CL 120/INF/8-Rev.2


Council

Hundred and Twentieth Session

Rome, 18 - 23 June 2001

REVISED CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2001-2002

 

1. At its Sixty-sixth Session (June 1975) the Council, after concluding that the number of Sessions and their programming was a fundamental problem, requested that "an annotated schedule for the next biennium of Sessions of the Council itself and those Bodies which report to the Council should be submitted to the Sixty-eighth Council Session for approval, after adoption by the Conference of the Programme of Work and Budget and that this schedule should be reviewed at subsequent Sessions of the Council as required".1

2. Appendix A gives for information the Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions for 2001-2002. Sessions already held during the biennium are listed so as to enable the Council to have a complete picture of the pattern of sessions for the period 2001-2002 Changes from Appendix F to the final Report of the Hundred and Nineteenth Session of the Council are marked with an asterisk.

3. The Council at its Hundred and Twenty-second Session in November 2001 will be given the Provisional Calendar 2002-2003 to approve the Calendar for 2002.

Harmonizing Schedules of FAO, IFAD and WFP
Governing Body Sessions

4. The Secretariats of FAO, IFAD and WFP, in an endeavour to harmonize the sessions of the respective Governing Bodies which require the participation of Permanent Representatives in Rome, established an Inter-Agency Working Group on Meeting Programming to prepare a calendar of main sessions on a two-year rolling basis.

5. Appendix B gives for information the Revised FAO/IFAD/WFP Calendar of Governing and Other Bodies 2001-2002 prepared jointly by the Working Group in an effort to avoid overlapping. The dates for each organization are subject to the approval of the respective Governing Bodies.

Appendix A

REVISED CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES
AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2001-2002

 

2001

2002
JANUARY    
FEBRUARY 24 COFI 26/2 - 2/3 22 ARC 4 - 8
MARCH 63 CCP
15 COFO
16 COAG 		6 - 9
12 - 16
26 - 30 		26 NERC 10 - 14 *
APRIL   73 CCLM
27 LARC		 8 - 9 *
dates to be confirmed
by Host Government
MAY 85 PC
96 FC
27 CFS		 7 - 11
7 - 12 *
28/5 - 1/6 * 		87 PC
98 FC
23 ERC		 6 - 10
6 - 10
27 - 31
JUNE 120 CL 18 - 23 26 APRC 24 - 28
JULY       
AUGUST      
SEPTEMBER 86 PC
97 FC		 17 - 21
17 - 21		 88 PC
99 FC
28 CFS		 9 - 13
9 - 13
16 - 20 *
OCTOBER 72 CCLM
WFD
121 CL		 1 - 2 *
16
30/10 - 1/11 		74 CCLM
WFD
123 CL		 2 - 3 *
16
28/10 - 2/11
NOVEMBER 31 C
122 CL		 2 - 13
14		    
DECEMBER       
     
Eid Al-Adha: 5 Mar 01 Eid Al-Adha: 23 Feb 02
Easter: 15 Apr 01 Easter: 31 Mar 02
Ramadan: 17 Nov/15 Dec 01 Ramadan: 6 Nov/5 Dec 02
Eid Al-Fitr: 16 Dec 01 Eid Al-Fitr: 6 Dec 02
     
APRC Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific COFI Committee on Fisheries
ARC Regional Conference for Africa COFO Committee on Forestry
C Conference ERC Regional Conference for Europe
CCLM Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters FC Finance Committee
CCP Committee on Commodity Problems LARC Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
CFS Committee on World Food Security NERC Regional Conference for the Near East
CL Council PC Programme Committee
COAG Committee on Agriculture WFD World Food Day

 

Appendix B

REVISED FAO/IFAD/WFP CALENDAR OF GOVERNING
AND OTHER BODIES 2001-2002

 

2001

2002
JANUARY    
FEBRUARY WFP
IFAD/GC
24 COFI		 12 - 16
20 - 21
26/2 - 2/3 		22 ARC
WFP
IFAD/GC		 4 - 8
11 - 15
18 - 22
MARCH 63 CCP
15 COFO
16 COAG 		6 - 9
12 - 16
26 - 30 		26 NERC 10 - 14 *
APRIL IFAD/EB 25 - 26 73 CCLM
27 LARC		 8 - 9 *
dates to be confirmed
by Host Government
FAD/EB 22 - 26
MAY 85 PC
96 FC
WFP
27 CFS		 7 - 11
7 - 12 *
14 - 25 28/5 - 1/6 * 		87 PC
98 FC
WFP
23 ERC		 6 - 10
6 - 10
13 - 24
27 - 31
JUNE 120 CL 18 - 23 26 APRC 24 - 28
JULY    
AUGUST    
SEPTEMBER IFAD/EB
86 PC
97 FC		 12 - 13
17 - 21
17 - 21		 IFAD/EB
88 PC
99 FC
28 CFS		 2- 6
9 - 13
9 - 13
16 - 20 *
OCTOBER 72 CCLM
WFD
WFP
121 CL		 1 - 2 *
16
22 - 26
30/10 - 1/11 		74 CCLM
WFD
WFP
123 CL		 2 - 3 *
16
21 - 25
28/10 - 2/11
NOVEMBER 31 C
122 CL		 2 - 13
14		   
DECEMBER IFAD/EB 5 - 6 IFAD/EB 9 - 13
       
Eid Al-Adha: 5 Mar 01 Eid Al-Adha: 23 Feb 02
Easter: 15 Apr 01 Easter: 31 Mar 02
Ramadan: 17 Nov/15 Dec 01 Ramadan: 6 Nov/5 Dec 02
Eid Al-Fitr 16 Dec 01 Eid Al-Fitr: 6 Dec 02
       
APRC Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific ERC Regional Conference for Europe
ARC Regional Conference for Africa FC Finance Committee
C Conference IFAD/EB IFAD Executive Board
CCLM Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters IFAD/GC IFAD Governing Council
CCP Committee on Commodity Problems LARC Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
CFS Committee on World Food Security NERC Regional Conference for the Near East
CL Council PC Programme Committee
COAG Committee on Agriculture WFD World Food Day
COFI Committee on Fisheries WFP World Food Programme Executive Board
COFO Committee on Forestry    

 

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1 CL 66/REP, para. 301.