APPENDIX A

AGENDA FOR THE NINETY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

1. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION
   1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
   2. Election of Three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee
   3. Statement by the Director-General
2. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION
   4. Current World Food Situation
   5. Report of the Twelfth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, 8-15 April 1987)
3. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP
6. Report of the Ninth Session of the Committee on Agriculture (Rome, 23 March - 1 April 1987)
7. Feasibility Study on Expanding Aid-in-Kind: Progress Report
8. Report of the Second Session of the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources (Rome, 16-20 March 1987)
9. Report of the Tenth Session of the Commission of Fertilizers (Rome, 27-30 April 1987)
10. Report of the Seventeenth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Rome, 18-22 May 1987)
11. Forestry Matters: Report on Financing Requirements for Action to Protect and Conserve the World’s Forests
12. Twelfth Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes of the UN/FAO World Food Programme
13. Recent Developments in the UN System of Interest to FAO
14. Preparations for the Twenty-Fourth Session of the FAO Conference:
    14.1 Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Timetable
    14.2 Nomination of the Chairman and other Officers of the Conference
    14.3 Deadline for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council
4. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
   15. Summary Programme of Work and Budget 1988-89
   16. Report of the Fifty-Second Session of the Programme Committee
   17. Reports of the Fifty-Ninth and Sixtieth Sessions of the Finance Committee
       17.1 Budgetary Performance 1986
       17.2 Other Matters Arising Out of the Reports of the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Sessions of the Finance Committee
   18. Financial Matters:
       18.1 Financial Position of the Organization
       18.2 Measures to Deal with Problems of Delayed Payment of Assessed Contributions
       18.3 Status of Cash Flow
       18.4 Alternative Approaches to Dealing with Budgetary and Financial Uncertainties
       18.5 Scale of Contributions 1988-89
5. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
   19. Report of the Forty-Ninth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 21-24 April 1987)
       19.1 Procedure for Election of Chairmen and Members of the Programme and Finance Committees
       19.2 Other Matters Arising out of the Report of the Forty-Ninth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
   20. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:
       20.1 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions
       20.2 Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees
6. OTHER MATTERS
   20. Date and Place of the Ninety-Second Session of the Council
   21. Any Other Business