APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE SIXTY-FIRST 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 Committees of Plenary and of the Committee-of-the-Whole

II. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

3. Commodity Problems:

   1. Report of the Forty-Eighth Session of the CCP

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

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

4. Review of FAO Field Programmes, 1972–73

5. Proposals for Rationalization in the Agriculture, Economic and Social Policy and Development Departments

6. Survey of FAO Periodicals

7. Report of the Ad Hoc Government Consultation on Fertilizers

8. FAO's Activities in Agricultural Research

9. International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS) - Progress Report

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

    1. FAO/UNDP Cooperation (Including Arrangements for SAA/FAO Country Representatives and Developments in UNDP Agency Overhead Costs)

    2. FAO/UNIDO Relations

    3. Report of the Programme Committee on the Need for an Additional Programme Review of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture

    4. Matters Relating to the Human Environment

    5. 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 (JIU/REP/72/7)

       • Fifth Report of the Activities of the JIU (July 72 – June 73)

    6. Other Matters

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

III. PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET AND MEDIUM TERM OBJECTIVES

12. Programme of Work and Budget, 1974–75

13. Medium-Term Objectives

IV. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

14. Draft Resolution for the Conference Setting Out the Pledging Target for the 1975–76 Biennium

V. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

15. Nominations of the Chairman of the Conference and the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference

16. Election of the Nominations Committee

17. Nomination of the Chairman of the Informal Meeting of Observers from Non-Governmental Organizations

VI. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

18. Matters Arising from the Report of the Twenty-Eighth Session of the CCLM

    1. Examination of the FAO Basic Texts

    2. Other Matters

19. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

    1. Establishment of a Fisheries Commission for the Western Central Atlantic under Article VI.1 of the Constitution

    2. Amendments to the Constitution, Rules of Procedure and Financial Regulations of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

    3. Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

    4. Any further Matters

VII. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

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

21. Financial Matters:

    1. Financial Position of the Organization

    2. Additional Unbudgeted Costs - Current Situation

    3. Scale of Contributions, 1974–75

    4. Impact of Field Programmes on the Regular Programme

    5. Audited Accounts

    6. Other Financial Matters:

       • Progress Report on Handling of Field Accounts

       • Operation of Lapse Factor

       • Headquarters Accommodation

       • Applications for Membership, Bangladesh and Mongolia

       • Methods of Work of the Council

       • Budget of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease for 1974–75

22. Personnel Matters:

    1. Report on the Staff Evaluation System

    2. Management/Staff Relations

    3. Progress Report on the International Civil Service Commission

    4. Progress Report on the General Service Salary Survey

    5. Deployment of Staff and Tenure of Appointments

    6. Other Personnel Matters

       • Establishment and Allocation of Posts

       • Changes in Salary Scales and Allowances

       • Grade Structure

       • Language Requirements on Recruitment

VIII. OTHER MATTERS

23. Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Programme Committee and the Thirtieth Session of the Finance Committee, and from the Report of the Joint Meeting of these Committees

24. Any Other Business

25. Date and Place of the Sixty-Second Session of the Council