CL 74/REP REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO Seventy-Fourth Session Rome, 27 November-7 December 1978
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME, 1978

COUNCIL
(until 31 December 1978)

Independent Chairman: Bukar Shaib

¹Term of office until 31 December 1978.

²Term of office until conclusion of Twentieth Session of the Conference, November 1979.

³Term of office until 31 December 1980.

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1979)

Independent Chairman: Bukar Shaib

¹Term of office until conclusion of Twentieth Session of the Conference; November 1979.

²Term of office until 31 December 1980.

³Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-First Session of the Conference, November 1981.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

Election of Vice�Chairmen and Designation of Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee

Oath of Office by the Deputy Director�General

Statement by the Director�General

Statement by the President of the World Food Council

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

State of Food and Agriculture, 1978

Developments of Commodity and Trade Matters

Report of the Committee on World Food Security (3rd Session, Rome, April 1978)

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Report of the Committee on Fisheries (12th Session, Rome, June 1978)

Report of the Committee on Forestry (4th Session, Rome, May 1978)

Action Arising out of the Eighth World Forestry Congress (Jakarta, October 1978)

Preparations for the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development

Nutrition:

� Report in Response to Conference Resolution 8/77 on Nutrition, and Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Food and Nutrition Policies (2nd Session, mMarch 1978)

� Food Standards Matters, and the Work of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission

World Food Programme

� Third Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes of the UN/FAO World Food Programme

� Election of Five Members of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes of the UN/FAO World Food Programme

Inter�Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

� Decisions of the General Assembly on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the UN System

� Developments with Regard to UNDP and WFC

� Action Arising out of the UN Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries Buenos Aires, August/September 1978

� Joint Inspection Unit Reports

(a) Tenth Report on the Activities of the JIU

(b) Implications of Additional Languages in the UN System

(c) Some Aspects of Backstopping of Technical Cooperation Activities in the UN System

(d) Professional Women in the UN System

(e) Expanded Preliminary Note on a New System for Agency Support Costs

(f) The Role of Experts in Development Cooperation

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAl AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Format of Medium�Term Objectives

Review of FAO�s Language Policy and Practice, with Specific Reference to Category 3 Meetings

Evaluation of the Technical Cooperation Programme (Res.1/74)

International Food Corps

Report on Unscheduled Sessions in 1978

1978�79 Calendar of Sessions of the Council and of Those Bodies which Report to the Council

Financial Matters

� Special Ac:ount for the Prevention of Food Losses

� Financial Position of the Organization

� Audited Accounts

Other Programme, Budgetary, Financial and Administrative Matters: Work of the Thirty�Fourth and Thirty�Fifth Sessions of the Programme Committee, and Forty�First and Forty�Second Sessions of the Finance Committee

� Programme Committee

(a) Future Cooperation with Industry

(b) Review of FAO Statutory Regional Bodies

(c) International Service for Strengthening National Agricultural Research

� Finance Committee

(a) Actuarial Review of the Separation Payments Scheme

(b) Programme Budget and Management Information System,Computerized Personnel and Payroll System and Field Project Information System

(c) FAO Advisory Committee on Investments

(d) Headquarters Accommodation

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Thirty�Sixth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (CcLM) (Rome, September 1978) (Res.2/74)

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

� Changes in Representation of Member Countries in the Programme and Finance Committee

� Invitations to Non�Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

� Amendments to the Statutes of FAO Bodies (Res.3/74_and Res.4/74)

� Amendment to Staff Regulations

� Amendment of Rules XXVI.9 and XXVII.9 of the General Rules of the Organization

OTHER MATTERS

Publication of the Annual Per Caput Fibre Consumption Survey

Date and Place of Seventy�Fifth Session of the Council

APPENDICES

A � Agenda for the Seventy�Fourth Session of the Council

B � List of Delegates and Observers

C � List of Documents

D � Statement by the Director�General

E � Jakarta Declaration of the Eighth World Forestry Congress

F � Details of Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled between 1 January and 1 October 1978

G � Revised Calendar of 1978�79 Sessions of the Council and of Those Bodies which Report to the Council

H � General Fund, Contributions Outstanding at 4 December 1978

I � Amendments to the Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia, the Far East and the South�West Pacific as Adopted by the Commission at its Second Session (Kuala�Lumpur 1977)

COMMITTIES