REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO FIFTY-SECOND SESSION Rome, 9 – 20 June 1969 TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1969

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Statement by the Director-General

Adoption of the Agenda

Election of Vice-Chairmen

Attendance by the U.S.S.R. in an Observer Capacity

Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Death of David Lubin (1849–1919)

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

The State of Food and Agriculture: Review of its Form, Content and Timing

Review of the Activities of Selected Divisions of the Organization: Format, Guidelines and Procedures for the Preparation of Future Review Papers

Impact of Field Programmes on the Regular Programme: Report on the 1968 Survey

“Ceres” - Report on Replies to Questionnaire

Multilateral Food Aid

Interagency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest:

- FAO/UNIDO Relations

- Forty-Seventh Session of ACC

- FAO Contribution to the Second Development Decade

- Fiftieth Anniversary of ILO

UN Joint Inspection Unit Reports

- Procedures for handling these Reports

- Consideration of the Report on Turkey

- Consideration of the Report on Coordination and Cooperation at the Country Level

- Consideration of the Report on the Overhead Costs of Extra-Budgetary Programmes and on Methods of Measuring Performances and Costs

Fisheries

Forestry

- Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole on Forestry

- Seventh World Forestry Congress, 1972

Future Operation of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign

Progress Report on the Second World Food Congress

PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET

Review of the Draft Programme of Work and Budget, 1970–71

- Country Representatives

PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Arrangements and Provisional Agenda for the Session of the Conference and its Technical Committees

- Technical Committees

- Session of the Conference

- Documentation

Nomination for Independent Chairman of the Council

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Seventh Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee, and Review of the Programme in Preparation for the Fourth Pledging Conference

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Sessions of the Conference

- Quorum Requirements for Commissions of the Conference

- Status of Permanent Representatives in Regard to Credentials for the Conference

- Procedure for the Appointment of the Director-General

Regional Conferences: Authority, Terms of Reference and Constitutional Status

Chairmanship of the Council: Review of the Functions of the Post of Independent Chairman

FAO Statutory Bodies: Limitations on the Establishment of New Permanent Bodies and Reduction in the Number of Existing Ones

FAO Language Policy and Practice

- Arabic

- German

- Portuguese

- Other Considerations Concerning Language Questions

Rules of Procedure of Article VI Bodies: Indian Ocean Fishery Commission

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

- Application for Membership by Equatorial Guinea

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

- Invitations to Non-Member Nations to FAO Meetings

- Request by the Republic of China to Attend Sessions of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council in an Observer Capacity

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Programme and Budgetary Adjustments Including Transfers in the 1968–69 Biennium

Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1968–69 Biennium

Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East -Programme of Work and Budget for the Year 1970

Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Eastern Region of its Distribution Area in South-West Asia - Programme of Work and Budget for the Years 1970–74

Matters Arising from the FAO Reorganization Plan

- Improved Personnel and Administrative Measures

- Merit Promotions

Financial Position of the Organization

- Status of Contributions and Contributions in Arrears

- Status of 1968–69 Expenditure

Other Matters Arising from the Report of the Twenty-First Session of the Finance Committee

- Headquarters Accommodation

- Scale of Contributions 1970–71

- Other Matters

- Remuneration of Staff in the Professional Category and Above

- Salaries and Allowances - Director-General and Deputy Director-General

- Methods of Establishing Salaries for Professional Staff

- Rome Post Adjustment Classification

- Linguistic Balance

- Second Annual Report of Budgetary Performance

- Withdrawal from the Working Capital Fund

- Use of Revenue from “Ceres-FAO Review”

- Appointment of External Auditor

Other Matters Arising from the Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Programme Committee

- Seating Arrangements in the Plenary Hall

CONCLUDING ITEMS

Appointment of the Independent Chairman of the FAO's Appeals Committee

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

Appendixes

A - Agenda for the Fifty-Second Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - List of Unscheduled Sessions Approved since 1.10.1968, and Cancellations and Postponements of Approved Sessions in 1968–69

F - Improved Personnel and Administrative Measures under the FAO Reorganization Plan

G - Scale of Contributions 1970–71