Contents -
A.
Agenda for the sixteenth session of the conference
B. List of delegates and observers attending the sixteenth conference
session member nations
C. List of documents
D.
Statement by the director-general concerning China
E. Statement showing the computation of contributions for 1972 and
1973
F. Scale of
contributions 1972-73
G. Proposed text of financial regulation XII relating to external
audit
A. Agenda for the sixteenth session of the conference
INTRODUCTORY-PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION
1. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
3. Adoption of the Agenda
4. Arrangements for the Session and Allocation of Agenda Items
5. Admission of Observers
PART I-MAJOR TRENDS AND POLICY QUESTIONS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
6. World Situation and Outlook
(a)-Salient Features of the World Food and Agricultural Situation
(b)-Commodity Problems
(c)-Fishery Problems
7. Perspective Study of World Agricultural Development and International Strategy for the Second Development Decade
8. World Food Programme
9. Second World Food Congress, The Hague, June 1970 (Action arising out of)
10. Report of the FAO Special Committee on Agrarian Reform
PART II-ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES OF THE ORGANIZATION
11. Review of the Organization's Activities and Programmes (including Regular Programme and Field Activities)
12. Programme of Work and Budget, 1972-73
13. Medium-Term Plan
14. Relations and Consultations with International Organizations on Programme Matters of Common Interest
(a) - Matters Arising from Discussions in the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC and ACC
(b) - Progress Report on Cooperation between FAO and the UNDP
(c) - FAA's Participation in the UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm,-1972
(d) - UN Joint Inspection Unit-
(e) - FAO Activities Related to International Agricultural Research
(f) - Relations with Intergovernmental and International Non-Governmental Organizations
PART III-CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
A. Constitutional and Legal Matters
15. Amendments to Article V.6 of the Constitution
(a) - Establishment of a Committee on Forestry
(b) - Establishment of a Committee on Agriculture
16. Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution-Duration of the Term of Office of the Director-General
17. Amendment to Article XI of the Constitution-Article XI Reports
18. Amendment to Rule XXX GRO-Opening of the Committee on Fisheries to all Interested Member Nations
19. Functions and Term of Office of the Independent Chairman of the Council
20. Amendments to the FAO Basic Texts
(a) - Arabic as an Official Language of the Organization and a Working Language for Limited Purposes
(b) - Other Amendments
21. Committee on Commodity Problems
(a) - Method of Balloting for Elections to the CCP
(b) - Nomenclature of CCP Subsidiary Bodies and Membership of Commodity Study Groups
22. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements and Amendments thereto
23. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters
(a) - Granting of official Status to International Non-Governmental Organizations
(b) - FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
B Administrative and Financial Matters
24. Audited Accounts
(a) - Regular Programme, 1968-69
(b) - Freedom from Hunger Campaign, 1969
(c) - European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, 1969
(d) - United Nations Development Programme, Technical Assistance Sector, 1969 and 1970
(e) - United Nations Development Programme, Special Fund Sector, 1969 and 1970
(f) - World Food Programme, 1969 and 1970
(g) - Trust Funds, 1969
25. Scale of Contributions, 1972-73
26. Reimbursement of Withdrawals from the Working Capital Fund
27. Amendments to the Financial Regulations
(a) - Regulation III: Budget
(b) - Regulation XII: External Audit
28. Other Financial and Administrative Matters
PART IV-APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
29. Applications for Membership in the Organization
- Bahrain
- Fiji
- The Republic of Maldives
- The Sultanate of Oman
- Qatar
- Swaziland
30. Election of Council Members
31. Appointment of the Independent Chairman of the Council
32. Appointment of the Director-General
33. Appointment of Member Government Representatives to the Staff Pension Committee
PART V-OTHER MATTERS
34. Date and Place of the Seventeenth Session of the Conference
35. Other Matters
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