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III. Procedural matters


A. Appointment of chairman, vice-chairmen, general committeé and credentials committee
B. Agenda of the session
C. Arrangements for the session
D. Appointment of chairmen and vice-chairmen of commissions
E. Verification of credentials
F. Admission of observers


A. Appointment of chairman, vice-chairmen, general committeé and credentials committee

7. The Council and the Nominations Committee recommended, and the Conference approved the following appointments:

Chairman of the Conference
Maurice Sauvé (Canada)

Vice-Chairmen of the Conference
Juan Gil Preciado (Mexico)
Mohammed Khurshid (Pakistan)
J.K. Babiiha (Uganda)

Members of the General Committee
Chile
France
India
Malt
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America

Members of the Credentials Committee
Burma
Finland
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Venezuela
Nigeria
Peru
Syria
Thailand

B. Agenda of the session

8. The Conference adopted the provisional agenda circulated by the Director-General on 10 July 1965 (C 65/1 -First Draft), as amended by the Council at its Forty-Fifth Session. The agenda as adopted is set out in Appendix A to this Report.

C. Arrangements for the session

9. The Conference adopted the Council's proposals in document C 6 5/2 - Rev. 1, Arrangements for the Thirteenth Session of the Conference. It established:

  • (a) A Commission on Program Trends and Policy Questions in Food and Agriculture (Commission I), to consider and report upon the Items contained in Part I of the agenda;

    (b) A Commission on the Activities and Programs of the Organization (Commission II), to consider and report upon the items in Part II of the agenda; and

    (c) A Commission on Constitutional and Administrative Matters, (Coin mission III), to take up all the constitutional, legal, financial and administrative matters listed in Part III of the agenda.

  • D. Appointment of chairmen and vice-chairmen of commissions

    10. The Conference considered the nominations put forward by the Council in conformity with Rule VII of the General Rules of the Organization and appointed:

  • Maurice Gemayel (Lebanon), Chairman of Commission I
    Antonio Correa do Lago (Brazil), Chairman of Commission II
    Akalework Habtewold (Ethiopia), Chairman of Commission III
  • The Conference appointed C. F. Pennison (United Kingdom), Rapporteur on the work of the Technical Committees of the Conference, as proposed by the Council.

    11. The Conference further took into consideration the proposals of the General Committee in accordance with Rule XIII of the General Rules of the Organization, and appointed:

  • A. C. B. Maiden (Australia) and N. Stefan (Romania)
    Vice-Chairmen of Commission I

    B. Mahadeva (Ceylon) and Wadie Habashi (Sudan)
    Vice-Chairmen of Commission II

    N. El Ghorfi (Morocco) and R. Gibb (United States of America)
    Vice-Chairmen of Commission III

  • E. Verification of credentials

    12. The credentials of delegations of 105 Member Nations and 4 Associate Members, including those of newly-admitted Member Nations and Associate Members, were found in order.

    13. The credentials of the Delegation of the Holy See, Permanent Observer to FAO, were found satisfactory.

    14. The names of the representatives of the international organizations attending the Conference, including the United Nations and Specialized Agencies, were duly deposited as prescribed by Rule III. 2 of the General Rules of the Organization.

    15. A number of delegations had not however been furnished with valid credentials until late in the Session. The Conference accordingly urged Member Governments in future to comply with para. 2 of Rule III of the General Rules of the Organization, which requests that insofar as Possible credentials be dispatched to the Director-General not less than fifteen days before the opening of the Conference session.

    F. Admission of observers

    16. The Conference approved the attendance of Bulgaria in an observer capacity.

    17. The Conference approved the list of international organizations to which the Director-General had extended a provisional invitation to send observers to this Session, and invited the representatives of such organizations to participate in the activities of the Conference in the capacity of observers.


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