APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

1. INTRODUCTORY - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

   1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

   2. Election of Vice-Chairmen and Designation of Drafting Committees of Plenary and of the Committee-of-the-Whole

   3. Statement by the Director-General

2. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

   4. Fisheries : Report of the Eighth Session of COFI

   5. Agriculture:

      1. Agenda for the Second Session of COAG, 1974

      2. Measures to Strengthen FAO's Structure in the Field of Rural Development, Particularly Agrarian Reform

   6. Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest:

      1. Matters Arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC, ACC and UNDP Governing Council

      2. Intensive Intergovernmental Commodity Consultations in pursuance of UNCTAD Resolution 83 (III)

      3. FAO's Contribution in Assisting the Forthcoming Multilateral Trade Negotiations under GATT

      4. UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972): FAO Action

      5. Report of the Review Committee on the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture (AGE)

      6. FAO/UNDP Cooperation (Developments in UNDP Agency Overhead Costs)

      7. UN Joint Inspection Unit:

         • Report on the Introduction of Cost Accounting in the Organizations of the United Nations Family

         • Report on Communications in the UN System

         • Report on the Utilization of Shipping (FAO)

   7. 1. Proposal by the Director-General on International Action to Assure Adequate Basic Food Stocks

      2. Sahelian Relief Operation

   8. Proposal for a Permanent FAO Activity Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Lord Boyd Orr

   9. International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS): Progress Report

   10. Second Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1972–73 Biennium

3. FAO PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET

   11. Summary Programme of Work and Budget, 1974–75

4. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

   12. Arrangement for the Session and Provisional Agenda for the Conference

   13. Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

   14. Date for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

5. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

   15. Eleventh Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee, and Review of the Programme in Preparation for the Sixth Pledging Conference

6. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

   16. Methods of Work of the Council

   17. Increase in the Number of Council Seats

   18. Criteria for the Formulation of Resolutions of the Conference

   19. Draft Agreement Concerning the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Far East

   20. Examination of the FAO Basic Texts:

       1. Provisions Relating to Observer Status

       2. Other Provisions

   21. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:

       1. Distribution of Member Nations by Regions

       2. Status and Role of Permanent Representatives

       3. Draft Relationship Agreement between FAO and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

       4. Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

       5. Other Matters

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

   22. Programme and Budgetary Adjustments Including Transfers in the 1972–73 Biennium

   23. Financial Matters:

       1. Financial Position of the Organization

       2. Unbudgeted Extra Costs - Current Situation

       3. Provision of Funds to Finance Budgetary Expenditure

       4. Scale of Contributions, 1974–75

       5. Other Financial Matters

   24. Personnel Matters:

       1. Report of the Special Committee for the Review of the UN Salary System (Committee of Eleven)

       2. General Service Salary Scales

       3. Appointment of Replacement of Member Government Representative to the Staff Pension Committee

       4. Other Personnel Matters

8. OTHER MATTERS

   25. Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Twenty-Third Session of the Programme Committee and from the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Finance Committee and from the Joint Report of these Committees.

   26. Any Other Business

   27. Date and Place of the Sixty-First Session of the Council.