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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
Sixtieth Session
Rome, 11 – 22 June 1973

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COUNCILFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSCL 60/REP
June 1973
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, 1973


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to New Council Members and to the Observers from the People's Republic of China

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

Election of Vice-Chairmen and Appointment of Drafting Committees of Plenary and of the Committee-of-the-Whole

Statement by the Director-General

Tribute to A. de Vajda

Appreciation of the Services of Harry B. Wirin

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Fisheries: Report of the Eighth Session of COFI

Provisional Agenda for the Second Session of COAG, 1974

Measures to Strengthen FAO's Structure in the Field of Rural Development, Particularly Agrarian Reform

Fertilizers (Use, Production and Trade)

Matters Arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC, ACC and UNDP Governing Council

Intensive Intergovernmental Commodity Consultations in Pursuance of UNCTAD Resolution 83 (III)

FAO's Contribution in Assisting the Forthcoming Multilateral Trade Negotiations under GATT

UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972): FAO Action

Report of the Review Committee on the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture (AGE)

FAO/UNDP Cooperation (Developments in UNDP Agency Overhead Costs)

UN Joint Inspection Unit:

- Report on the Introduction of Cost Accounting in the Organizations of the UN Family

- Report on Communications in the UN System

- Report on the Utilization of Shipping (FAO)

Proposal by the Director-General on International Action to Assure Adequate Basic Food Stocks

Sahelian Relief Operation

Proposal for a Permanent FAO Activity Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Lord Boyd Orr

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

Second Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1972–1973 Biennium

FAO PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET

Summary Programme of Work and Budget, 1974–75

PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Agenda for the Conference

Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

Date for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Eleventh Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee, and Review of the Programme in Preparation for the Sixth Pledging Conference

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Methods of Work of the Council

Increase in the Number of Council Seats

Criteria for the Formulation of Resolutions of the Conference

Draft Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia, the Far East and the South-West Pacific (Res 1/60)

Examination of the FAO Basic Texts

Distribution of Member Nations by Regions

Status and Role of Permanent Representatives

Draft Relationship Agreement between FAO and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) (Res 2/60)

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Programme and Budgetary Adjustments Including Transfers in the 1972–73 Biennium

Financial Matters:

- Status of Contributions and Contributions in Arrears

- Status of 1972–73 Expenditure

- Unbudgeted Extra Costs - Current Situation

- Provision of Funds to Finance Budgetary Expenditure

- Scale of Contributions, 1974–75

- Special Report on Travel

- Applications for Membership by Albania, Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates

- Resumption of Membership by China

- Appointment of External Auditor (Res. 3/60)

- Annual Report of Budgetary Performance

Personnel Matters:

- Report of the Special Committee for the Review of the UN Salary System (Committee of Eleven)

- General Service Salary Scales

- Appointment of Replacement of Member Government Representative to the Staff Pension Committee

- Redeployment of Personnel

- Home Leave Entitlements

- Changes in Salary Scales and Allowances (Education Grant)

- Management/Staff Relations: Staff Council Elections

- Associate Expert Scheme

OTHER MATTERS

Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Twenty-Third Session of the Programme Committee, the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Finance Committee and the Joint Report of these Committees

- Outline for the Review of FAO Field Programmes, 1972–73

- Medium-Term Objectives and Priorities

Date and Place of the Sixty-First Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Sixtieth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - Address by the President of Upper Volta

F - List of Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled between 1 November 1972 and 14 May 1973

G - Methods of Work of the Council

H - Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia, the Far East and the South-West Pacific

I - Agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

J - Three UN General Assembly Resolutions Relating to the UN Scale of Assessments for 1974 and Onwards


DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

Fisheries: Report of the Eighth Session of COFI
Director-General authorized to have consultations with regard to establishment of a fishery body for the Western Central Atlantic (para. 11).
Provisional Agenda for the Second Session of COAG 1974
Director-General requested to finalize the provisional agenda for the second COAG Session in consultation with the Chairman of COAG, to convene the session for two weeks in the second half of April 1974, and to study the record of the Council discussion and bring forward to next Council or Conference session any useful suggestions for improving COAG procedures (paras 28–30).
Fertilizers (Use, Production and Trade)
Convene as soon as possible an ad hoc intergovernmental consultation on fertilizers with participation of industry representatives, UNCTAD, UNIDO and IBRD (para. 42).
Matters Arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC, ACC and UNDP Governing Council
Director-General requested to consider the possibility of preparing a 10-year plan for erasing the inadequate food and nutritional conditions among needy populations (para. 45).
Intensive Intergovernmental Commodity Consultations in Pursuance of UNCTAD Resolution 83 (III)
Director-General authorized to convene consultations or commodities included in programme under consideration in UNCTAD and to invite interested states members of FAO or UNCTAD (para. 50).
Director General requested to keep CCP and Council informed of developments in intensive consultations (para. 51).
FAO's Contribution in Assisting the Forthcoming Multilateral Trade Negotiations under GATT
Include as a standing agenda item of the CCP the subject of multilateral trade negotiations (para. 53).
UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972): FAO Action
Director-General requested to present to the next Council and Conference sessions a more detailed report of proposed FAO programmes (para. 56).
Strengthen collaboration established between Secretariats of FAO and UNEP and have next Conference session consider the infrastructure support for UNEP/FAO cooperative activities under the Regular Programme (paras 57–58).
Report of the Review Committee on the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture (AGE)
Programme Committee should at next session examine a working paper containing further details of individual programmes, and report its conclusions to the Council (para. 61).
FAO/UNDP Cooperation (Developments in UNDP Agency Overhead Costs)
Make available updated information on trends in the volume of UNDP projects to the next Council session (para. 69).
UN Joint Inspection Unit - Report on the Utilization of Shipping (FAO)
Inform Governing Bodies about the financial and structural implications of the fisheries vessels pool (para. 79).
Proposal by the Director-General on International Action to Assure Adequate Basic Food Stocks
Prepare concrete proposals for consideration at the Conference, along with the views of the CCP, the IGC of the WFP, the International Wheat Council and interested international and regional development agencies (para. 100).
Sahelian Relief Operations
Advances totalling $900 000 to meet urgent expenditure on relief measures sanctioned from the Working Capital Fund, pending the credit to the Trust Fund of donations (para. 107).
Proposal for a Permanent FAO Activity Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Lord Boyd Orr
The new “Lord Boyd Orr Food and Nutrition Library” should remain a branch of the David Lubin Memorial Library at FAO Headquarters (paras 114–115).
The future format of the FAO Food and Nutrition Newsletter should be examined by the Programme Committee in relation to FAO's overall policy in regard to periodicals (para. 117).
International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS): Progress Report
Provide next Council session with detailed information on cost and benefits of the AGRIS project (para. 122).
Second Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1972–73 Biennium
Submit a report on unscheduled sessions twice each biennium to the Autumn Council sessions, and modify the criteria used as a basis for approving unscheduled sessions (para. 125).
Summary Programme of Work and Budget, 1974–75
Continue in future the new procedure of budgetary presentation, including an Annex showing the budget by administrative structure (para. 136).
Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Agenda for the Conference
Finalize document CL 60/19 as amended by the Council (paras. 150–156).
Date for Nominations for Indpendent Chairman of the Council
Secretary-General requested to circulate by 10 September 1973 all nominations received by the deadline of 17 000 hours on 3 September 1973 (para. 159).
Methods of Work of the Council
Programme and Finance Committee requested to make specific proposals for the delegation of authority for saving Council time (para 172).
Secretary-General requested to inform Council members at least one month in advance if no Committee-of-the-Whole envisaged at any Council session (para. 173).
Finalize, complete, and keep up to date the Index of Decisions of the Conference and Council (para. 176).
Append the Rules of Procedure applicable to the Council to the text of the methods of work of the Council distributed with the Provisional Agenda of each Council session (para. 178).
Increase in the Number of Council Seats
Conference to consider Draft Resolution regarding increase of Council seats from 34 to 40 (para. 185).
Criteria for the Formulation of Resolutions of the Conference
CCLM requested to propose to a future Council session any required amendments or additions to the criteria for the formulation of Conference resolutions (para. 189).
Draft Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia, the Far East and the South-West Pacific
Submit to Member Nations the text of the draft agreement with a view to their acceptance (para. 194, Res. 1/60).
Examination of the FAO Basic Texts
Conference to consider adoption of amendments to the General Rules of the Organization regarding (a) periodic reports of Member Nations (b) the words “item” and “tema” in Rule II-9, (c) records and reports of the Conference and (d) the appointment of a new Director-General following the expiry of his predecessor's term (para. 196).
Conference to consider Draft Resolution regarding the participation of non-member states in FAO bodies and meetings (para. 198).
CCLM requested to submit to the Sixty-First Council session a new draft amendment to Rule XI (para. 199).
Distribution of Member Nations by Regions
Circulate to the next Conference session the document presented to the CCLM together with information on the regional distribution of member States of other international organizations (para. 201).
Status and Role of Permanent Representatives
Secretary-General requested to solicit comments from Governments on CL 60/25, and to circulate these to the Permanent Representatives in Rome for submitting proposals to a future Council session (para. 203).
Draft Relationship Agreement between FAO and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Conference to confirm the text of the Agreement establishing close cooperation between FAO and ICCAT (para. 205, Res. 2/60).
Refer all future draft relationship agreements between FAO and other intergovernmental organizations to the CCLM before submission to Council (para. 206).
Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions
Director-General authorized to invite the USSR to session FI 810-FAO Technical Conference on Fishery Products, Tokyo, 4–11 December 1973 (para. 209).
Financial Matters - Provision of Funds to Finance Budgetary Expenditure
Conference to consider Draft Resolution regarding authority to transfer certain amounts to a Suspense Account (para. 234).
Financial Matters - Scale of Contributions, 1974–75
Finance Committee to review in depth the basis for the FAO Scale of Contributions for 1974–75, and to report thereon to the next Council session (para, 244).
Financial Matters - Special Report on Travel
Finance Committee and Director-General should consider the question of travel standards of senior staff once the UN General Assembly had made a decision (para. 248).
Apply from 1 January 1974 restrictions limiting the cost of home leave travel by sea (para. 249).
Financial Matters - Resumption of Membership by China
Conference to consider Draft Resolution regarding the ùnpaid assessed contributions for China for the years 1948 to 1952 (para. 257).
Financial Matters - Appointment of External Auditor
Reappoint the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Great Britain as External Auditor of FAO for two years commencing with the audit of accounts for 1974 (para. 258).
Personnel Matters - Report of the Special Committee for the Review of the UN Salary System (Committee of Eleven)
Finance Committee to review the draft Statute for an International Civil Service Commission at its next Session (para. 265).
Personnel Matters - General Service Salary Scales
The International Civil Service Commission should review as soon as possible the question of the Guiding Principles and their application, and should be responsible for determining General Service salary scales; meanwhile the Director-General after appointing an Ad Hoc Panel to revise the General Service salary schedule, should submit its report and his recommendations to the Finance Committee and the Council (paras. 270–273).
With effect from 1 July 1973 the system of 5 per cent General Service salary increases whenever the Italian salary index moved by 5 per cent should be at the rate of 3 percent at all grade levels until the results of the survey were known, (para. 274).
Director-General should submit to the next Finance Committee session details for possible repayment of the difference between 3 per cent and 5 per cent, should the survey indicate such repayment was justified (paras. 275–276).
Personnel Matters - Redeployment of Personnel
Finance Committee and Director-General requested to establish a time schedule for a study of criteria for determining posts considered suitable for fixed-term and permanent appointments (para. 284).
Personnel Matters - Home Leave Entitlements
Director-General requested to bring to attention of the International Civil Service Commission the need for a thorough study of home leave entitlements, and to proceed with the study comparing all aspects of the conditions of employment of fixed-term and permanent appointments (paras. 286–287).
Personnel Matters - Changes in Salary Scales and Allowances (Education Grant)
Apply the new education grant maxima with the same effective date as the United Nations (para. 289).
Personnel Matters - Management/Staff Relations: Staff Council Elections
Hold Staff Council elections at the earliest possible date in line with the formula approved (para. 295).
Date and Place of the Sixty-First Session of the Council
Convene the Sixty-First Session in Rome, from 5 to 9 November 1973 (para. 304).