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

I. INTRODUCTORY - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
2. Election of Vice-Chairmen and Designation of Drafting Committee
3. Statement by the Director-General

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

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

III. STREAMLINING FAO

3. (cont'd)
Note by the Director-General on Streamlining FAO

IV. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

6.

1. Tenth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee

2. Election of Four Members of the Intergovernmental Committee

3. Amendment to WFP General Regulation 24 (Budget Cycle)

V. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

7. Medium-Term Objectives and Priorities (Including a Summary of the Recommendations Formulated by the Regional Conference)

8. Programme Activities:

1. Review of Programmes of Selected Divisions of the Organization:

   • Management Services Division; Office of Controller; Administrative Services Division
   • Field Programmes and Development Support (ADG Development Department; Area Service Division; Investment Centre; Industry Cooperative Programme; Regional Offices, including Liaison Offices, Country Representatives; Regional Commissions/Joint Divisions)
   • General Programme Services (Director GI; Information; Documentation; Library; Legislation; Language Training; Publications)
   • General Policy and Direction (Conference and Council; Conference
   • Services; Director-General's Office; Programme Formulation Unit; International Agency Liaison; Legal Office; Liaison and Protocol)

   • Special Programmes (Freedom from Hunger Campaign/Action for Development; Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme; Fellowships)

2. Joint FAO/IAEA Programme
3. Review of Extra-Budgetary Activities:
   • UNDP Project Execution

4. FAO Policy on Publication of Periodicals, Including CERES

9. Agriculture:

1. Report of the First Session of the Committee on Agriculture
2. Study on Measures to Strengthen FAO's Structure in the Field of Rural Development, Particularly Agrarian Reform

3. Agricultural Research

10. Fisheries: Report of the Seventh Session of the Committee on Fisheries. Including a Review of the Functions of COFI

11. Forestry:

1. Report of the First Session of the Committee on Forestry

2. Seventh World Forestry Congress (Buenos Aires, October 1972)

12. Nutrition: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Increasing the Production and Use of Edible Proteins

13. Report on the Role and Functions of the Regional Offices and Country Offices, and their Relation to the Role and Functions of Headquarters

14. Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest:

1. Matters Arising out of the UN General Assembly, FCOSOC, ACC, UNDP Governing Council and UNCTAD III
2. Progress Report on Cooperation between FAO and UNDP:
   • Developments in UNDP Agency Overhead Costs
   • Measures for Improving Project Delivery and Field Performances
3. Action Plan Adopted by the UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972)
4. FAO/UNIDO Cooperation
5. UN Joint Inspection Unit
   • Review of the Work of the JIU
   • Report on Country Programming and After
   • Report on Treatment of Water Resources Development in the UN Family of Organizations

   • Fourth Report of Activities of the JIU

15. International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS): Progress Report

16. Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1972–73 Biennium

VI. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

17. Report of the Twenty-Sixth Session of the CCLM:

1. Official and Working Languages of FAO
2. Examination of the FAO Basic Texts

3. Any Other Matters Arising out of the CCLM Report

18. Methods of Work of the Council: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee

19. Increase in the Number of Council Seats: Amendment to Article V-1 of the Constitution

20. Review of FAO Statutory Bodies

21. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:

1. Applications for Membership
2. Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions
3. Any Other Matters

   • Joint FAO/WHO/OAU Regional Food and Nutrition Commission for Africa - Revised Statutes

VII. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

22. Financial Matters:

1. Financial Position of the Organization
2. Financing of Unbudgeted Extra Costs and Impact on Programme of Work
   • Current Situation
   • Future Biennia
3. Audited Accounts

   • Amendment to GRO XXVII-7(o)

23. Personnel Matters:

1. Report of the Special Committee for the Review of the UN Salary System (Committee of Eleven)
2. Management/Staff Relations
3. Recruitment of Field Personnel
4. Briefing of Field Personnel
5. Staff Evaluation

6. Tenure of Appointment

VIII. OTHER MATTERS

24. Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Programme and Finance Committees:

1. Annual Report of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations
2. FAO's Policy on Contracting
3. Payment of Travel of Council, Programme and Finance Committee Members

4. Any Other Matters

25. Date and Place of the Seventeenth Session of the Conference

26. Date and Place of the Sixtieth Session of the Council.