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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Forty-Fourth Session   Rome, 21 June-2 July 1965
Forty-Fifth Session   Rome, 15–18 November 1965
Forty-Sixth Session   Rome, 9–10 December 1965


CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

FORTY-FOURTH SESSION

SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

I. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Program Activities

(a) Statistics Division
(b) Economic Analysis Division
(c) Commodities Division
(d) Program of Special Studies

Commodity Problems

(a) Report of Thirty-Eighth CCP Session, 7–17 June 1965
(b) Matters arising from UN Conference on Trade and Development

Role of FAO in World Fishery Development

FAO/UNICEF Relations

(a) Report of Session of Joint FAO/UNICEF Policy Committee (New York, 31 March – 3 April 1965)
(b) FAO Membership on Joint FAO/UNICEF Policy Committee

André Mayer Fellowships

1970 World Census of Agriculture

Activities under Expanded Program of Technical Assistance and UNSF

Relationship of Field Programs and Regular Program - Report on Developments

Inter-Agency Matters

Freedom from Hunger Campaign

(a) Action Program

- Fifth Anniversary of the FFHC
- Amendment to the Preamble of the Constitution

(b) International Rice Year

Other matters arising out of the Report of the Program Committee

II. PROGRAM OF WORK AND BUDGET

Draft Program of Work and Budget for 1966–67, including Report of Mandatory Increases

III. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM

Third Annual Report of the UN/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Program and consideration of the future of the World Food Program

IV. CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Technical Committees of the Conference

Appointment and Functions of Vice-Chairmen of the Council

Statutes and Rules of Procedure of Article VI Bodies

Amendment to the Terms of Reference of FAO Technical Advisory Committee on Desert Locust Control and FAO Desert Locust Control Committee

Increase in Membership of CCP

Draft Agreements

(a) Agreement for the Establishment of a Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East
(b) Establishment of Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO/EA) within the framework of FAO
(c) Agreement for the co-ordination of FAO and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) activities

Procedures which could be applied in the event of urgent issues arising between Council sessions

V. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Matters

(a) Financial Situation
(b) Audited Accounts 1962–63

(i) Final accounts for Regular Program 1962–63
(ii) Expanded Program of Technical Assistance 1963
(iii) World Food Program 1963
(iv) European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease 1963
(v) United Nations Special Fund 1963

(c) Working Capital Fund

(i) Level of Working Capital Fund
(ii) Reimbursement of withdrawal of $400,000
(iii) Extension of authority to contract loans authorized for 1965
(iv) Pensionable remuneration: Report on Action of UN General Assembly
(v) Emergency Fund for Use in the Control of Livestock Disease

(d) Scale of Contributions 1966–67

Administrative Matters

(a) Recruitment of Professional Staff
(b) Development in Post Adjustments and Wage Index
(c) General Service Comprehensive Wage Survey, Rome, and resulting proposals for new General Service Salary Scale
(d) Review by ICSAB of the Salary Scale for the Professional Category and above
(e) Amendments to Staff Regulations
(f) Headquarters Accommodation
(g) Appointment of External Auditor for 1966–67
(h) Election of Staff Pension Committee Member representing the Conference
(i) Survey of FAO's General Structure
(j) Other matters arising out of the Report of the Finance Committee

VI. PREPARATIONS FOR THIRTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Provisional Conference Agenda and plans for the Thirteenth Session of the Conference

Applications for Membership in FAO

Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

OTHER MATTERS

Date and place of Forty-Fifth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda

B - Scale of Contributions, 1966–67

C - List of Council Documents

D - List of Delegates and Observers

E - Agreement for the Establishment of a Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East

F - Agreement amending the Convention for the Establishment of the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa

G - Agreement between FAO and the Inter-American Development Bank

FORTY-FITH SESSION

SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE THIRTEENTH CONFERENCE SESSION

Additional Items for the Provisional Agenda of the Conference Session
McDougall Memorial Lecture
Timetable for the Session
Ad Hoc Working Party on Activities under EPTA and UNSF
Admission of Observers
Nominations made under Rule VII of the General Rules of the Organization

COMMODITY QUESTIONS

WORLD FOOD PROGRAM

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Establishment of a Committee on Fisheries
Agreement with the Government of Kenya concerning the Establishment of a Sub-Regional Office for the East/South Zone of the African Region

BUDGETARY MATTERS

Transfers in the 1964–65 Budget
Program of Work and Budget, 1966–67: Supplementary Estimate of Mandatory Costs, including Salaries of the Professional Category and Above (See Documents CL 45/2, C 65/46 and C 65/3 - Supp.5)
Emergency Fund for the Control of Plant Pests and Diseases

FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Position of the Organization
Scale of Contributions
Status of Contributions
Audited Accounts for 1964
United Nations Special Fund Audited Accounts, 1964 - Executing Agency Overhead Costs

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Salaries of the Professional Category and Above (See documents C 65/46 and CL 45/2)
Development in Post Adjustments (CL 45/2)
Modification of the System of Adjustments in Pensionable Remuneration arising from Changes in Post Adjustments
Headquarters Accommodation

REVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL STRUCTURE

OTHER MATTERS

Date and Place of the Forty-Sixth Session of the Council

APPENDICES

A. Agenda

B. List of Delegates and Observers

C. Agreement between the Government of Kenya and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations regarding the Sub-Regional Office for the East/South Zone of Africa, of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

D. Contributions Outstanding, 17 November 1965

E. List of Documents

FORTY-SIXTH SESSION

SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

ACTION ARISING OUT OF THE THIRTEENTH CONFERENCE SESSION

Future Conference Review of Development Programs

Reports under Article XI of the FAO Constitution

Amendment to Rule XII-9(a) regarding Election of Council Members

Review of the Organization's General Structure

Establishment of a Near-East Working Party on Land and Water Use

Independent Chairman of the Council - Amendment of the Rules of Procedure of the Council

WORLD FOOD PROGRAM

Adoption of Revised General Regulations for the World Food Program

OTHER MATTERS

Geographical Distribution on the Committees appointed by the Council

Date and Place of the Forty-Seventh Session of the Council

APPENDICES

A. Agenda

B. List of Delegates and Observers

C. List of Documents

D. Revised General Regulations of the World Food Program