PART E - OFFICERS OF CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL BY COUNTRY, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES

 
*

First Special Session of Conference - Washington, 1948.
  ** Second Special Session of Conference - Washington, 1950.
  *** Third Special Session of Conference - Rome, 1956.
  (A) Alternate Member.
  (B) On 23 November 1999 the Nominations Committee was abolished by Conference Resolution 4/99 and its functions were transferred to the June Session of the Council.
  

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

  The Council has eight Committees:
    Programme Committee (PC)
Finance Committee (FC)
Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (CCLM)
Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP)
Committee on Fisheries (COFI)
Committee on Forestry (COFO)
Committee on Agriculture (COAG)
Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
  They all comprise Member Nations. However, members of the
Programme and Finance Committees were elected in a personal
capacity up to and including 1977. The Independent Chairman of
the Council is elected in a personal capacity.
 

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

  Includes membership in Coordinating Committee, 1947-57.
 

FINANCE COMMITTEE

  Includes membership in Committee on Financial Control, 1947-57.
 

COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

  Includes membership in Committee on Relations with International Organizations, 1947-57.
   

 

 

AFGHANISTAN

Date of Accession

1.12.1949

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

1969

Credentials Committee

1950**, 1956***, 1973, 1979

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1965-71, 1977-83, 1985-87

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1967-69

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

ALBANIA

Date of Accession

12.11.1973

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

ALGERIA

Date of Accession

19.11.1963

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

B. Belhouadjeb (1999)

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1975

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

1975

Credentials Committee

1991

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1997

Membership

1969-71, 1977-80, 1987-89, 1995-98

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1993-97

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

1973-77, 1983-85

  

ANGOLA

Date of Accession

14.11.1977

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

1995

Nominations Committee (B)

1979, 1985, 1997

Credentials Committee

1981, 1993

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1994

Membership

1981-83, 1989-94

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1983-87

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Date of Accession

7.11.1983

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

ARGENTINA 3

Date of Accession

27.11.1951

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

A. Mercier (1957), J.R. Aguado (1981)

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1953, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1977

Membership of

General Committee

1957, 1981

Nominations Committee (B)

1957, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1989

Credentials Committee

1961

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1956, 1979, 1989, 1997

Membership

1953-58, 1961-67, 1971-2003

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1957-63, 1973-77, 1979-89

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1967-69, 1977-79, 1995-2001

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

 

___________________________

3 Argentina resigned from the Council during its Hundred and Twenty-third Session (Rome, 28 October - 1 November 2002).

 

ARMENIA

Date of Accession

8.11.1993

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

AUSTRALIA

Date of Accession

16.10.1945

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

I.M. Sinclair (1971), J.C. Kerin (1989)

Vice-Chairpersons

1949, 1953, 1957, 1985

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1947, 1948, 1949, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1989

Membership of

General Committee

1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1985, 1989

Nominations Committee (B)

1946, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1989

Credentials Committee

1947, 1949, 1959, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2001

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Viscount Bruce of Melbourne (1947-51)

Vice-Chairpersons

1951, 1963, 1974, 1981, 2001-November

Membership

1947-57, 1961-1963, 1967-69, 1973-75, 1979-81,
1985-2005

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1947-55, 1991-2003

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1953-54, 1959-61, 1977-91

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

1959-61, 1966-73

  

AUSTRIA

Date of Accession

27.8.1947

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1981, 1985, 1993

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

1948

Credentials Committee

1950**, 1961, 1973, 1983, 1985, 1991

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1985

Membership

1961-64, 1983-86, 1999-2001

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1985-89

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

1951-53

  

AZERBAIJAN

Date of Accession

20.10. 1995

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BAHAMAS

Date of Accession

8.11.1975

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BAHRAIN

Date of Accession

8.11.1971

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BANGLADESH

Date of Accession

12.11.1973

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

1987, 1993

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1975, 1977, 1989

Membership of

General Committee

1987

Nominations Committee (B)

1991, 1997

Credentials Committee

1981

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1978, 1980, 1982, 1996

Membership

1977-88, 1991-2000

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

S. Ahmed (1975-77)

Membership

1975-79

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BARBADOS

Date of Accession

6.11.1967

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

1985

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

1985

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1981-83, 1995-98, 1999-2004

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1983-87, 1989-93

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BELGIUM

Date of Accession

16.10.1945

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

1946

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1947, 1948, 1957, 1981, 1985, 1989

Membership of

General Committee

1946, 1956***, 1987, 1995

Nominations Committee (B)

1948, 1950**, 1953, 1957, 1973, 1977, 1989, 1997, 1999

Credentials Committee

1945, 1947, 1953, 1959, 1999

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

A. Saintraint (1989-93)

Vice-Chairpersons

1973, 1979

Membership

1949-52, 1955-58, 1961-64, 1969-71, 1977-80, 1993-95

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1950

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1952, 1967-69(A), 1995-97

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

1949-53, 1970-71

  

BELIZE

Date of Accession

7.11.1983

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BENIN

Date of Accession

9.11.1961

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

1967, 1983

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1973-75, 1983-85

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BHUTAN

Date of Accession

7.11.1981

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BOLIVIA

Date of Accession

16.10.1945

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

1953, 1956***

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

2001-November

Membership

2001-04

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Date of Accession

8.11.1993

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BOTSWANA

Date of Accession

1.11.1966

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

1979, 1981

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1979-81

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BRAZIL

Date of Accession

16.10.1945

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

1948*, 1950**, 1967

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1948, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1989, 1993

Membership of

General Committee

1946, 1948, 1948*, 1950**, 1957, 1961, 1967, 1983, 1987

Nominations Committee (B)

1947, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1963, 1969, 1985

Credentials Committee

1949, 1959

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

J. de Castro (1951-55)

Vice-Chairpersons

1970, 1977

Membership

1947-53, 1957-98, 1999-2004

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1977-83

Finance Committee

Chairperson

A. Vasconcelos (1957-61)

Membership

1950, 1951, 1953-63, 1969-71(A), 1971-75, 1987-91

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

1951-53, 1959-61

  

BULGARIA

Date of Accession

6.11.1967

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

2001

Nominations Committee (B)

1975

Credentials Committee

1971, 1979

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1975

Membership

1973-80, 1983-86, 2001-04

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BURKINA FASO

Date of Accession

9.11.1961

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

1999

Nominations Committee (B)

1981

Credentials Committee

1985

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1969-72, 1981-84, 1993-96, 1999-2004

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1993-97

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

BURUNDI

Date of Accession

19.11.1963

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1975

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1975-77

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

CAMBODIA

Date of Accession

11.11.1950

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

1951

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

CAMEROON

Date of Accession

22.3.1960

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

J.B. Yonke (1985)

Vice-Chairpersons

1961, 1971

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1967, 1993, 1995

Membership of

General Committee

1961, 1971, 1985

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

1979

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1987, 1991, 1997

Membership

1961-63, 1979-82, 1985-88, 1989-92, 1995-2003

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1981-85, 1999-2003

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

1987-91

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

CANADA

Date of Accession

16.10.1945

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

L.B. Pearson (1945), M. Sauvé (1965), L. Vanclief (1997)

Vice-Chairpersons

1951, 1956***

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1993, 1999, 2001

Membership of

General Committee

1945, 1947, 1950**, 1951, 1956***, 1965, 1997

Nominations Committee (B)

1947, 1948*, 1953, 1955, 1956***, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997

Credentials Committee

1946, 1948, 1949, 1961, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1948, 1949-June, 1949-November, 1949-December, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1978, 2000, 2001

Membership

1947- 2004

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

R. Rose (1999-2001)

Membership

1947, 1951-59, 1987-99, 2001-2003

Finance Committee

Chairperson

F. Shefrin (1971-75)

Membership

1947, 1951, 1952, 1971-75, 1977-85

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

1957-59, 1963-65, 2001-2003

  

CAPE VERDE

Date of Accession

8.11.1975

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

1987

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

1987

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

1983

Membership

1981-84, 1991-96

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Date of Accession

9.11.1961

CONFERENCE

Chairperson

Vice-Chairpersons

Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons of
Commissions and Committees

Membership of

General Committee

Nominations Committee (B)

Credentials Committee

COUNCIL

Independent Chairman

Vice-Chairpersons

Membership

1967-70

COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Programme Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Finance Committee

Chairperson

Membership

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

  


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