Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations


APRC/04/REP

 

REPORT

Twenty-seventh FAO
Regional Conference
for Asia and the Pacific

 

Beijing, China
17-21 May 2004

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FAO Member Nations in the Asia Region

Afghanistan Japan Nepal
Bangladesh Kazakhstan Pakistan
Bhutan Korea, Republic of Philippines
Cambodia Laos, People’s Democratic Sri Lanka
China Republic Tajikistan
Democratic People’s Republic Malaysia Thailand
of Korea Maldives Timor-Leste
India Mongolia Uzbekistan
Indonesia Myanmar Viet Nam
Iran, Islamic Republic of    

FAO Member Nations in the Southwest Pacific Region

Australia Nauru Tuvalu
Cook Islands New Zealand United States of America
Fiji Niue Vanuatu
France Palau  
Kiribati Papua New Guinea  
Marshall Islands Samoa  
Micronesia (Federated States Solomon Island  
of) Tonga  

Date and place of FAO Regional Conferences for Asia and the Pacific

First - Bangalore, India, 27 July – 5 August 1953
Second - Kandy, Ceylon, 20-25 June 1955
Third - Bandung, Indonesia, 8-18 October 1956
Fourth - Tokyo, Japan, 6-16 October 1958
Fifth - Saigon, Republic of Viet Nam, 21-30 November 1960
Sixth - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-29 September 1962
Seventh - Manila, Philippines, 7-21 November 1964
Eighth - Seoul, Republic of Korea, 15-24 September 1966
Ninth - Bangkok, Thailand, 4-15 November 1968
Tenth - Canberra, Australia, 27 August – 8 September 1970
Eleventh - New Delhi, India, 17-27 October 1972
Twelfth - Tokyo, Japan, 17-27 September 1974
Thirteenth - Manila, Philippines, 5-13 August 1976
Fourteenth - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 July – 3 August 1978
Fifteenth - New Delhi, India, 5-13 March 1980
Sixteenth - Jakarta, Indonesia, 1-11 June 1982
Seventeenth - Islamabad, Pakistan, 24 April – 3 May 1984
Eighteenth - Rome, Italy, 8-17 July 1986
Nineteenth - Bangkok, Thailand, 11-15 July 1988
Twentieth - Beijing, China, 23-27 April 1990
Twenty-first - New Delhi, India, 10-14 February 1992
Twenty-second - Manila, Philippines, 3-7 October 1994
Twenty-third - Apia, Western Samoa, 14-18 May 1996
Twenty-fourth - Yangon, Myanmar, 20-24 April 1998
Twenty-fifth - Yokohama, Japan, 28 August-1 September 2000
Twenty-sixth - Kathmandu, Nepal, 13-15 May 2002
Twenty-seventh - Beijing, China, 17-21 May 2004

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Organization of the Meeting

1-2

Inaugural Ceremonies

3-10

Election of Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteurs

11-12

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

13

Statement of the Director-General

14-17

Statement of the Independent Chairperson of FAO Council

18

II. MINISTERIAL-LEVEL SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

19-32

III. RICE IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

33-47

IV. INSTITUTION BUILDING TO STRENGTHEN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION

48-57

V. FOLLOW-UP TO THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT AND THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER: REGIONAL DIMENSIONS

58-71

VI. SUB-REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR FOOD SECURITY (PACIFIC SUB-REGION)

72-78

VII. ROUNDTABLE ON FINANCING FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

79

VIII. INFORMATION ON SEED POLICY AND REGULATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT AND GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE AND THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

80-81

IX. FIRST REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES – PROGRESS REPORT

82-83

X. INFORMATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE – 2004

84

XI. INFORMATION ON THE FAO STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR BRIDGING THE RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE

85

XII. INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

86

XIII. INFORMATION ON THE INITIATIVE TO UPDATE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY STRATEGIES AND POLICIES

87

XIV. OTHER BUSINESS

88-90

XV. CONCLUDING ITEMS

Date and Place of the Twenty-eighth Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

91

Adoption of the Report

92

Closure of the Conference

93-94

APPENDIX A - AGENDA

APPENDIX B - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS

APPENDIX C - LIST OF DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX D - INAUGURAL STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT HU JINTAO OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

APPENDIX E - STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

APPENDIX F - NGO/CSO REGIONAL CONSULTATION: FROM AGENDA TO ACTION FOLLOW-UP TO THE NGO/CSO FORUM ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

APPENDIX G - ROUNDTABLE ON FINANCING FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT