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| Hundred and Thirtieth Session
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Independent Chairman of the Council: Mohammed Saeid Noori-Naeini
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Argelia2 Angola1 Armenia1 Australia3 Bangladesh1 Bolivia2 Brazil2 Canada2 Cape Verde2 Chile1 China1 Congo1 Côte d'Ivoire3 Cuba2 Egypt3 El Salvador3 |
Eritrea2 France3 Germany1 India3 Indonesia3 Iran, Islamic Republic of1 Italy3 Japan1 Lebanon3 Madagascar3 Mali2 Malta2 Mexico2 Netherlands2 Nigeria3 Oman2 Pakistan3 |
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2 Term of officeuntil the conclusion of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Conference, November 2007. 3 Term of office until 31 December 2006. |
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ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
MATTERS ARISING OUT OF THE CONFERENCE SESSION
CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2006-2007
DATE AND PLACE OF THE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COUNCIL
APPENDICES
| A | Agenda for the Hundred and Thirtieth Session of the Council |
| B | List of Delegates and Observers |
| C | List of Documents |
| D | Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other main Sessions 2006-2007 |
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1. The Hundred and Thirtieth Session of the Council was held in Rome on
28 November 2005, under the Chairpersonship of Mohammed Saeid Noori-Naeini, Independent Chairperson of the Council.
2. The Council adopted the Agenda as given in Appendix A of this Report.
3. The Council elected as Vice-Chairpersons for the session: Govindan Nair
(India), Horacio Maltez (Panama) and Ms Bojana Hocevar (Slovenia).
4. In conformity with the General Rules of the Organization, the Council elected the following to the Programme Committee for the period November 2005 to November 2007:
Chairperson: |
United Kingdom |
(Matthew Wyatt) |
Members: |
Afghanistan |
(Abdul Razak Ayazi) |
Australia |
(Ms Judy Barfield) | |
Canada |
(James Melanson) | |
Dominican Republic |
(Mario Arvelo Caamaño) | |
India |
(Govindan Nair) | |
Jamaica |
(Frederick B. Zenny) | |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
(Abdalla Abdulrahman Zaied) | |
Nigeria |
(Ganyir Lombin) | |
Philippines |
(Romeo S. Recide) | |
South Africa |
(Ms Vangile Brenda Titi) |
5. In conformity with the General Rules of the Organization, the Council elected the following to the Finance Committee for the period November 2005 to November 2007:
Chairperson: |
Pakistan |
(Aamir Ashraf Khawaja) |
Members: |
Côte d’Ivoire |
(Aboubakar Bakayoko) |
Denmark |
(Soeren Skafte) | |
Germany |
(Eckhard W. Hein) | |
Italy |
(Augusto Zodda) | |
Japan |
(Seiichi Yokoi) | |
Paraguay |
(Ms Ana María Baiardi Quesnel) | |
Peru |
(Roberto Seminario) | |
Qatar |
(Ahmed Ibrahim Al Abdulla) | |
United States of America |
(J. Michael Cleverley) | |
Zimbabwe |
(Ms Verenica Takaendesa Mutiro) |
6. In conformity with the General Rules of the Organization, the Council elected the following seven Member Nations to the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters for the period November 2005 to November 2007:
Belgium |
Philippines |
Czech Republic |
Syrian Arab Republic |
Gabon |
United States of America |
Guatemala |
7. In accordance with the Resolution 6/99 adopted by the Thirtieth Session of the FAO Conference on 13 November 1999, the Council was required to elect six members of the WFP Executive Board from among FAO Member Nations for the period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2008.
8. The Council then elected the following members from the following lists to the WFP Executive Board for a term of office of three years (1 January 2006 to 31 December 2008).
List |
Members |
A |
Algeria |
C |
Colombia |
D |
Austria |
E |
Slovenia |
9. The Council took note that Nicaragua had resigned from the WFP Executive Board and agreed that Guatemala should occupy the seat in List C thus vacated for the remainder of the term of office expiring on 31 December 2006.
10. The Council took note that Thailand had resigned from the WFP Executive Board and agreed that Kuwait should occupy the seat in List B thus vacated for the remiander of the term of office expiring on 31 December 2007.
11. The Council noted that there were no matters arising out of the Thirty-third Session of the Conference for the decision of this session of the Council.
12. The Council approved the Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions for 2006 and noted the Calendar for 2007, as reproduced in Appendix D to this Report.
13. The Council agreed to convene its Hundred and Thirty-first Session from
20 to 25 November 2006.
APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH
SESSION OF THE COUNCIL
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Adoption of the Agenda | ||
2. |
Election of three Vice-Chairpersons | ||
II. ACTIVITIES OF FAO | |||
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Election of the Chairperson and Members of the Programme Committee | ||
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Election of the Chairperson and Members of the Finance Committee | ||
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Election of Members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters | ||
III. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME | |||
6. |
Election of Six Members of the WFP Executive Board | ||
IV. OTHER MATTERS | |||
7. |
Matters Arising out of the Conference Session | ||
8. |
Provisional Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 2006-2007 | ||
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Any Other Matters |
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APPENDIX B
LIST OF DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS
APPENDIX C
LIST OF DOCUMENTS
| CL 130/1 | Provisional Annotated Agenda |
| CL 130/2 | Provisional Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions 2006-2007 |
| CL 130/INF/Series | |
| CL 130/INF/1 | Statement of Competence and Voting Rights Submitted by the European Community (EC) and its Member States (MS) |
| CL 130/INF/2 | Provisional List of Documents |
| CL 130/INF/3 | Membership of the World Food Programme Executive Board |
| CL 130/LIM/Series | |
| CL 130/LIM/1 | Election of Chairperson and Members of the Programme Committee |
| CL 130/LIM/2 | Election of Chairperson and Members of the Finance Committee |
| CL 130/LIM/3 | Election of Members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters |
| CL 130/LIM/4 | Election of Six Members of the WFP Executive Board |
APPENDIX D
CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS
2006-2007
2006 |
2007 | |||||||
JANUARY |
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FEBRUARY |
27 COFI |
26/2 – 2/3 | ||||||
MARCH |
28 NERC |
12-16 |
18 COFO |
12 – 16 | ||||
APRIL |
29 LARC |
24- 28 |
82 CCLM |
4 – 5 | ||||
MAY |
95 PC |
8 -12 |
114 FC |
7– 11 | ||||
JUNE |
25 ERC |
7-9 |
132 CL |
18 - 23 | ||||
JULY |
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AUGUST |
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SEPTEMBER |
32 CFS |
18-22 |
115 FC |
17 -21 | ||||
OCTOBER |
81 CCLM |
2-3 |
WFD |
16 (Tue) | ||||
NOVEMBER |
WFP |
6-10 |
133 CL |
14 – 16 | ||||
DECEMBER |
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Eid Al-Adha: |
11 Jan 06 |
Easter: |
8 Apr 07 | |||||
Easter: |
16 Apr 06 |
Ramadan: |
13 Sept – 12 Oct 07 | |||||
Ramadan: |
24 Sept - 23 Oct 06 |
Eid Al-Fitr: |
13 Oct 07 | |||||
Eid Al-Fitr: |
24 Oct 06 |
Eid Al-Adha: |
31 Dec 07 | |||||
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 | |||||
CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
the Caribbean | ||||||
CL |
Council |
NERC |
Regional Conference for the Near East | |||||
COAG |
Committee on Agriculture |
PC |
Programme Committee | |||||
COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
WFD |
World Food Day | |||||
COFO |
Committee on Forestry |
WFP |
World Food Programme Executive Board | |||||
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
(November 2005– November 2007)
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Members |
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| United Kingdom (M. Wyatt) | Afghanistan (A.R.
Ayazi) Australia (Ms J. Barfield) Canada (J. Melanson) Dominican Republic (M. A. Caamaño) India (G. Nair) |
Jamaica (F.B.
Zenny) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (A.A. Zaied) Nigeria (G.G. Lombin) Philippines (R.S. Recide) South Africa (Ms V.B Titi) |
FINANCE COMMITTEE
(November 2005– November 2007)
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Members | |
| Pakistan (A.A. Khawaja) | Côte d’Ivoire (A.
Bakayoko) Denmark (S. Skafte) Germany (E.W. Hein) Italy (A. Zodda) Japan (S. Yokoi) |
Paraguay (Ms A.M.
Baiardi Quesnel) Peru (R. Seminario) Qatar (A.I. Al Abdulla) United States of America (J.M. Cleverley) Zimbabwe (Ms V. Takaendesa Mutiro) |
COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
(November 2005– November 2007)
| Belgium | Philippines | |
| Czech Republic | Syrian Arab Republic | |
| Gabon | United States of America | |
| Guatemala |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD 2006
| Term of office expiring | Elected by FAO Council | Elected by ECOSOC |
| 31 December 2006 | Angola (A) | France (D)2 |
| Bangladesh (B) | India (B) | |
| Guatemala (C)1 | Denmark (D) | |
| Netherlands (D) | Pakistan (B) | |
| Syrian Araba Republic (B) | Russian Federation (E) | |
| United States of America (D) | Senegal (A) | |
| 31 December 2007 | Canada (D) | Australia (D) |
| Congo (A) | China (B) | |
| Germany (D) | Cuba (C) | |
| Haiti (C) | Ethiopia (A) | |
| Niger (A) | Norway (D) | |
| Kuwait (B)3 | Tunisia (A) | |
| 31 December 2008 | Algeria (A) | Indonesia (B) |
| Austria (D) | Japan (D) | |
| Colombia (C) | Mexico (C) | |
| Slovenia (E) | Ukraine (E) | |
| Switzerland (D) | United Kingdom (D) | |
| United Republic of Tanzania (D)4 | Zimbabwe (A) | |
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____________________ 1 Guatemala Replaced Nicaragua. 2 France Replaced Greece. 3 Kuwait Replaced Thailand. 4 Occupies rotating seat for the period 2006-2008. |
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FAO MEMBERS (189)
(at 26 November 2005)
| Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia European Community (Member Organization) Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia |
Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway |
Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe |
1 CL 130/1; CL 130/INF/1; CL 130/PV/1.
2 CL 130/PV/1.
3 CL 130/LIM/1; CL 130/PV/1.
4 CL 130/LIM/2; CL 130/PV/1.
5 CL 130/LIM/3; CL 130/PV/1.
6 CL 129/9; CL 130/LIM/4; CL 130/INF/3; CL 130/PV/1.
7 CL 130/PV.
8 CL 130/2; CL 130/PV/1.
9 CL 130/2; CL 130/PV/1.