C 2001/11 |
Thirty-first Session |
Rome, 2 -13 November 2001 |
ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS |
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Region
Africa (5) | Burkina Faso, Gabon, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria |
Asia | None |
Europe (3) | Austria, Hungary, Spain |
Latin America and the Caribbean (5) |
Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay |
Near East (2) | Kuwait, Qatar |
North America (2) | Canada, United States of America |
Southwest Pacific | None |
Region
Africa (4) | Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mauritania, Senegal |
Asia (3) | India, Malaysia, Pakistan |
Europe (4) | France, Iceland, Italy, United Kingdom |
Latin America and the Caribbean (1) |
Guatemala |
Near East (3) | Egypt, Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of), Syria |
North America | None |
Southwest Pacific (1) | Australia |
APPENDIX A
FAO MEMBER NATIONS BY REGION FOR COUNCIL ELECTION PURPOSES
(As at 18 June 2001)
I. AFRICA
(Member Nations: 48 - Council seats: 12)
ALGERIA ANGOLA BENIN BOTSWANA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD COMOROS CONGO, DEM. REP. OF CONGO, REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA |
GABON GAMBIA GHANA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU KENYA LESOTHO LIBERIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA |
NIGER |
II. ASIA
(Member Nations: 21 - Council seats: 9)
BANGLADESH BHUTAN CAMBODIA CHINA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA INDIA |
INDONESIA JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN KOREA, REPUBLIC OF LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC MALAYSIA |
MALDIVES |
III. EUROPE
(Member Nations: 41 - Council seats: 10)
ALBANIA ARMENIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BELGIUM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE |
GEORGIA GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MALTA MOLDOVA, REP. OF NETHERLANDS |
NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA SAN MARINO SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF MACEDONIA TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM |
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MEMBER ORGANIZATION: European Community APPLICANT MEMBER: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
IV. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
(Member Nations: 33 - Council seats: 9)
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA BAHAMAS BARBADOS BELIZE BOLIVIA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CUBA |
DOMINICA DOMINICAN REP. ECUADOR EL SALVADOR GRENADA GUATEMALA GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS JAMAICA MEXICO |
NICARAGUA PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SURINAME TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URUGUAY VENEZUELA |
V. NEAR EAST
(Member Nations: 21 - Council seats: 6)
AFGHANISTAN BAHRAIN DJIBOUTI EGYPT IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAQ JORDAN |
KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LEBANON LIBYA OMAN QATAR SAUDI ARABIA, KINGDOM OF |
SOMALIA |
VI. NORTH AMERICA
(Member Nations: 2 - Council seats: 2)
CANADA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
VII. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
(Member Nations: 13 - Council seats: 1)
AUSTRALIA
COOK ISLANDS
FIJI
KIRIBATI
MARSHALL ISLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NIUE
PALAU
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAMOA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
TONGA
VANUATU
APPLICANT MEMBER: Nauru
APPENDIX B
NOMINATION FORM FOR COUNCIL ELECTIONS
(to be submitted by 12.00 hours on 3 November 2001)
Date: ..................................
To: Secretary-General of the Conference and Council
B-202
The Delegate of .........................................................and the Delegate of ........................................
(signature)........................................................................(signature)..................................................
wish to nominate ...............................................................................................................................
for election to a seat on the Council for the Region of .........................................................................
for the following term of office:
(a) November 2001 - November 2003 (for Region of Africa only)*
(b) November 2001 - 31 December 2004*
(c) 1 January 2003 - November 2005*
The Delegate of accepts this nomination.
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* Delete if not applicable. Candidates who are unsuccessful in the election to fill the vacancy or vacancies occurring in the first calendar year shall be included among the candidates for election to the vacancy or vacancies occurring at the end of the second calendar year, except where they voluntarily withdraw.
RULE XXII-10 OF THE GENERAL RULES OF THE ORGANIZATION
10.
As soon as possible after the opening of the Conference session, and in any case before the end of the third day of the session, the Conference, on the recommendation of its General Committee, shall decide the date of the election and the date by which nominations for election to the Council must be submitted, in accordance with subparagraph (c) below.
Each nomination shall be made for a specific region as determined by the Conference, indicating the term of office to which it applies, subject to the provisions of subparagraph (g) of this paragraph. No nomination shall be made for a term that includes a period for which the Member Nation concerned is already in office.
Each nomination shall be supported, in writing, by the delegates of two Member Nations to the Conference other than the delegate of the Member Nation nominated and shall be accompanied by a formal written acceptance of the nomination by the delegate of the Member Nation nominated. Any nomination reaching the Secretary-General of the Conference and Council after the date and time determined by the Conference for the submission of nominations shall not be valid.
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The election of Council Members shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 9 (b) and 12 of Rule XII, one election being held to fill simultaneously all the vacancies occurring in each region in each of the calendar years referred to in paragraph 1 of this Rule. Should the number of Member Nations standing for election in a particular region be equal to the total number of vacancies occurring in both calendar years, one election may be held to fill simultaneously all these vacancies, and the allocation of candidates to the vacancies occurring in each year may be settled, where necessary, by mutual agreement or by the Conference by such methods as it may decide to adopt. Candidates who are unsuccessful in the election to fill the vacancy or vacancies occurring in the first calendar year shall be included among the candidates for election to the vacancy or vacancies occurring at the end of the second calendar year, except where they voluntarily withdraw.