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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
FORTY-NINTH SESSION
Rome, 30 October–3 November 1967
FIFTIETH SESSION
Rome, 24 November 1967

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1968

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FORTY-NINTH SESSION

Election of Vice-Chairman

Adoption of the Agenda

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Commodity Problems

Agricultural Commodities - Projections for 1975 and 1985

Timetable for Provisional Version of IWP for Second World Food Congress

Interagency Study on Multilateral Food Aid

Food Production Resources Program

Development of Natural Resources - Resources of the Sea

Review of the Organization's General Structure

Action Arising out of the Thirteenth Session of the Program Committee

Participation by FAO in an Interagency Co-ordinating Group on an Agrometeorological Program in Aid of Food Production

Relationship Agreement between FAO and the Organization of African Unity (OAU)

Progress regarding Co-operation with Area Banks

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Invitations to the International Nongovernmental Organizations to Attend Meetings Convened by FAO

Use of Languages other than the FAO Working Languages - Introducing the use of German for Interpretation in the General Conferences as well as the Regional Conferences for Europe

Review of FAO Statutory Bodies and Number and Length of Sessions of FAO Subsidiary Bodies

Amendment of the Plant Protection Agreement for the South-East Asia and Pacific Region

FAO/Unesco Relations in the Field of Agricultural Education

Draft Statutes and Proposals for a Regional Food and Nutrition Commission for the Near East

Establishment of the Animal Production and Health Commission in the Near East

Membership in Committee on Commodity Problems and Committee on Fisheries

Increase in Membership of two Committees

Present Method of Balloting

Proposed Balloting Procedure for CCP and COFI election at Fiftieth Council Session

Implementation of Resolution 1/48 on Establishment of a Fishery Committee of Selected Member Nations for the Eastern Central Atlantic

BUDGETARY MATTERS

Program of Work and Budget for 1968769

Reserve Chapter

Miscellaneous Income

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Financial Position of the Organization

Status of Contributions

Working Capital Fund

Amendment to Financial Regulations

Further Development of the FAO Magazine

Audited Accounts for 1966

Admission of New Members

Coverage of Costs of the Review of the Organization's General Structure

Developments in Headquarters Remuneration

Appointment of External Auditor for 1968/69

Increase in Rates for ENPDEP Medical Coverage

Headquarters Accommodation

SUPPLEMENTARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOURTEENTH CONFERENCE SESSION

Additional Items for the Provisional Agenda for the Conference

Nomination of Officers

Nominations Committee of the Conference

Method of Work of the Conference's Resolutions Committee

Provisional Timetable for the Session

Informal Meeting of Observers from Nongovernmental Organizations

Report by the General Rapporteur on the Experience at the Fourteenth Session of the Conference

Fifteenth Session of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Attendance by Albania, Czechoslovakia and U.S.S.R.

Future Applications for Membership in the Organization

FAO Conference on Pig Production and Diseases in the Far East - Attendance by Singapore

U.S.S.R. Attendance in an Observer Capacity at FAO Fisheries Sessions in 1967 and 1968

FAO Symposium on Crop Losses - Attendance by U.S.S.R.

Date and Place of the Fiftieth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

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

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Co-operation between the African Development Bank and FAO

E - Draft Note on Procedure for Ad Hoc Co-operative Action between the Asian Development Bank and FAO

F - Contributions Outstanding on 30 October 1967

FIFTIETH SESSION

APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

Program and Finance Committees

Committee on Commodity Problems (Article V of the Constitution)

Committee on Fisheries (Article V of the Constitution)

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Article V of the Constitution)

Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Program (IGC)

Ad Hoc Committee on Organization (Article VI-2 of the Constitution)

Ad Hoc Committee on Procedures for the Appointment of the Director-General (Article VI-2 of the Constitution)

FAO/UNICEF Joint Policy Committee (Article VI-2 of the Constitution)

FAO Appeals Committee

ACTION ARISING OF THE FOURTEENTH CONFERENCE SESSION

Organization of Conference Sessions

Scheduling of Sessions of Council Committees in Relation to Council Sessions

Membership in FAO Dependant Bodies of Non-Member Nations Who are Members of the United Nations

Review of Contractual Arrangements with nongovernmental Organizations for Services in the Field of FFHC

Invitation of National Institutes and Private Individuals to Attend FAO Conferences and Sessions

FAO Languages and Practice

FAO Participation in a Joint FAO/UNESCO Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee on Agricultural Education (Article VI-2 of the Constitution)

Date and Place of the Fifty-First Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Fiftieth Session of the Council

B - List of delegates and observers attending the Fiftieth Session of the Council

C - List of documents