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

1. INTRODUCTORY - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

   1. Statement by the Director-General

   2. Adoption of the Agenda

   3. Election of Vice-Chairmen

2. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

   4. State of Food and Agriculture, 1970

   5. Perspective Study on World Agricultural Development - Progress Report

   6. FAO's Contribution to the Second Development Decade

   7. Commodity and Trade Problems: Forty-Fifth Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems

3. SECOND WORLD FOOD CONGRESS

   8. Report on the Second World Food Congress, The Hague, June 1970

4. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

   9. 1. Eighth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee

      2. Election of Four Members of the Intergovernmental Committee

5. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

   10. Medium-Term Activities (Resolution 9/69 of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference):

       1. Director-General's statement on medium-term activities

       2. Summary of Recommendations formulated by the Regional Conference

   11. Report of the World Conference on Agricultural Education and Training, Copenhagen, July-August 1970

   12. Programme Activities

       1. Review of Programmes of Selected Divisions of the Organization (completion of six-year cycle)

       2. Format, guidelines and procedures for the preparation of the Programme Review Papers

       3. FAO's Publications and Documents Policy

   13. Fisheries: Fifth Session of the Committee on Fisheries

   14. Junior Professional Trainees and Fellowships - Policies and Programmes

   15. Review of Associate Expert Scheme

   16. Organization of Conference Sessions

       1. Technical Committees and Conference Session

       2. Verbatim Records of Statements

   17. Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in 1970–71 Biennium

   18. Interagency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

       1. Matters arising out of the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Administrative Committee on Coordination and UNDP Governing Council

       2. Action to implement UN General Assembly resolutions on decolonization, and racial discrimination

       3. FAO's role in the preparation of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972

   19. Un Joint Inspection Unit Reports

6. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

   20. Review of FAO Statutory Bodies

   21. Subsidiary Bodies of the Council

       1. Conversion of the Committee on Fisheries into a committee open to all Member Nations

       2. Establishment of a Standing Committee on Forestry

   22. Article VI Bodies:

       1. Establishment of the FAO Olive Production Committee

          (Resolution 16/69 of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference)

       2. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission

          1. Amendment to Rule XII of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission - Languages

          2. Rule VI.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission: Principles governing the Elaboration of Standards for Regions or Groups of Countries

          3. Integration of the Joint FAO/WHO Committee of Government Experts on the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products into the procedural framework established by the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission

       3. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the European Commission on Agriculture

   23. Agreement for the Establishment of an Article XIV Body:

       Commission for controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa

   24. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:

       1. Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

   25. Format and Method of Presentation of Programme of Work and Budget 1972–73

   26. Format and Method of Presentation of Work of FAO 1970–71 and Review of FAO's Field Activities

   27. Management Improvement Measures - Progress Report

   28. Personnel Matters:

       1. Review of Staffing of Regional Offices

       2. Merit Promotions

       3. General Service and Professional Staff Remuneration

       4. Amendment to Staff Regulations 301.033 and 301.0331: Education Grants

       5. Establishment and Allocation of Posts

   29. Annual Report of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations

   30. Financial Matters

       1. Financial Position of the Organization

       2. Audited Accounts

       3. Withdrawals from the Working Capital Fund

8. OTHER MATTERS

   31. Other Matters arising from the Reports of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee.

   32. 1. Appointment of Alternate to the FAO Staff Pension Committee

       2. Appointment of Alternate chairman to the FAO Appeals Committee

   33. Date and Place of the Sixteenth Session of the Conference

   34. Date and Place of the Fifty-Sixth Session of the Council