C 2003/11 |
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C 2003/11 |
Thirty-second Session |
Rome, 29 November – 10 December 2003 |
ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS |
1. Rule XXII of the General Rules of the Organization (GRO) sets out the provisions for the nomination and election of Member Nations to the FAO Council.
2. The term of office of Council Members is for three years.
3. The Council has forty-nine seats, of which sixteen fall vacant in each of two successive calendar years and seventeen in the third calendar year.
4. The seats to be filled at the Thirty-second Session of the Conference comprise 16 which fall vacant at the conclusion of that Session, 17 which fall vacant on 31 December 2004, and one for the period November 2003 to 31 December 2004 following the resignation of a country in accordance with Rule XXII-7 GRO.
5. The present composition of the Council is listed below and the seats in the first two columns will come up for election as indicated in (b) and (c).
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| Region | Country occupying or having occupied seat |
| Africa (3) | Cameroon, Kenya, Zimbabwe |
| Asia (6) | China, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand |
| Europe (3) | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany |
| Latin America and the Caribbean (3) |
Argentina*, Chile, Peru |
| Near East (1) | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| North America (0) | |
| Southwest Pacific (0) |
* Deemed to have resigned in accordance with Rule XXII-7 of the General Rules of the Organization.
Region |
Country occupying or having occupied seat |
| Africa (5) | Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Tanzania, Tunisia |
| Asia (0) | |
| Europe (3) | Bulgaria, Portugal, Switzerland |
| Latin America and the Caribbean (5) |
Barbados*, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico |
| Near East (2) | Libya, Qatar |
| North America (2) | Canada, United States of America |
| Southwest Pacific (0) |
* Deemed to have resigned in accordance with Rule XXII-7 of the General Rules of the Organization.
6. Under the terms of Rule XXII-10 GRO, each nomination for election to a seat on the Council must be made in writing and supported by the delegates of two Member Nations other than the delegate of the Member Nation nominated, and the nomination must be for a specific region. Rule XXII-10(a) GRO specifies that the Conference, as soon as possible after the opening of its session and in any case before the end of the third day of the session (i.e. 1 December 2003) shall, on the recommendation of its General Committee, "decide the date of the election and the date by which nominations for election to the Council must be submitted". The procedure to be followed in submitting these nominations is outlined in Rule XXII-10(b) and (c) GRO. Rule XXII-10(d) GRO further specifies that the General Committee shall communicate the valid nominations received to the Conference at least three working days before the date selected for the election.
7. The 124th Session of the Council recommended that the Conference establish 5 December 2003 as the date for the election with 12.00 hours on 29 November 2003 as the deadline by which nominations should be submitted.
8. The distribution of FAO Member Nations by region for Council election purposes as at 28 June 2003, is provided in Appendix A hereto.
9. Appropriate nomination forms are contained in Appendix B hereto.
(As at 28 June 2003)
(Member Nations: 48 - Council seats: 12)
ALGERIA |
ETHIOPIA |
NIGER |
(Member Nations: 22 - Council seats: 9)
BANGLADESH |
INDONESIA |
MALDIVES |
| APPLICANT MEMBER: Timor Leste | ||
(Member Nations: 43 - Council seats: 10)
ALBANIA |
GEORGIA |
NORWAY |
MEMBER ORGANIZATION: European Community | ||
(Member Nations: 33 - Council seats: 9)
ANTIGUA AND |
DOMINICA |
NICARAGUA |
(Member Nations: 21 - Council seats: 6)
AFGHANISTAN |
KUWAIT |
SOMALIA |
(Member Nations: 2 - Council seats: 2)
CANADA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(Member Nations: 14 - Council seats: 1)
AUSTRALIA |
APPLICANT MEMBERS: Federated States of Micronesia, Tuvalu
(to be submitted by 12.00 hours on 29 November 2003)
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Date: ..................................................
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| To: | Secretary-General of the Conference and Council B-202 |
| The Delegate of
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| (signature)
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| wish to nominate
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| for election to a seat on the Council for the Region of
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| (a) | December 2003 – December 2004 (for Region of Latin America and the Caribbean only)* |
| (b) | December 2003 - 31 December 2006* |
| (c) | 1 January 2005 - November 2007* |
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| The Delegate of ............................................... accepts this nomination. | |
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* Delete if not applicable. Candidates who are unsuccessful in the election to fill the vacancy or vacancies occurring in the first calendar year shall be included among the candidates for election to the vacancy or vacancies occurring at the end of the second calendar year, except where they voluntarily withdraw.
| 10. | (a) | As soon as possible after the opening of the Conference session, and in any case before the end of the third day of the session, the Conference, on the recommendation of its General Committee, shall decide the date of the election and the date by which nominations for election to the Council must be submitted, in accordance with subparagraph (c) below. |
| (b) | Each nomination shall be made for a specific region as determined by the Conference, indicating the term of office to which it applies, subject to the provisions of subparagraph (g) of this paragraph. No nomination shall be made for a term that includes a period for which the Member Nation concerned is already in office. | |
| (c) | Each nomination shall be supported, in writing, by the delegates of two Member Nations to the Conference other than the delegate of the Member Nation nominated and shall be accompanied by a formal written acceptance of the nomination by the delegate of the Member Nation nominated. Any nomination reaching the Secretary-General of the Conference and Council after the date and time determined by the Conference for the submission of nominations shall not be valid. | |
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| (g) | The election of Council Members shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 9 (b) and 12 of Rule XII, one election being held to fill simultaneously all the vacancies occurring in each region in each of the calendar years referred to in paragraph 1 of this Rule. Should the number of Member Nations standing for election in a particular region be equal to the total number of vacancies occurring in both calendar years, one election may be held to fill simultaneously all these vacancies, and the allocation of candidates to the vacancies occurring in each year may be settled, where necessary, by mutual agreement or by the Conference by such methods as it may decide to adopt. Candidates who are unsuccessful in the election to fill the vacancy or vacancies occurring in the first calendar year shall be included among the candidates for election to the vacancy or vacancies occurring at the end of the second calendar year, except where they voluntarily withdraw. |