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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
Sixty-Fourth Session
Rome, 18–29 November 1974
TABLE OF CONTENTS


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, 1974


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

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

Statement by the Director-General

Tribute to the late U Thant

Tribute to the late Robert Doty

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

State of Food and Agriculture 1974

Commodity and Trade Problems: Report of the Forty-Ninth Session of the CCP (October 1974)

World Food Conference (Rome, November 1974): Follow-up Action by FAO

World Food Security

- International Undertaking on World Food Security (Res. 1/64)

-Evaluation of World Cereals Stock Situation

International Fertilizer Supply Scheme: Progress Report

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Budgetary Matters:

- Method of Consideration of Priorities

- Presentation of the Programme of Work and Budget 1976–77

- Developments in UNDP Agency Overhead Costs and the Cost Measurement System

- Programme and Budgetary Adjustments and Transfers in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 biennia

- Annual Report of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations (1973)

Programme Activities

- Matters Arising from the Implementation of the Rationalization Proposals

- Review of Programmes

- Outline for Review of FAO Field Programmes 1974–75

Summary of Recommendations of the 1974 Regional Conferences

Outline for Medium-Term Objectives

Report of the Second Session of the Committee on Agriculture (April 1974)

International Board on Plant Genetic Resources: Progress Report

Measures to Protect Europe against Exotic Virus Diseases

Fisheries: Report of the Ninth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (October 1974)

Forestry: Report of the Second Session of the Committee on Forestry (May 1974)

- Principles and Rules of Procedure of World Forestry Congresses

- Regional Forestry Commissions

- Programme of Work and Priorities in the Forestry Sector

Sahelian Zone Operations: Progress Report

International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS): Institutional Measures for Implementation

Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

- Matters arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC and ACC

- World Population Conference (Bucharest, August 1974): Follow-up Action by FAO

- Human Environment: FAO/UNEP Cooperation

- UN Water Conference (Buenos Aires, Summer 1977)

- UN Joint Inspection Unit

- Participation of African Liberation Movements in FAO and WFP Meetings and Activities. Report on Meeting with Liberation Movements during the Eighth FAO Regional Conference for Africa (Mauritius, August 1974)

- Pulp and Paper Shortage: Position Report

First Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1974–75 Biennium

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Twelfth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC)

Election of Four Members of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC)

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Twenty-Ninth Session of the CCLM:

- WFP Assistance to Peoples in Colonial Territories in Africa and their National Liberation Movements

Role, Functions and Composition of the Council

Review of FAO Statutory Bodies

Date for Nominations for the Office of Director-General

Invitations to non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

Status and Role of Permanent Representatives

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Financial Matters:

- Financial Position of the Organization

- Status of Contributions

- Change of Assessment (1973)

- Allocation of Cash Surplus

- Audited Accounts

- Amendment to Financial Regulations

- Financing of Unbudgeted Extra Costs

- Interest Income

- Representation Allowance

Personnel Matters:

- Management/Staff Relations

- General Service Salary Determination

- Interim Adjustment to General Service Salary Scales

- Conversion of Fixed Term Contracts (General Service Staff)

- Conversion of Fixed Term Contracts (Professional Staff)

- Ceiling for Eligibility of Payment of Dependency Allowance for Working Spouses

- Language Allowance

- Amendments to Staff Regulations Concerning Staff Representation

- Recruitment of General Service Staff

- Question of Constitutionality and Propriety of Staff Rule 302.40643

- Progress Report on the International Civil Service Commission

- Changes in Salary Scales and Allowance

- Appointment of Members to the FAO Staff Pension Committee

OTHER MATTERS

Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Sessions of the Programme Committee and the Reports of the Thirty-First and Thirty-Second Sessions of the Finance Committee

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

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Sixty-Fourth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Opening Statement by the Director-General

E - Details of Unscheduled Sessions Approved, Sessions Cancelled and Changes Made in Approved Sessions from 1 January to 31 October 1974

F - Principles Governing World Forestry Congresses

G - Contributions due and payable at 20 November 1974

H - Methodology of Salary Survey for General Service Staff (Terms of Reference for the Finance Committee)