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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
Rome, 17–28 October 1966

INDICE


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1967


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Election of Vice-Chairman

Adoption of the Agenda

Earthquake in Peru

Disaster in Wales

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

State of Food and Agriculture, 1966

Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development, and Commodity Projections

Commodity Problems

- Report of the Fortieth Session of the CCP (Rome, June 1966)

- Outline for a Study on Multilateral Food Aid

Article XI Reports

Food Production Resources Program

WORLD FOOD PROGRAM

Fourth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee

Election of Members of the Intergovernmental Committee

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Program Activities

- Department of Fisheries

- Program and Budgetary Service

- Department of Public Relations and Legal Affairs

FAO/Industry Co-operative Program

Future Conference Review of Development Programs

Matters arising from the July 1966 ECOSOC Session

Review of the Current Budgetary Situation

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS

Increase in the Number of Council Seats - Amendment of Article V of the Constitution

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

Membership in the Committee on Commodity Problems and the Committee on Fisheries

Technical Committees of the Conference

Review of FAO Statutory Bodies, Panels of Experts and Ad Hoc Committees and Working Parties of Government Representatives

Regional Commission on Agricultural Extension for Asia and the Far East

Establishment of a Caribbean Plant Protection Commission

Establishment of an Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Committee on the Food Production Resources Program

Establishment of a CCP Study Group on Hard Fibers

Establishment of a Joint FAO/IMCO Committee on the Safety of Fishing Vessels

International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Revision of the Statutes of the Regional Fisheries Advisory Commission for the South West Atlantic (CARPAS)

Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Fisheries

Working Party on the Rational Utilization of Fishery Resources in the Indian Ocean - Membership of U.S.S.R.

Committee on Fisheries - Participation by U.S.S.R.

World Scientific Conference on the Biology and Culture of Shrimps and Prawns - Participation by U.S.S.R.

Amendments to the Statutes of the FAO/WHO World Food Standards Program (Codex Alimentarius)

Attendance of Observers at the Committee on Wood-Based Panel Products

Attendance of Observers at Sessions of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Invitation to Nongovernmental Organizations which do not have Status with FAO

Attendance at FAO Conference, and at Sessions of Commissions, Committees and Working Parties

Singapore

Application for Membership from Bulgaria

Agreement with the Organization for African Unity (OAU)

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

Headquarters Accommodation

Ad Hoc Review Committee on the Organization's General Structure

Withdrawals from the Working Capital Fund

Review of the Field Structure of FAO

Financial Position of the Organization

Minimum Contributions of Member Governments

Investments - Compensation Plan Reserve Fund

Funding of the Compensation Plan Reserve Fund

Audited Accounts:

(i) Regular Program, 1964/65
(ii) FFHC, 1964/65
(iii) European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, 1965
(iv) EPTA, 1965
(v) UNSF, 1965
(vi) World Food Program, 1965

Use of the Publications Revolving Fund (FFHC and WFP Publications), and Amendment to Financial Regulation 6.9

Latin American Forestry Institute

Emergency Fund for the Control of Plant Pests and Diseases

Education Grant

Amendments to the Staff Regulations

Organizational and Staffing Matters

Computer Utilization

External Auditor of the Organization

Agreements with Host Governments regarding Regional and Sub-Regional Offices

Resignations from the Program and Finance Committees

Appointment of a Member of the Staff Pension Committee

Appointment of the Chairman of the Appeals Committee

DATE AND PLACE OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Forty-Seventh Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statutes of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

E - Amendments to the Staff Regulations