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ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKING PARTY


4. The Working Party held its Session at FAO Headquarters, Rome, from 19 to 22 April 2004. It was funded by the Regular Programme with the support of the FishCode Project. The Session was attended by seven experts in their personal capacities. A list of the experts is attached as Appendix B.

5. The Assistant Director-General for Fisheries of FAO, Mr Ichiro Nomura, made an Opening Statement. He welcomed the participants to FAO and Rome and noted, inter alia, that the development of new technologies and systems as well as the adoption of a number of internationally agreed instruments and statements have made it imperative to focus more directly on building human capacity within the fisheries sector, not just for science but also to strengthen the knowledge and skills of fisheries and aquaculture administrators and to encourage the participation of stakeholders in the governance process. He stressed that the holding of the Session was both timely and important. Mr Nomura’s Opening Statement is given in Appendix D.

6. Dr Kwame Koranteng, Vice-Chairperson of ACFR and Dr Vlad Kaczynski were elected Chaiperson and Vice-Chairperson, respectively. Mr Tim Huntington was elected Rapporteur with the assistance of Dr Derek Staples and Dr Benedict Satia.

7. The Working Party adopted the agenda attached as Appendix A. The Chairperson then outlined the timetable for the Session. The documents placed before the Session are listed in Appendix C.


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