CL 127/4

Council

1. In accordance with Resolution 6/99 adopted by the 30th Session of the FAO Conference on 13 November 1999, the Council is required to elect six members of the WFP Executive Board for a term of office of three years from among FAO Member Nations.

2. For purposes of election to the Board, FAO Member Nations are divided into five separate lists (A, B, C, D and E) as shown in Appendix A to this document.

3. The present composition of the WFP Executive Board is given overleaf, with the List (as per Appendix A) to which each member belongs indicated in brackets.

4. Appendix B to this document reproduces a letter dated 11 December 2003 addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference and Council by the Permanent Representatives of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. The letter informs the Secretary-General that El Salvador will renounce its List C seat on 31 December 2004 in favour of Nicaragua.

5. Accordingly, the Council is invited to note the resignation of El Salvador from the WFP Executive Board on 31 December 2004 and to agree that the seat thus vacated be filled by Nicaragua.

6. The Council will therefore be required to elect six members, for a term of office expiring on 31 December 2007 to replace the ones whose terms end on 31 December 2004, i.e. Canada (D); China (B); Eritrea (A); Germany (D); Haiti (C) and Mauritania (A).

7. Outgoing members are eligible for re-election.

8. A nomination form is given in Appendix C to this document, and the deadline for submission of nominations to the Secretary-General of the Council is 12.00 hours on Wednesday 24 November 2004.

1. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

States: 136

WFP Executive Board Seats: 20 (ten each to be elected by the FAO Council and the ECOSOC of the United Nations) plus 1 seat to be elected by the FAO Council that rotates between the States included in the lists according to the following sequence: List A (2000-2002), List B (2003-2005), List A (2006-2008) and List C (2009-2011)

The 20 seats will be distributed on the following basis:

List A

States: 53

WFP Executive Board Seats: 8 (four to be elected by the FAO Council and four by the ECOSOC of the United Nations)

States: 53

WFP Executive Board Seats: 7 (three to be elected by the FAO Council and four by the ECOSOC of the United Nations)

List C

States: 33

WFP Executive Board Seats: 5 (three to be elected by the FAO Council and two by the ECOSOC of the United Nations)

2. ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

States: 47

WFP Executive Board Seats: 15 (seven to be elected by the FAO Council and eight by the ECOSOC of the United Nations)

The 15 seats will be distributed on the following basis:

List D

States: 29

WFP Executive Board Seats: 12 (six each to be elected by the FAO Council and the ECOSOC of the United Nations)

List E

States: 19

WFP Executive Board Seats: 3 (one to be elected by the FAO Council and two by the ECOSOC of the United Nations)

APPENDIX B

(Translated from Spanish)

Permanent Representations of the Republics of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala
to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO

Rome, 11 December 2003

Elections to the WFP Executive Board

Dear Mrs Gardner,

The Permanent Representations of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala (List C countries) have a mutual interest in participating in the work of the WFP Executive Board for the period 2003-2006 and, under a rotation agreement, have decided to put forward the candidature of El Salvador, which will renounce its seat for 2005 and 2006, to be substituted by Nicaragua in 2005 and by Guatemala in 2006. The election will take place at the 126^th Session of the FAO Council on 11 December 2003.

Yours sincerely,

(signed)

Mrs Carleen Gardner
Assistant Director-General
Secretary-General of the Conference and Council of FAO
Rome

APPENDIX C