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

INTRODUCTORY

1. Statement by the Director-General

2. Adoption of the Agenda

3. Election of Vice-Chairmen

4. Commemoration of Fiftieth Anniversary of the Death of David Lubin

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

5. The State of Food and Agriculture: Review of its form, content and timing

6. Review of Activities of Selected Divisions of the Organization: Format, guidelines and procedures for the preparation of future review papers

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

8. Ceres - Report on Replies to Questionnaire

9. Multilateral Food Aid

10. Interagency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest:

    • FAO/UNIDO Relations
    • Report on Forty-Seventh Session of ACC

    • FAO Contribution to Second Development Decade

11. UN Joint Inspection Unit Reports

    1. Procedures for handling these Reports

    2. Consideration of the Report on Turkey

    3. Consideration of the Report on Coordination and Cooperation at the Country Level

    4. Consideration of the Report on the Overhead Costs of Extra-budgetary Programmes and on Methods of Measuring Performances and Costs

12. Fisheries

13. Forestry

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

    2. Seventh World Forestry Congress, 1972: Preliminary contacts with Governments wishing to host the Congress

14. Future Operation of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign

15. Plans for the Second World Food Congress

PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET

16. Review of Draft Programme of Work and Budget 1970–71

PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

17. Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Agenda for the Conference

18. Technical Committees of the Conference Method of Operation and Provisional Agenda

19. Nomination of the Chairman of the Conference and of the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference

20. Nomination of the Chairman and Rapporteurs of the Technical Committees

21. Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

22. Seventh Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee and Review of the Programme in preparation for the Fourth Pledging Conference

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

23. Sessions of the Conference

    1. Quorum Requirements for Commissions of the Conference

    2. Status of Permanent Representatives in regard to Credentials for the Conference

    3. Procedure for the Appointment of the Director-General

24. Regional Conferences: Authority, terms of reference and constitutional status

25. Chairmanship of the Council. Review of the functions of the post of Independent Chairman of the Council

26. FAO Statutory Bodies: Limitations on the establishment of new permanent bodies and reduction in the number of existing ones

27. FAO Language Policy and Practice

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

29. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

    Request by the Republic of China to attend sessions of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council in an observer capacity

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

30. Programme and Budgetary Adjustements including transfers in the 1968–69 biennium

31. Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO bodies in 1968–69 biennium

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

33. 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

34. Matters Arising from the FAO Reorganization Plan

    1. Improved Personnel and Administrative Measures

    2. Merit promotions

35. Financial Position of the Organization

36. Other matters arising from the Report of the Twenty-First Session of the Finance Committee:

    1. Headquarters Accomodation: Progress Report

    2. Scale of contributions 1970–71

    3. Other matters

37. Other matters arising from the Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Programme Committee

    1. Seating arrangements in the Plenary Hall

CONCLUDING ITEMS

38. Any other business

    • Appointment of the Independent Chairman of the FAO Appeals Committee

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