CL 126/2-Rev.2 |
Hundred and Twenty-sixth Session |
Rome, 11 December 2003 |
PROVISIONAL CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2004-2005 |
1. At its Sixty-sixth Session (June 1975) the Council, after concluding that the number of sessions and their programming was a fundamental problem, requested that "an annotated schedule for the next biennium of sessions of the Council itself and those Bodies which report to the Council should be submitted to the Sixty-eighth Council Session for approval, after adoption by the Conference of the Programme of Work and Budget and that this schedule should be reviewed at subsequent sessions of the Council as required".1
2. Appendix A gives the Provisional Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions for 2004-2005. The Council is now requested to approve the Calendar for 2004, and to note the Calendar for 2005.
3. The Council at its Hundred and Twenty-seventh Session in November 2004 will be given the Provisional Calendar 2005-2006 to approve the Calendar for 2005.
4. The Secretariats of FAO, IFAD and WFP, in an endeavour to harmonize the sessions of the respective Governing Bodies which require the participation of Permanent Representatives in Rome, established an Inter-Agency Working Group on Meeting Programming to prepare a calendar of main sessions on a two-year rolling basis.
5. Appendix B gives for information the Draft FAO/IFAD/WFP Calendar of Governing and Other Bodies 2004-2005 prepared jointly by the Working Group in an effort to avoid overlapping. The dates for each organization are subject to the approval of the respective Governing Bodies.
2004 |
2005 |
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JANUARY |
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FEBRUARY |
18 COAG |
9 - 10 |
65 CCP |
8 – 11 |
MARCH |
23 ARC |
1 - 5 |
26 COFI |
7 - 11 |
APRIL |
28 LARC |
26 - 30 |
78 CCLM |
4 – 5 |
MAY |
24 ERC |
5 - 7 |
108 FC |
9 – 13 |
JUNE |
128 CL |
20 - 25 | ||
JULY |
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AUGUST |
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SEPTEMBER |
30 CFS |
20 - 24 |
109 FC |
19 - 23 |
OCTOBER |
77 CCLM |
5 - 6 |
WFD |
17 (Mon) |
NOVEMBER |
127 CL |
22 - 27 |
129 CL |
16 – 18 |
DECEMBER |
Eid Al-Adha: |
1 Feb 04 |
Eid Al-Adha: |
21 Jan 05 | |
Easter: |
11 Apr 04 |
Easter: |
27 Mar 05 | |
Ramadan: |
16 Oct - 13 Nov 04 |
Ramadan: |
4 Oct – 2 Nov 05 | |
Eid Al-Fitr: |
14 Nov 04 |
Eid Al-Fitr: |
3 Nov 05 | |
APRC |
Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific |
ERC |
Regional Conference for Europe |
ARC |
Regional Conference for Africa |
FC |
Finance Committee |
C |
Conference |
LARC |
Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean |
CCLM |
Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters |
NERC | Regional Conference for the Near East |
CCP |
Committee on Commodity Problems |
PC |
Programme Committee |
CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
WFD |
World Food Day |
CL |
Council |
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COAG |
Committee on Agriculture |
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COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
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COFO |
Committee on Forestry |
2004 |
2005 |
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JANUARY |
WFP |
31/1 – 4/2 | ||
FEBRUARY |
18 COAG |
9 - 10 |
65 CCP |
8 – 11 |
MARCH |
23 ARC |
1 - 5 |
26 COFI |
7 - 11 |
APRIL |
IFAD/EB |
19 - 23 |
78 CCLM |
4 – 5 |
MAY |
24 ERC |
5 - 7 |
108 FC |
9 – 13 |
JUNE |
WFP |
6 - 10 | ||
JULY |
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AUGUST |
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SEPTEMBER |
IFAD/EB |
6 - 10 |
IFAD/EB |
12 – 16 |
OCTOBER |
77 CCLM |
5 - 6 |
WFD |
17 (Mon) |
NOVEMBER |
127 CL |
22 - 27 |
WFP |
7 – 11 |
DECEMBER |
IFAD/EB |
12 - 16 |
Eid Al-Adha: |
1 Feb 04 |
Eid Al-Adha: |
21 Jan 05 | |
Easter: |
11 Apr 04 |
Easter: |
27 Mar 05 | |
Ramadan: |
16 Oct - 13 Nov 04 |
Ramadan: |
4 Oct – 2 Nov 05 | |
Eid Al-Fitr: |
14 Nov 04 |
Eid Al-Fitr: |
3 Nov 05 | |
APRC |
Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific |
ERC |
Regional Conference for Europe |
ARC |
Regional Conference for Africa |
FC |
Finance Committee |
C |
Conference |
IFAD/EB |
IFAD Executive Board |
CCLM |
Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters |
IFAD/GC |
IFAD Governing Council |
CCP |
Committee on Commodity Problems |
LARC |
Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean |
CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
NERC | Regional Conference for the Near East |
CL |
Council |
PC |
Programme Committee |
COAG |
Committee on Agriculture |
WFD |
World Food Day |
COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
WFP |
World Food Programme Executive Board |
COFO |
Committee on Forestry |
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1 CL 66/REP, para. 301.