APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE FIFTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTORY - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1. Statement by the Director-General

2. Adoption of the Agenda

3. Election of Vice-Chairmen

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

4. State of Food and Agriculture, 1968

5. Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development

6. Commodity and Trade Problems

   • Action arising out of the Forty-Third Session of the CCP, September/October 1968

   • Interagency Study of Multilateral Food Aid

   • Promotion of Agricultural Produce

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

7. 1. Sixth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee
   2. Election of Four Members of the Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

8. FAO Reorganization Plan

   • Joint Report by the Director-General and the Ad Hoc Committee on Organization

     1. Chapters I, II, III and IV (Headquarters' organization)

     2. Chapters V (Field organization) and VI

9. Conference and Council Sessions

   1. Organization of Conference Sessions

   2. Scheduling of Sessions of Council Committees in relation to Council Sessions

   3. Procedure for the appointment of the Director-General

      • Report of Ad Hoc Committee

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

10. Programme Activities

    1. The strategy for the future work of FAO

    2. Future operation of the Freedom From Hunger Campaign

    3. Review of activities of selected Divisions of the Organization

11. Fisheries

12. Interagency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common interest

    1. Matters arising from discussions in ECOSOC, General Assembly, UNDP Governing Council and ACC, and the Report of the ad hoc Committee of Experts to examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies

    2. FAO/UNIDO Relations

    3. FAO/Unesco Relations

    4. FAO/IBRD Cooperative Programme

    5. Cooperation with Area Banks

13. Plans for the Second World Food Congress - Date and Place

14. Plans for the World Conference on Agricultural Education and Training

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

15. Review of FAO Commissions, Committees, Working Parties and Panels of Experts established under Articles V, VI and XIV of the Constitution

16. Statutes and Rules of Procedure of Article VI Bodies

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

    2. Regional Food and Nutrition Commission for the Near East

    3. Other Article VI Bodies

17. Draft Agreement between FAO and the Organization of African Unity

18. FAO Language Policy and Practice

19. Membership in FAO Subsidiary Bodies of Non-Member Nations which are Members of the UN

20. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

    • Non-Governmental Organizations not having status with FAO which FAO has invited or which it proposes to invite to sessions of Statutory Bodies

    • Near East Forest Rangers School - Termination of Agreement

    • Application for Membership by the People's Republic of Southern Yemen

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

21. Work of FAO 1968–69 and Review of FAO' Field Activities

    • Consideration of format and method of presentation

22. Programme of Work and Budget 1970–71

    • Changes in format

23. Programme and Budgetary Adjustments including transfers in the 1968–69 biennium

24. Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in 1968–69 biennium

25. Annual Report of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations

26. Financial Position of the Organization

27. Level of Overhead Costs on Associate Expert Trust Funds

28. Audited Accounts

    Regular Programme, 1966–67
    FFHC, 1966–67
    UNDP (TA), 1967
    UNDP (SF), 1967
    European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, 1967
    WFP, 1966 and 1967

29. Other Matters arising from the Reports of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Sessions of the Finance Committee

    • Establishment of an Emergency Fund for the Control of the Desert Locust

OTHER MATTERS

30. Creation of a New Permanent Feature of FAO Activity Associated with the Name of Mr. Sen

31. Other Matters arising from the Reports of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Sessions of the Programme Committee

32. Date and Place of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference

33. Date and Place of the Fifty-Second Session of the Council

APPENDIX B
ANNEXE B
APENDICE B
LIST OF DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS ATTENDING THE FIFTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COUNCIL
LISTE DES DELEGUES ET OBSERVATEURS PARTICIPANT A LA CINQUANTE ET UNIEME SESSION DU CONSEIL
LISTA DE DELEGADOS Y OBSERVADORES QUE ASISTEN AL 51^o PERIODO DE SESIONES DEL CONSEJO

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBRES DU CONSEIL
MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO

¹ During the period Mr. A.C.B. Maiden was not present at the Council, Mr. A.L. Senger served as Australian Representative.

¹ During the period Mr. Dioscoro L. Umali was not present at the Council, Mr. Bartolome A. Umayam served as the Philippines Representative.

OBSERVERS FROM MEMBER NATIONS NOT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
OBSERVATEURS D'ETATS MEMBRES NE SIEGEANT PAS AU CONSEIL
OBSERVADORES DE LOS ESTADOS MIEMBROS QUE NO SON MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO

ALGERIA - ALGERIE - ARGELIA

Messaou AIT CHAALAL, Ambassadeur d'Algérie auprès du Gouvernement de la République d'Italie, Rome Abdelmajid FASLA, Deuxième Secrétaire, Ambassade d'Algérie, Rome

ARGENTINA - ARGENTINE

Antonio DI FULVIO, Secretario de la Consejería Agrícola, Rome

Alberto A.R. SIGNANINI, Ministro Consejero Económico, Embajada de Argentina, Representante Permanente Alterno de Argentina ante la FAO, Roma

Rodolfo Juan TURAZZINI, Primer Secretario, Embajada de Argentina, Representante Permanente Suplente de Argentina ante la FAO, Roma

AUSTRIA - AUTRICHE

Karl HAAS, Permanent Representative of Austria to FAO, Rome

BELGIUM - BELGIQUE - BELGICA

René Van HAUWERMEIREN, Représentant permanent de la Belgique auprès de la FAO, Rome

André REGNIER, Représentant permanent suppléant de la Belgique auprès de la FAO, Rome

BOLIVIA - BOLIVIE

Alvaro CARIAGA, Consejero, Embajada de Bolivia, Roma

BULGARIA - BULGARIE

Diko Varbanov DEKOV, Premier Secrétaire, Ambassade de la République populaire de Bulgarie, Représentant permanent de la Bulgarie auprès de la FAO, Rome

CEYLON - CEYLAN - CEILAN

J.C. RAJEPAKSE, First Secretary, Embassy of Ceylon, Permanent Representative of Ceylon to FAO, Rome

CHAD - TCHAD

Victor ROUMBA, Directeur des Services de l'Agriculture, Fort-Lamy

CONGO (Brazzaville)

Alphonse MALALOU, Conseiller économique, Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'élevage et des eaux et forêts, Brazzaville

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE - CONGO, REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU - CONGO, REPUBLICA DEMOCRATICA DEL

Etienne MBIANGANDU, Ministre Conseiller, Attaché agricole, Représentant permanent suppléant de la République démocratique du Congo auprès de la FAO, Rome

CUBA

Fernando LOPEZ MUIÑO, Ministro Consejero, Embajada de Cuba, Representante Permanente Alterno de Cuba ante la FAO, Roma

DENMARK - DANEMARK - DINAMARCA

H.J. KRISTENSEN, Acting Governmental Adviser, The Danish National CAO Committee, Copenhagen

C. Valentin HANSEN, Agricultural Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy, Permanent Representative of Denmark to FAO, Rome

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE - REPUBLICA DOMINICANA

Pedro L. PADILLA TONOS, Ministro Plenipotenciario, Embajada de la República Dominicana, Representante Permanente de la República Dominicana ante la FAO, Roma

ECUADOR - EQUATEUR

Gustavo PEREZ CHIRIBOGA, Embajador del Ecuador, Representante Permanente del Ecuador ante la FAO, Roma

FINLAND - FINLANDE - FINLANDIA

Olli AUERO, Counsellor, Embassy of Finland, Permanent Representative of Finland to FAO, Roma

Mrs. Elizabeth BEAURAIN-PIHKALA, Ministry of Agriculture (Finnish National FAO Committee), Helsinki

GHANA

A. ADOMAKO, Commissioner for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Accra

M.A. RIBEIRO, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the Government of the Republic of Italy, Rome

J.H. SACKEY, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Rome

GREECE - GRECE - GRECIA

Spyridon ROUSSELI, Ingénieur agronome, Direction des Etudes économiques et de planification, Ministère de l'Agriculture, Athènes

HONDURAS

Eugenio MATUTE CAÑIZALES, Embajador, Representante Permanente de la República de Honduras ante la FAO, Roma

Blas Humberto URSO, Ministro Consejero, Representante permanente alterno de la República de Honduras ante la FAO, Roma

Guido BACCI DE CAPACI, Embajador de Honduras ante la Santa Sede, Città del Vaticano

HUNGARY - HONGRIE - HUNGRIA

Károly KARCSAI, Secretary General, Hungarian National FAO Committee, Budapest

Istvan OZORAI, Director, Hungarian National FAO Committee, Budapest

Gábor HIDVEGI, Counsellor, Hungarian National FAO Committee, Budapest

L. VEKONY, Permanent Representative of the Hungarian People's Republic to FAO, Rome

IRAN

Hussein SADEGH, Minister Counsellor, Imperial Embassy of Iran, Permanent Representative of Iran to FAO, Rome

IRAQ - IRAK

Fakhri AL-QAISI, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Iraq, Permanent Representative of Iraq to FAO, Rome

Salah TAIB, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, Rome

ITALY - ITALIE - ITALIA

Vittorio DE ASARTA, Secrétaire du Comité national italien de la FAO, Rome

Mlle Francesca ZAFARANA, Attaché de presse, Comité national italien de la FAO, Rome

Alessandro OLIVA, Conseiller, Ministére de la marine marchande, Rome

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF - COREE, REPUBLIQUE DE - COREA, REPUBLICA DE

Ju In SONG, Agricultural Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to FAO, Rome

KUWAIT - KOWEIT

Yahia GHANNAM, Agricultural Attaché, Embassy of Kuwait, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to FAO, Rome

LIBYA - LIBYE - LIBIA

Abdulbari KHALIL, Permanent Representative of Libya to FAO, Rome

MADAGASCAR

Alfred BOTRALAHY, Chargé d'Affaires a.c., Ambassade de la République Malagasy, Représentant permanent de la République Malagasy auprès de la FAO, Rome

Désiré Michel RAZAFINTSALAMA, Conseiller, Ambassade de la République Malagasy, Rome

MALAYSIA - MALAISIE - MALASIA

Abdul Fatah bin ZAKARIA, Malaysian Trade Commissioner and Consul in Vienna, Vienna

MALTA - MALTE

Istvan MOSKOVITS, Counsellor (Agriculture), Embassy of Malta, Permanent Representative of Malta to FAO, Rome

MEXICO - MEXIQUE

Arturo L. de ORTIGOSA, Ministro Consejero, Embajada de México, Representante Permanente Alterno de México ante la FAO, Roma

MOROCCO - MAROC - MARRUECOS

Nor EL-GHORFI, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent du Royaume du Maroc auprès de la FAO, Rome

NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE - PAYS-BAS, ROYAUME DES - PAISES BAJOS, REINO DE LOS

Abe S. TUINMAN, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to FAO, Rome

NEW ZEALAND - NOUVELLE-ZELANDE - NUEVA ZELANDIA

John McARTHUR, Counsellor, Embassy of New Zealand, Rome

NICARAGUA

Ernesto MATAMOROS MEZA, Embajador de Nicaragua ante el Gobierno de Italia, Roma

NIGERIA

J.A. EWEKA, Agricultural Attaché, Embassy of Nigeria, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to FAO, Rome

NORWAY - NORVEGE - NORUEGA

P. NAEVDAL, Counsellor, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Permanent Representative of Norway to FAO, Rome

PANAMA

Sra. Doña Mirla E. PANIZA DE BELLAVITA, Agregado, Embajada de la República de Panamá, Representante Permanente de Panamá ante la FAO, Roma

PARAGUAY

Anibal FERNANDEZ, Primer Secretario, Embajada del Paraguay, Roma

POLAND - POLOGNE - POLONIA

Stefan KROLIKOWSKI, Chairman, Polish National FAO Committee, Warsaw

Witold ZAREMBA, Counsellor, Committee for Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries of the Council of Ministers, Warsaw

Czeslaw MUSZALSKI, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Polish People's Republic, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Polish People's Republic to FAO, Rome

SAUDI ARABIA - ARABIE SAOUDITE - ARABIA SAUDITA

Hassan HAJRAH, Director General, Public Land Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Riyadh

SENEGAL

Bocar LY, Conseiller technique, Ministére du Dévéloppement rural, Dakar

SPAIN - ESPAGNE - ESPAÑA

Francisco Javier GARCIA-RAMOS, Agregado Agrónomo, Embajada de España, Representante Permanente de España ante la FAO, Roma

SWITZERLAND - SUISSE - SUIZA

F.P. WALTHARD, Chargé d'Affaires de l'industrie horlogère et des questions industrielles internationales, Secrétariat général du Département fédéral de l'économie publique, Berne

Paul HOHL, Chef de Section, Division de l'Agriculture, Département de l'Economie publique, Secrétaire du Comité national suisse de la FAO, Berne

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE - REPUBLICA ARABE SIRIA

Samir MANSOURI, Second Secretary, Acting Agricultural Attaché, Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to FAO, Rome

THAILAND - THAILANDE - TAILANDIA

Sawaeng KULTHONGKHAM, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangkok

Vibul STHITIRAT, Chief, Foreign Agricultural Relations Division, Acting Secretary-General, National FAO Committee, Bangkok

Kayoon LIMTONG, Deputy Director, Budget Bureau, Bangkok

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - TRINITE ET TOBAGO - TRINIDAD Y TABAGO

Charles ARCHIBALD, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations Office and the Specialized Agencies in Europe, Geneva

M. CLAXTON, First Secretary, Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Specialized Agencies in Europe, Geneva

VENEZUELA

José Luis PEÑALVER GOMEZ, Consejero Agrícola, Embajada de la República de Venezuela, Representante permanente alterno de la República de Venezuela ante la FAO, Roma

PERMANENT OBSERVERS FOR THE HOLY SEE
OBSERVATEURS PERMANENTS DU SAINT-SIEGE
OBSERVADORES PERMANENTES DE LA SANTA SEDE

Right Rev. Monsignor L.G. LIGUTTI, Permanent Observer for the Holy See, Rome

Emilio BONOMELLI, Permanent Observer for the Holy See, Rome

Walter PERSEGATI, Permanent Observer for the Holy See, Rome

Miss Maria GROOTHUIZEN, Liaison for Women's Work, Rome

Bruno BARBIERE, Field Officer, Missioni Africane, Rome

REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
REPRESENTANTS DES NATIONS UNIES ET INSTITUTIONS SPECIALISEES
REPRESENTANTES DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS Y ORGANISMOS ESPECIALIZADOS

UNITED NATIONS - NATIONS UNIES - NACIONES UNIDAS

V. WINSPEARE GUICCIARDI, Director-General, United Nations Office, Geneva

Erwin BAUMGARTEN, Director, United Nations Information Centre in Rome, Rome

Peter CASSON, Liaison Officer, Geneva

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LE COMMERCE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT
CONFERENCIA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL COMERCIO Y DESARROLLO

V.A. YULIN, External Relations Officer, Division for Conference Affairs and External Relations, Geneva

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL
ORGANIZACION DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL

Peter CASSON, Liaison Officer, Office of the Director General, United Nations Office, Geneva

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESARROLLO

Raymond P. ETCHATS, Representative of the UNDP in Europe

Rafik ASHA, Senior Financial Adviser to the Administrator, New York

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - FONDS DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'ENFANCE
FONDO DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA INFANCIA

Herbert BROADLEY, UNICEF Representative in the United Kingdom, London

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL
PROGRAMA MUNDIAL DE ALIMENTOS

F. AQUINO, Executive Director, Rome

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL
OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DEL TRABAJO

P.P. FANO, Director, Italian Branch of the International Labour Office, Rome Mrs. V. SEMPRINI, Assistant to Director ILO Branch Office, Rome.

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'EDUCATION, LA SCIENCE ET LA CULTURE
ORGANIZACION DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA EDUCACION, LA CIENCIA Y LA CULTURA

Miss C. JAMES, Acting Chief, Division of Relations with International Organizations, Paris

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DE LA SALUD

M. SENTICI, Medical Officer, Programme Coordination, Geneva

INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR LA RECONSTRUCTION ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT
BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE RECONSTRUCCION Y FOMENTO

Peter REID, IBRD Liaison Representative to FAO, Rome

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
FONDS MONETAIRE INTERNATIONAL
FONDO MONETARIO INTERNACIONAL

Duncan RIDLER, Adviser, Research Department, Washington D.C.

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION METEOROLOGIQUE MONDIALE
ORGANIZACION METEOROLOGICA MUNDIAL

Milton BLANC, Chief, Scientific and Technical Section, WMO Secretariat, Geneva

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
ORGANISMO INTERNACIONAL DE ENERGIA ATOMICA

Maurice FRIED, Director, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, Vienna

GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE
ACUERDO GENERAL SOBRE ARANCELES ADUANEROS Y COMERCIO

G. HORTLING, Counsellor, Department of Conference Affairs, Liaison and Administration, Geneva

OBSERVERS FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OBSERVATEURS DES ORGANISATIONS INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES
OBSERVADORES DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES INTERGUBERNAMENTALES

CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
BANQUE CENTRAMERICAINE D'INTEGRATION ECONOMIQUE
BANCO CENTROAMERICANO DE INTEGRACION ECONOMICA

Guido BACCI DI CAPACCI, Embajador de Honduras ante la Santa Sede, Observador del Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica, Città del Vaticano

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE EUROPEENNE
COMUNIDAD ECONOMICA EUROPEA

Bruno SÜSSMILCH, Administrateur principal, Chef de la Section pour les Organisations internationales gouvernementales, Bruxelles

P. TALIANI DE MARCHIO, Chef de Division, Conseil de la Communauté Economique Européenne, Bruxelles

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE POUR L'EXPLORATION SCIENTIFIQUE DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE
COMISION INTERNACIONAL PARA LA EXPLORACION CIENTIFICA DEL MEDITERRANEO

Giorgio BINI, Professeur en hydrobiologie et pisciculture, Rome

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD INDUSTRIES
COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DES INDUSTRIES AGRICOLES ET ALIMENTAIRES
COMISION INTERNACIONAL DE LAS INDUSTRIAS AGRICOLAS Y ALIMENTARIAS

Gérard WEILL, Sécrétaire général, Paris

COUNCIL OF EUROPE
CONSEIL D'EUROPE
CONSEJO DE EUROPA

Pierre HORNECKER, Secretary of the Committee on Agriculture of the Consultative Assembly, Strasbourg

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
BANQUE INTERAMERICAINE DE DEVELOPPEMENT
BANCO INTERAMERICANO DE DESARROLLO

Juan Carlos LANGLOIS, Special Deputy Representative in Europe, Paris

OBSERVERS FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OBSERVATEURS DES ORGANISATIONS NON GOUVERNEMENTALES
OBSERVADORES DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES NO GUBERNAMENTALES

ASSOCIATED COUNTRY WOMEN OF THE WORLD
UNION MONDIAL DES FEMMES RURALES
UNION MUNDIAL DE MUJERES DEL CAMPO

Mrs. Pam PEMBERTON, Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Committee, Camberley, Surrey

Mrs. M. BENCIVENGA, Rome

COMMISSION OF THE CHURCHES ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
COMMISSION DES EGLISES POUR LES AFFAIRES INTERNATIONALES
COMISION DE LAS IGLESIAS PARA LOS ASUNTOS INTERNACIONALES

The Rev. D. Alan KEIGHLEY, Liaison Officer with FAO, Rome

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTION
FEDERATION EUROPEENE DE ZOOTECHNIE
FEDERACION EUROPEA DE ZOOTECNIA

Hans PEDERSEN, Secretary-General, Rome

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES
CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE DES CHARITES CATHOLIQUES
CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL CATOLICA DE CARIDAD

Angiolo SALVIDIO, Rome

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE
ALLIANCE COOPERATIVE INTERNATIONALE
ALIANZA COOPERATIVA INTERNACIONAL

Livio MALFETTANI, Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, Rome

Filippo CORTESI, Secretary to the Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, Rome

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC UNIONS
CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DES UNIONS SCIENTIFIQUES
CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE UNIONES CIENTIFICAS

F.W.G. BAKER, Executive Secretary, Rome

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN
CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DES FEMMES
CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE MUJERES

Mrs. Peter WINTERINGHAM, Assistant to Permanent Representative

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES PRODUCTEURS AGRICOLES
FEDERACION INTERNACIONAL DE PRODUTORES AGRICOLAS

Eric ERICSSON, Liaison Officer with FAO, Roma

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
UNION INTERNATIONALE DES SCIENCES DE LA NUTRITION
UNION INTERNACIONAL DE CIENCIAS DE LA NUTRICION

O.L. KLINE, Director, Nutrition Science Services, American Institute of Nutrition, Bethesda, Md.

WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
FEDERATION SYNDICALE MONDIALE
FEDERACION SINDICAL MUNDIAL

Giuseppe CASADEI, Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO, Prague

WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS
FEDERATION MONDIALE DES ASSOCIATIONS POUR LES NATIONS UNIES
FEDERACION MUNDIAL DE ASOCIACIONES PRO NACIONES UNIDAS

Franco A. CASADIO, Chairman Executive Council, Geneva

A.J. GULDVIK, Secretary-General, Oslo

WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION
UNION MONDIALE DES ORGANISATIONS FEMININES CATHOLIQUES
UNION MUNDIAL DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES FEMENINAS CATOLICAS

Mrs. Ellanor McADOO, Liaison with FAO, Rome

Miss Marie THOMPSON, Rome

Mrs. Geneviève GARZERO, Rome

WORLD VETERANS FEDERATION
FEDERATION MONDIALE DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS
FEDERACION MUNDIAL DE VETERANOS DE GUERRA

Simeon C. MEDALLA, President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines, Manila

Ernesto RONDON, Public Relations Officer, Veterans Federation of the Philippines, Manila

Aristotle DIMAANO, Veterans Federation of the Philippines, Manila

APPENDIX C
LIST OF DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX D
STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Mr. Chairman,

Over the years I have appeared before this distinguished Council in a number of different capacities: as Regional Representative for Europe; as Director of Economics; as ADG in charge of the Programme and Budgetary Service; latterly as Executive Director of the World Food Programme. Today, appearing before you for the first time in my new capacity as Director-General of FAO, I am more than ever aware of the magnitude of the task that faces us all: the task of guiding events in a world in constant evolution.

Because of the profound change which has come about over the past year, I should perhaps begin my statement with a brief review of the current world food situation. I am happy to be able to do so on a note of cautious optimism. As you will know, 1967 harvests were generally good. Food production in the world as a whole was about three percent greater than the year before. Still more important, this increase occurred mainly in the developing countries where the rise was no less than six percent. It made good much of the loss in food production per head in the two disastrous harvests of 1965 and 1966. Not since 1956, more than a decade ago, has there been a comparable year-to-year advance. According to the limited information so far available, food production is continuing to climb in 1968 in spite of some setbacks due to weather.

We must not read too much into this development. Agricultural production is fickle, as fickle as the weather itself. Some part of the sharp rise in 1967 undoubtedly represented a recovery from the two bad years which went before. We cannot expect a comparable increase every year.

At the same time there is good justification for thinking that weather was only part of the story; that the long lag in food production which characterized the last decade may be coming to an end.

One reason for hopefulness is that many governments are now putting greater emphasis on agriculture in their planning and investment. This applies equally to the World Bank, and I welcome Mr. McNamara's plans, announced last week, to quadruple the volume of the Bank's agricultural loans over the next five years, with the continuing assistance of FAO. It is also more widely realised that food shortages can set off an inflation which can nullify progress in all sectors. Some governments have no doubt been influenced by the fact that grain stocks in North America, although again in an upward trend, can no longer be seen as an almost automatic insurance against disaster.

A second factor is the cumulative effect of long years of development effort which at last seems to be bearing fruit. This applies to the slow building up of research and extension services. It applies to long term investment in irrigation, land settlement, and other forms of agricultural infrastructure. Equally important are the institutional improvements, in land tenure, in cooperatives, farm credit, marketing, which now give farmers in developing countries greater hope of benefitting from increased production. Farmers are therefore taking more readily to the use of fertilizers and to other improved practices. Governments recognize the importance of providing adequate supplies of essential inputs. And last but not least, I must mention perhaps the most interesting element of all, the high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice developed in Mexico and the Philippines respectively. Where adequate water, fertilizers and pesticides are available these give several times the normal yield. It is an achievement which for once justifies the much abused word, breakthrough.

I could go on. But I will content myself with saying that the basis now exists for a steady improvement in the world food situation. Moreover, the world is now finding the will and the energy to make fuller use of the new tools which agricultural science provides. Not one thing, but the combined effect of a multitude of efforts has led to this quickening hope of improvement. I would claim, too, that FAO and its sister agencies have contributed significantly to this new phase.

But I would emphasize equally that these recent gains are still precarious. They will not continue automatically. If we relax our efforts, if governments sink back into complacency, then the world will soon find itself back in the old situation with the gaunt spectre of hunger and poverty overhanging the developing countries. For the population of the developing areas continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, which can only be checked by the adoption of policies for the promotion of family planning.

I have begun, Mr. Chairman, with what should perhaps have been my peroration. But it seemed important to place at once before the Council the world background against which its deliberations will take place. As I see it, we have reached a stage of great promise, but one which could easily prove to be a false dawn if we neglect the opportunities now opening before us.

In analysing the long-term action required, I believe that the Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development will play a key role. May I say at once that I regard the IWP as one of the most important initiatives of my distinguished predecessor Dr. Sen. In the formulation of realistic goals for agricultural production, consumption and trade in 1975 and 1985, it should provide us with essential information on future needs and the potentialities for meeting them - information which must be regularly revised to take account of changing circumstances. In suggesting policies which governments should follow for the attainment of these objectives, it will provide a framework for action at the world, regional and national levels.

The provisional studies for Africa south of the Sahara, the Near East, the Far East and South America have been completed or are nearing that stage. They are being circulated in draft form for comment to selected countries. Shorter papers, summarizing their main conclusions, are being prepared for each of the regional conferences, since the full regional reports are too large and too technical for such treatment and in any event could not be made ready for circulation within the necessary deadlines. The world study will be ready in time for consideration at the 1969 Session of the Conference. I believe that we should continue our work in this field after the first an up-to-date guide for policy formulation.

The last session of the Conference asked for a review of the progress and methodology of the IWP. I arranged for this to be carried out by Professor Tinbergen, one of the leading authorities on development planning. He is also Chairman of the United Nations Committee for Development Planning, which will be responsible for formulating the United Nations projections and targets for the Second Development Decade. We found Professor Tinbergen's review most helpful, and I am glad to say that he gave full support to the methods we have been using. At the same time his visit has already proved useful in ensuring compatibility of approach between our projections and those now being initiated by the UN. Only thus can we ensure that what we are doing for the agricultural sector fits into the overall economic projections of the United Nations. It will, for instance, be necessary to interpolate our time scale of 1975 and 1985 to fit the period 1970–1980 of the Second Development Decade. In my paper on “The Strategy for the Future Work of FAO” I have explained in greater detail how I believe that the United Nations family should work together in long-term policy setting.

In its discussions the Council will also be examining several more immediate problems of inter-agency relationships. I would mention in particular that of agricultural education and training, which as you know has long been disputed territory between UNESCO, ILO and FAO. Earlier this year I reached agreement with the Directors-General of the other two organizations on our respective responsibilities and the ways in which we would cooperate in future. The aide-memoire which we signed had already been approved by the governing bodies of ILO and UNESCO and I warmly recommend it for the Council's endorsement. Anticipating such approval, we are already observing its provisions not only in the letter but in the spirit. I believe it can open the way for constructive cooperation in this immense field of work. I have hopes of reaching a similar agreement with UNIDO before the end of the year.

On the internal plane, our attention during the past months has, of course, been focussed mainly on re-organization. The Council has before it the joint report by the Director-General and the Ad Hoc Committee on Organization, containing the “detailed reorganization plan” requested of us by the Conference. For my part I should like to pay tribute to the effective and understanding manner in which the Ad Hoc Committee carried out a difficult task. I firmly believe that our joint proposals, if acceptable to the Council, will permit a much more rational organization of our work.

I do not wish to go into the details of our joint report, which I hope will be introduced in due course by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Mr. Maiden of Australia. Perhaps, however, I may be permitted one or two remarks of a general nature.

In my view the most important single element in the whole plan is the objective of developing a comprehensive, organization-wide policy for assistance to individual member nations. We are all aware that in the past the activities of separate divisions, while valuable in themselves, did not always add up to a balanced programme adapted to the recipient country's actual needs. This problem will be tackled by placing programme and project formulation on a mainly geographical basis. The decisive role in this new phase of our activities will be played by the Development Department, the successor to the Programme and Budgetary Service. It would be responsible for coordinating all the Organization's activities in project formulation and appraisal, investment programmes and international agency liaison. In addition, this Department would be responsible for the direction and servicing of what I hope will become a much expanded network of Country Representatives. I regard the Development Department, in a word, as the key to the whole re-organization. On its effective staffing and performance will depend, in a large measure, the successful implementation of the proposals before the Council. I am confident that it will be able to bear this heavy load of responsibility.

In the final chapter of the joint report you will find a number of measures listed which, within the concept of the resolution of last year's Conference, might be implemented during the 1968/69 biennium “at a time to be determined by the Director-General,” on the understanding that they remained within the approved level of the budget for 1968/69. For obvious reasons, we would have preferred to await the Council discussion before implementing these recommendations. But one major consideration led the Ad Hoc Committee and myself to agree on putting in hand a number of proposals where we felt fairly confident of the Council's support. This consideration is the important matter of staff morale. The re-organization does involve a great many changes, both for individuals and for administrative units. In human terms, it would have been impossible for the staff to work normally with major structural changes overhanging the Organization for months at a time. The Ad Hoc Committee shared the feeling of myself and my senior colleagues that if changes were to be made, they should be made quickly, so that the new set-up could come into operation as smoothly as possible without long drawn out uncertainties and frustrations. The majority, although not all, of the interim implementation measures have therefore already been carried out. I am sure the Council will appreciate that this was necessary in the best interest of the Organization.

There is one other section of the joint report to which I would like to direct the Council's particular attention, namely that on regional structure. Two alternative proposals are advanced. The first, which I took the initiative of suggesting to the Ad Hoc Committee, is designed to bring about a greater impact by the United Nations family at the regional level. The proposal is that the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Regional Economic Commission act in a dual capacity as the FAO Regional Representative, taking his instructions on all agricultural matters from the Director-General. This proposal has been welcomed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and also aroused considerable interest and support in the summer session of the Economic and Social Council. Personally I very much hope that we can try it out experimentally in at least one region. The second alternative amounts to maintaining the existing regional structure, but with some streamlining as well as modifications specifically designed to give the regional offices a more effective role in the policy-setting and programming activities of the Organization.

The two options remain open in respect of Africa and Asia, and it will be for the governments concerned to say - in this Council and in the Regional Conferences - which formula they prefer. The Latin American Representative in the Ad Hoc Committee, my distinguished friend Ambassador Hernan Santa Cruz, stated the viewpoint of his region as being in favour of a separate FAO Regional Representative. I have myself felt that the lack of high level representation in Latin America this year has been a serious handicap to our activities, and I have therefore recently arranged for the appointment of a new ADG for Latin American Affairs and Regional Representative of the Organization.

Mr. Chairman, as foreseen by the last Conference the proposals on structure must, subject to any changes on which the Council may decide, serve as the basis on which my proposed Programme of Work and Budget for 1970/71 is to be prepared. But they cannot in themselves be regarded as final. It will be necessary to keep our organizational structure under constant review, and change it whenever necessary in the light of a constantly shifting pattern of work. Only thus can we hope to maintain our full effectiveness.

Furthermore, I believe that the structural proposals should be regarded as only the first stage in the re-organization of FAO. Structure is, of course, important in itself. But just as important, it seems to me, is the manner in which we actually carry out our work within the framework laid down for us. A satisfactory level of business efficiency in the use of staff resources is indispensable if we are to achieve our full potential as an Organization.

As one of the interim implementation measures mentioned in the joint report, I have set up a Management Services Division, the object of which will be to increase systematically the efficiency of the Organization. It will progressively survey in detail every segment of the Organization and the methods of work employed. However, there is much to be done in a very short time, and the present resources of the Division are too small to have a significant impact as quickly as I would wish. I am therefore arranging, after having consulted the Finance Committee who have expressed their agreement, to obtain the services of an outside business consultant firm of international reputation, which will work in the closest coordination with the Management Services Division. This will enable us to introduce the latest techniques at the earliest possible moment, and provide for a valuable cross-fertilization of ideas.

This I see, then, as the second stage of our re-organization. In addition I visualize a third stage, consisting of a methodical review of the traditional activities carried on under our Regular Programme. We all know that it may often prove difficult to stop an activity, for instance a regular series of meetings, once it has been started. A close examination of all these on-going activities is needed in the light of the rapidly changing circumstances of agriculture today. I sincerely hope that, when the time comes, I can rely on the cooperation of member nations in agreeing to suspend activities which have now become of limited value only.

Before leaving the subject of organization I should also say something of my recommendations on the future of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign. In the note before the Council I have tried to make an objective analysis of the positive achievements and of the weaknesses of the Campaign as it has so far operated. I have concluded that the Campaign provides essential support to FAO's work, and have therefore recommended that it should be continued during the period of the Second Development Decade subject to a review in 1975. At the same time I have indicated the main directions in which it might operate. I would draw special attention to the value of the Campaign for the involvement of youth in activities related to FAO's objectives. I am convinced that a troubled and rebellious younger generation can find in the cause of development a constructive release from some of the frustrations built up by the society in which they live. This is something of great importance for all of us, and I believe that, in collaboration with other agencies, FAO must follow up and strengthen the pioneer work it has already carried out.

The Council will also be considering the arrangements for the Second World Food Congress. In my note on the subject I have proposed that the Congress be postponed until June 1970, partly because I think that we need more time, including time for the FAO Conference to discuss the IWP proposals, and partly because I believe that there would be a real value in holding the World Food Congress in the year which marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of FAO. If this date is acceptable to the Council, the Netherlands Government would generously be ready to act as host.

I now come to our actual programme of work for the next few years, and this I believe to be the most important question before the Council: FAO was set up at Hot Springs and Quebec to combat hunger and want. In the last analysis it will be judged by its success in improving the world food and agricultural situation. Organizational adjustments, however important, are no more than a means to that end.

In our work programme I believe we should be guided by the twin principles of team work and concentration. I am convinced that we shall achieve the greatest possible impact if we focus the efforts of the Organization as a whole on a few key areas. In my note on “The Strategy for the Future Work of FAO” I have suggested five areas of work for special concentration. These areas cut across our lines of divisional responsibility within FAO, and my intention is that in each area all the divisions concerned will work together as an integrated team.

I have discussed the five key areas rather fully in my note and I need do no more than briefly enumerate them now. They are as follows:

1. The development and wider cultivation of the high-yielding high-input varieties of basic food crops, which are already making a major impact on productivity in many developing countries. This necessarily includes many ancillary problems of increasing irrigation, larger production of fertilizers, storage capacity, improved marketing and so forth, without which their extended use would be impossible.

2. A war on waste. At present, as is well known, a large proportion of the food harvested in the world is lost through the depredations of rodents and insects, through moulds and a variety of similar factors. Certainly the loss amounts to many billions of dollars each year. There are also many forms of indirect waste of which the loss of fertile land through erosion or salinity are striking examples.

3. An all out attack on protein deficiency. The protein gap is undoubtedly the most serious nutritional deficiency of the developing countries and indeed of the poorer people in all countries, especially children and mothers. The time is ripe for encouraging on a world scale the production of low cost animal and vegetable protein, and of unconventional forms of protein where economic. Their consumption should be promoted by such things as cost reduction, mass education and improved palatability.

4. Mobilization of human resources for rural development. These are the main resources of many developing countries, and there are opportunities for their more effective deployment in rural areas, both within agriculture and in other occupations. Only thus can we hope to stem the alarming flight to the towns of rural populations, who simply swell the numbers of the urban unemployed. For FAO this implies intensified efforts in agricultural training at all levels, agrarian reform, cooperatives and credit, and other forms of institutional improvements. In this area much joint work with other agencies would be necessary.

5. The promotion of foreign exchange earnings and savings in the developing countries. In this area the needs of the developing regions have been widely publicised, but their opportunities are less widely known. Yet opportunities exist for increasing the volume of exports of a variety of products, and there are also many opportunities of saving where imported products could be economically grown in the developing countries themselves. Our efforts in this area would be closely keyed with those of UNCTAD and GATT.

You will notice that the five priority areas which I have described closely interlock. For example, the better use of rural manpower has a bearing on the increased output of high-yielding cereals and protein foods. Larger supplies of these foods and the reduction of wastage can contribute powerfully to the saving of foreign exchange, and often to larger exports as well. Together these five areas cover a large part of the agricultural sector. As I have explained in my note, however, they are not to be construed as a universal recipe for agricultural progress. We must remember that priorities at the national level are set by the governments themselves; if assistance is needed outside the five areas of concentration we shall, of course, do our best to provide it. I look forward to hearing the Council's views, and very much hope I can receive general support for the ideas I have put forward.

An important item on your agenda is the organization of future Conference sessions, which is dealt with in the joint report of the Programme and Finance Committees and in the report of the Programme Committee on its Fifteenth Session. Among the various recommendations, I would draw particular attention to that concerning the organization of the technical committees, a question which has long been under review. It is proposed that the number of technical committees should be reduced to two, meeting just before the main Conference, one on our field programmes and the other on the five special areas of concentration which I have just outlined. I fully agree with this proposal.

One of the most crucial questions at any Conference is, of course, the level of the budget for the following biennium. In accordance with a decision of the last Conference, I am expected to provide the Council at its present session with “preliminary and approximate indications” of the level I shall be proposing for 1970/71. Unfortunately, there are still too many unknown factors to permit any final estimate, or decision at the present time. For instance, a revision or extension of the arrangements with UNDP on financing the cost of Country Representatives could have a significant impact on the budget of the regular programme. As a broad or approximate indication, however, I am thinking in terms of a budget level which would permit an expansion of 12% over the biennium - or 6% a year - in the actual substantive programme, excluding mandatory increases. An increase of this order is, I believe, the minimum that can be requested in the light of, on the one hand, the need for intensified multilateral action at what could be a turning point in the agricultural history of the developing areas, and, on the other hand, the undeniably growing prosperity of donor nations, however great may be their domestic problems. We have acquired momentum in our drive against agricultural underdevelopment: we must maintain it.

With respect to the mandatory or non-substantive increases, including the costs of extra office space and of any additional language facilities which the Conference may request, it is also difficult to make a firm estimate just now. It seems to me, however, that such increases may well run to 10% or 11% of the current budget level for 1968/69.

To conclude, Mr. Chairman, may I return to a few personal matters. Since my appointment as Director-General I have received many invitations to visit member countries. I would like to have been able to accept all, for to my mind it is important to be familiar with the problems and thinking of our member governments. Similarly, I would have wished to attend personally all our Regional Conferences. However, I have considered it necessary, during my first year in office, to devote myself mainly to the problems entrusted to me by the last Conference, especially the re-organization of FAO and also the preparation of the next Programme of Work and Budget. I have therefore been able to visit only a few of our Member Nations so far, and must limit my attendance to three of our five Regional Conferences.

Whenever possible, I seek to combine country visits with attendance at important meetings of other organizations, for instance UNCTAD, the Economic and Social Council, or the Administrative Committee on Coordination. On the non-governmental side I addressed, in Tunisia, the Conference of the influential farmers' organization, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers. These contacts with other organizations seem to me an essential part of our work. I therefore plan, as occasion offers, to continue with such dual-purpose visits.

Mr. Chairman, FAO now has more than two decades of experience in dealing with the problem of world hunger and malnutrition. In response to widening recognition of the gravity and importance of its task, it has expanded from modest beginnings to the world-wide development agency which exists today. Yet even now, the nature of the problem is constantly changing. We must adapt our attitudes, our methods, our priorities, to meet new circumstances, new challenges to action. I have tried to indicate how, as I see it, the Organization should develop in the years immediately ahead. I now look forward to hearing the comments, and the conclusions, of the Council.

APPENDIX E
LIST OF ADDITIONAL UNSCHEDULED SESSIONS, 1968–69