Council

MONDAY 28 OCTOBER
MORNING (10.00–13.00 hours)

1.

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable: for decision (CL 123/1;CL 123/1-Add.1; CL 123/INF/20; CL 123/INF/1; CL 123/INF/6)

2.

Election of three Vice-Chairpersons, and Designation of the Chairperson and Members of the Drafting Committee: for decision (CL 123/INF/9; CL 123/INF/9-Sup.1)

16.1

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions: for decision (CL 123/LIM/2)

16.2

Applications for Membership in the Organization: for decision
(CL 123/17)

3.

State of Food and Agriculture 2002: for discussion (CL 123/2)

AFTERNOON (14.30-17.30 hours)

3.

State of Food and Agriculture 2002: for discussion (CL 123/2) (cont’d)

7.

Revision of the Text of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/19; CL 123/19-Sup.1)

8.

Convening of Global and Regional Meetings of Food Safety Regulators: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/20)
 

TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER
MORNING (09.30–12.30 hours)

4.

Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, June 2002): for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/10)

5.

World Food Summit: five years later (Rome, 10 – 13 June 2002): for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/21)

Establishment of the Intergovernmental Working Group requested in para 10 of the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/22)

AFTERNOON (14.30–17.30 hours or later if required)

Programme Implementation Report 2000-2001: for discussion and/or decision
(C 2003/8; CL 123/12 paras 45-50; CL 123/15 paras 5-14))

10.

Medium Term Plan 2004-2009: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/7;
CL 123/9 paras 4-10; CL 123/12 paras 4-44; CL 123/15 paras 15-22)
 

WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER
MORNING (09.30–12.30 hours)

11.

Reports of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May 2002 and September 2002): for discussion and/or decision
(CL 123/8; CL 123/9)CL 1

Savings and Efficiencies in Governance

11.2

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

12.

Reports of the Eighty-seventh (Rome, May 2002) and Eighty-eighth (Rome, September 2002) Sessions of the Programme Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/11; CL 123/12)

AFTERNOON (14.30-17.30 hours)

13.

Reports of the Ninety-eighth (Rome, January 2002), Ninety-ninth (Rome,
May 2002), Hundredth (Rome, September 2002) and Hundred and First (Rome, October 2002) Sessions of the Finance Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/13; CL 123/14; CL 123/15; CL 123/23)

13.1

Status of Contributions 2002 (CL 123/LIM/1)

Budgetary Performance 2000-2001

13.3

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

Comparative Study of Staff Recruitment and Geographic Distribution Practices in the United Nations System (CL 123/18)

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLENARY

First Meeting of the Drafting Committee
 

THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER
MORNING (09.30-12.30 hours)

World Food Programme

Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board on its Activities in 2001: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/3)

6.2

Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board: for decision
(CL 123/4-Rev.1)

AFTERNOON (14.30-17.30 hours)

Reports of the Seventy-third (June 2002) and Seventy-fourth (October 2002) Sessions of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/5; CL 123/16)

16.3

The Number and Length of Terms of Office of the Director-General, Article VII.1 of the Constitution of FAO: (CL 123/INF/20)

17.

Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 2003-2004: for decision (CL 123/6)

18.

Any Other Matters

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLENARY

Second Meeting of the Drafting Committee

FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
MORNING (09.30-12.30 hours)

Third Meeting of the Drafting Committee

AFTERNOON (14.30-17.30 hours or later if required)

Fourth Meeting of the Drafting Committee

SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER
MORNING (09.30-12.30 hours)

Adoption of the Report