APPENDIX A
Revised Agenda
(A) SENIOR OFFICERS MEETING
13-15 March 2004
I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS
- Opening of the Senior Officers Meeting
- Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of the Rapporteur
- Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
II. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
- "Follow-up to the World Food Summit and the World Food Summit: five years later - Regional Dimensions
- International Alliance Against Hunger
- Towards Improved Water Demand Management in the Near East
- Food Safety and International Trade in the Near East Region
- Establishment of Animal Health Commission for the Near East and North Africa (AHCNENA)
- Report of the 3rd Session of Agriculture, Land and Water Use Commission for the Near East (ALAWUC).
III. OTHER MATTERS
- Side Events:
- Round Table on Financing Agriculture
- Sub-regional Strategy for Food Security in North Africa
- Desert Locust Control Efforts
- Rural Digital Divide
IV. CONCLUDING ITEMS
- Adoption of the Report of the Senior Officers Meeting
- Closure of the Senior Officers Meeting
(B) MINISTERIAL MEETING
16-17 March 2004
I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS
- Inaugural Ceremony
- Election of Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of the Rapporteur
- Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
II. STATEMENTS
- Statement by the FAO Director-General
III. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
- Action Taken on the Main Recommendations of the Twenty-Sixth Regional Conference for the Near East and the FAO Activities in the Region During 2002-2003.
- Report of the Senior Officers Meeting
- Establishment of Animal Health Commission for the Near East and North Africa (AHCNENA)
- General Debate on Regional Programme
- Report of the NGO’s/CSO’s Consultation
IV. OTHER MATTERS
- Proposed list of topics to be considered at the Twenty-Eighth Regional Conference
V. CONCLUDING ITEMS
- Date and Place of the 28th. Regional Conference for the Near East
- Adoption of the Report of the Regional Conference (including the Senior Officers Meeting Report)
- Closure of the Conference
