C 2003/INF/16


Conference

Thirty-second Session

Rome, 29 November – 10 December 2003

STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE AND VOTING RIGHTS SUBMITTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC) AND ITS MEMBER STATES (MS)

   

INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

1. Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
4. Admission of Observers
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
5. Review of the State of Food and Agriculture
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                EC
   

PART I - SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS

6. Progress Report on Implementation of the FAO Gender and Development Plan of Action (2002-2007)
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
7. Progress Report on Implementation of the Plan of Action for the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (Res. 4/2001)
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
8. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
9. Progress Report on Implementation of the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                EC
10. FAO Initiatives to fight hunger: Follow-up to the World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
11. International Year of Rice 2004
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS*
   

PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS

12. Programme Implementation Report 2000-2001
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
13. Programme Evaluation Report 2003
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
14. Programme of Work and Budget 2004-2005 (Draft Resolution)
  Competence    Mixed
Vote                MS
   

PART III - LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

A. Constitutional and Legal Matters
15. The Number and Length of Terms of Office of the Director-General (Article VII.1 of the Constitution of FAO)
  Competence     Mixed
Vote                 EC
   
B. Administrative and Financial Matters
16. Audited Accounts 2000-2001 (Draft Resolution)
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
17. Scale of Contributions 2004-2005 (Draft Resolution)
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
18. Payment by the European Community to Cover Administrative and other Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization
  Competence     Mixed
Vote                 EC
19. Other Administrative and Financial Matters
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
   

PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

20. Applications for Membership in the Organization
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
21. Election of Council Members
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
22. Appointments
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
22.1 Appointment of the Independent Chairperson of the Council
22.2 Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee
   

PART V - OTHER MATTERS

23. Date and Place of the Thirty-third Conference Session
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
24. Any Other Matters
  Competence    MS
Vote                MS
24.1 McDougall Memorial Lecture
24.2 Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards
24.3 Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award
24.4 Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award
24.5 Margarita Lizárraga Medal
24.6 In Memoriam

* Subject to further information