C 2003/1-Rev.1


Conference

Thirty-second Session

Rome, 29 November – 10 December 2003

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

  

INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

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

PART I - SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS

6. Progress Report on Implementation of the FAO Gender and Development Plan of Action (2002-2007)
7. Progress Report on Implementation of the Plan of Action for the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (Res. 4/2001)
8. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
9. Progress Report on Implementation of the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
10. FAO Initiatives to fight hunger: Follow-up to the World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
11. International Year of Rice 2004
 
PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS
12. Programme Implementation Report 2000-2001
13. Programme Evaluation Report 2003
14. Programme of Work and Budget 2004-2005 (Draft Resolution)
 

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)
16. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

16.1

Agreement with the the Office International des Épizooties

16.2

Cooperation Agreement with Organisation for the Development of Fisheries in
Eastern and Central Europe (EUROFISH)

16.3

Amendment to Regulation VI of the Financial Regulations (Funds under Partnership in Development Projects) (Draft Resolution)

16.4

Amendment to Regulation VI of the Financial Regulations (Capital Budgeting) (Draft Resolution)

16.5

Amendment to Regulation V of the Financial Regulation (Split Assessments) (Draft Resolution)

16.6

Composition of the Finance Committee

16.7

Suspension of Rule XXVII.2 of the General Rules of the Organization

 
B. Administrative and Financial Matters
17. Audited Accounts 2000-2001 (Draft Resolution)
18. Scale of Contributions 2004-2005 (Draft Resolution)
19. Payment by the European Community to Cover Administrative and other Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization
20. Other Administrative and Financial Matters20.1 Methodology for Equitable Geographic Distribution
 

PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

21. Applications for Membership in the Organization
22. Election of Council Members
23. Appointments
23.1 Appointment of the Independent Chairperson of the Council
23.2 Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee
 

PART V - OTHER MATTERS

24. Date and Place of the Thirty-third Conference Session
25. Any Other Matters
25.1 McDougall Memorial Lecture
25.2 Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards
25.3 Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award
25.4 Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award
25.5 Margarita Lizárraga Medal
25.6 In Memoriam
 
Information Documents will be tabled on the following subjects*
A. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments thereto.
B. Status of Contributions
C. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
   
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Delegates wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 25: Any Other Matters.