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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
Fifty-Ninth Session
Rome, 20 November – 1 December 1972

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COUNCILFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSCL 59/REP
December 1972
CONSEILORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'ALIMENTATION ET L'AGRICULTURE
CONSEJOORGANIZACION DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA AGRICULTURA Y LA ALIMENTACION

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1972


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda
Election of Vice-Chairmen and Appointment of Drafting Committees of Plenary and of the Committee of the Whole
Statement by the Director-General
Admission of Observers
Tribute to V. Andersen

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

The State of Food and Agriculture, 1972
Commodity and Trade Problems: Report of the Forty-Seventh Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems

STREAMLINING FAO

Note by the Director-General on Streamlining FAO

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Tenth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee
Election of Four Members of the Intergovernmental Committee
Amendment to WFP General Regulation 24 (Budget Cycle)

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Medium-Term Objectives and Priorities (Including a Summary of the Recommendations Formulated by the Regional Conferences)
Programme Activities
- Review of Programmes of Selected Divisions of the Organization

(a) Management Services Division
(b) Office of Controller
(c) Administrative Services Division
(d) Other Programmes and Divisions

- Joint FAO/IAEA Programme
- Review of Extra-Budgetary Activities
- FAO Policy on Publication of Periodicals, Including CERES
Agriculture
- Report of the First Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG)
- Study on Measures to Strengthen FAO's Structure in the Field of Rural Development, Particularly Agrarian Reform
- Agricultural Research
Fisheries: Report of the Seventh Session of the Committee on Fisheries, Including a Review of the Functions of COFI
Forestry
- Report of the First Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO)
- Seventh World Forestry Congress (Buenos Aires, October 1972)
Nutrition: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Increasing the Production and Use of Edible Proteins
Role and Functions of the Regional Offices and Country Offices, and their Relation to the Role and Functions of Headquarters
Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest
- Matters arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC, ACC, UNDP Governing Council and UNCTAD III
- Progress Report on Cooperation between FAO and UNDP
- Action Plan adopted by the UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972)

- FAO/UNIDO Cooperation
- UN Joint Inspection Unit
International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS): Progress Report
First Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1972–73 Biennium

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Twenty-Sixth Session of the CCLM
- Official and Working Languages of FAO
- Examination of the FAO Basic Texts
Methods of Work of the Council: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee
Increase in the Number of Council Seats: Amendment to Article V-1 of the Constitution
Review of FAO Statutory Bodies
Applications for Membership
Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend past FAO Sessions
Joint FAO/WHO/OAU Regional Food and Nutrition Commission for Africa (Res. 1/59)

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Matters

- Financial Position of the Organization
(a) Status of Contributions
(b) Status of 1972–73 Expenditure
(c) Working Capital Fund

- Financing of Unbudgeted Extra Costs and Impact on the Programme of Work and Budget
(a) Current Situation
(b) Future Biennia
(c) Unbudgeted Costs due to Currency Realignments
(d) Unbudgeted Costs due to Inflation

- Audited Accounts
(a) Vol. I - Regular Programme 1970–71
(b) Vol. II - United Nations Development Programme 1971
(c) Vol. III - World Food Programme 1971

- Amendment to Rule XXVII-7 (o) of the General Rules of the Organization (GRO)
Personnel Matters
- Report of the Special Committee for the Review of the United Nations Salary System (Committee of Eleven)
- Management/Staff Relations
- Appointment of the Alternate Chairman of the FAO Appeals Committee
- Recruitment of Field Personnel
- Briefing of Field Personnel
- Staff Evaluation
- Tenure of Appointment

OTHER MATTERS

Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Programme and Finance Committees
- Annual Report of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations
- FAO's Policy on Contracting
- Payment of Travel of Council, Programme and Finance Committee Members
- Other Matters
Date and Place of the Seventeenth Session of the Conference
Date and Place of the Sixtieth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

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

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - Declaration of the Seventh World Forestry Congress

F - List of Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled Between 1 January and 31 October 1972

G - The Problem of the Programme of Work and Budget Cycle