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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
Fifty-Seventh Session
Rome, 1–4 November 1971
Fifty-Eighth Session
Rome, 26 November 1971

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME 1971


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fifty-Seventh Session

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable of the Session
Election of Vice-Chairman and Appointment of Drafting Committee
Tribute to Lord Boyd Orr

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Commodity Problems
Country Programming
Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

- UN Joint Inspection Unit
- People's Republic of China
- Action to Implement UN General Assembly Resolution on Decolonization

PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET AND MEDIUM-TERM PLAN

Programme of Work and Budget 1972–73 (Director-General's Revised Proposals)
Medium-Term Plan
Agenda of the Proposed Committee on Agriculture

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Draft Resolution for the Conference Setting out the WFP Pledging Target for the 1973–74 Biennium (Res. 1/57)

PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIXTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Nominations of the Chairman of the Conference and the Chairman of the Commissions of the Conference
Election of the Nominations Committee
Nomination of the Chairman of the Informal Meeting of Observers from Non-Governmental Organizations
Other Final Arrangements for the Sixteenth Session of the Conference

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Matters Arising from the Report of the Twenty-Fifth Session of the CCLM

- FAO Basic Texts

(a) Filling the Post of Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Programme and Finance Committees in Case of Vacancy
(b) Qualifications of Members of the Programme and Finance Committees

- Functions and Term of Office of the Independent Chairman of the Council

Committee on Commodity Problems

- Method of Balloting for Elections to CCP
- Nomenclature of CCP Subsidiary Bodies and Membership of Commodity Study Groups

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

- Invitations to International Non-Governmental Organizations Which Do Not Have Status with FAO
- Statutes, Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of FAO Subsidiary Bodies
- Establishment of a Regional Food and Nutrition Commission for the Near East (Res. 2/57)
- Amendment to Financial Regulation 6.2.2. of the European Commission of the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Position of the Organization

- Status of Contributions
- Status of 1970–71 Expenditure
- Admission of New Members

Working Capital Fund - Withdrawals and Reimbursements

- Withdrawals Already Authorized
- Reimbursement of Withdrawals Already Authorized
- Withdrawal from the Working Capital Fund in 1972–73 (Res. 3/57)
- Reimbursement of Withdrawal from the Working Capital Fund in 1972–73

Audited Accounts

- VOL. II UNDP (TA Sector), 1970
- VOL. IIIUNDP (SF Sector), 1970
- VOL. IV World Food Programme, 1970

Amendment to the Financial Regulations
Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO bodies
Other Matters Arising from the Report of the Twenty-Sixth Session of the Finance Committee

- Appointment of External Auditor (Res. 4/57)
- Special Contribution from the Italian Government
- Personnel and Organizational Matters
- Other Matters

OTHER MATTERS

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

- Review of Programmes
- André Mayer Fellowships

Appreciation of the Services of J.C. Nagle
Date and Place of the Fifty-Eighth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

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

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General to the Council concerning China

E - Contributions due as at 2 November 1971

F - Part I - Proposed Text of Financial Regulation XII Relating to External Audit
Part II - Existing Text of Financial Regulation XII Relating to External Audit

G - List of Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled since 27 May 1971

Fifty-Eighth Session

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda
Election of Vice-Chairman
Tribute to O.V. Wells
Tribute to P. Terver

ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES

Election of Chairman, Members and Alternates of the Programme Committee
Election of Chairman, Members and Alternates of the Finance Committee
Election of Members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
Appointment of Members of the Open Committees of the Council
- Committee on Commodity Problems
- Committee on Fisheries
- Committee on Forestry
- Committee on Agriculture

CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Proposals for Membership from the Five FAO Developing Regions (Africa, Asia and Far East, Eastern/Southern Europe, Latin America, and the Near East)

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Election of Four Members of the UN/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE SIXTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Increase in the Number of Council Seats
Ad Hoc Committee on Increasing the Production and Use of Edible Proteins
Agenda of the Committee on Agriculture
Other Matters

APPOINTMENTS

Appointment of the Deputy Director-General (Res. 1/58)

OTHER MATTERS

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

APPENDIXES

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

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents