION

Date and Place of the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Fifty-Fourth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents