1. The ninth session of the Conference1 noted that experience had shown that with the rapid growth in the number of organizations having relations with FAO it had become necessary to apply strictly the criteria for granting consultative status and specialized consultative status set forth in the FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Organizations (Conference Resolution 37/53).
2. The Conference appreciated, however, that much fruitful cooperation had developed and would continue to develop, particularly at the technical level, between FAO and a considerable number of non-governmental organizations which did not necessitate either consultative or specialized consultative status, and that the support and cooperation of such organizations should be recognized by granting them some form of formal status that would be in keeping with the extent of their association with FAO and its work. Liaison arrangements as a category was inadequate and inappropriate for many organ izations whose cooperation was essentially practical and technical.
3. The Conference therefore approved the proposal of the Council that liaison arrangements should be replaced by a new status, designated "liaison status", and that the greater flexibility in its criteria and scope would facilitate the task of appropriately classifying the organizations that have relations with FAO.
Takes the view that liaison arrangements as a category are inadequate and inappropriate for many organizations whose cooperation is essentially practical and technical; and
Decides that liaison arrangements shall be replaced by a new status, designated "liaison status", as set forth in Appendix B to this Report2.
1 See paragraph 491 and following paragraphs of the Report of the ninth session of the Conference.
2 The substance of this appendix has been incorporated into the policy statement which follows on pages 175 to 182.
