C 2005/LIM/15

Conference

1. The Credentials Committee held three meetings, on 9, 19 and 23 November 2005, to examine the credentials of the Delegations of Members of the Organization to the Thirty-third Session of the FAO Conference. The Committee elected His Excellency Mr Krassimir Kostov (Bulgaria), as its Chairperson, and Mr Ahmed Faouzi (Morocco), as its Vice-Chairperson.

2. The Credentials Committee was informed of Rule III of the General Rules of the Organization on “delegations and credentials”, as well as the practice and criteria followed by the Organization with respect to the acceptance of credentials, in line with the practice of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the matter.

3. In accordance with Rule III, paragraph 2 of the General Rules of the Organization and the criteria followed by the Credentials Committee at its previous sessions, the Credentials Committee reviewed the credentials or information received by the Director-General regarding the composition of delegations shown in the attached lists. List A includes 121 Members which submitted formal credentials in the form required by Rule III, paragraph 2 of the General Rules of the Organization. List B includes 59 Members whose credentials have been considered as information on the composition of their delegations. 6 Members informed the Director-General of their intention not to attend the Conference and 3 Members have not provided any information on their participation or representation in the Conference session.

4. The Committee recommends to the Conference that the credentials of the delegations on both lists be accepted, on the understanding that formal credentials of delegations referred to in list B will be communicated to the Director-General as soon as possible, and that all delegations be authorized to participate fully in the Conference session.

LIST A

1. AFGHANISTAN

2. ALBANIA

3. ANGOLA

4. ARGENTINA

5. AUSTRIA

6. AZERBAIJAN

7. BAHRAIN

8. BARBADOS

9. BELARUS

10. BELGIUM

11. BENIN

12. BHUTAN

13. BOTSWANA

14. BULGARIA

15. BURKINA FASO

16. BURUNDI

17. CAMEROON

18. CAPE VERDE

19. CHAD

20. CHILE

21. CHINA

22. COLOMBIA

23. CONGO

24. COSTA RICA

25. CUBA

26. CYPRUS

27. CZECH REPUBLIC

28. DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

29. DENMARK

30. DJIBOUTI

31. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

32. ECUADOR

33. EGYPT

34. EL SALVADOR

35. ERITREA

36. ESTONIA

37. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

38. FIJI

39. FINLAND

40. GABON

41. GERMANY

42. GREECE

43. GUATEMALA

44. HAITI

45. HONDURAS

46. HUNGARY

47. ICELAND

48. INDONESIA

49. IRAQ

50. IRELAND

51. ISRAEL

52. ITALY

53. JAMAICA

54. JAPAN

55. JORDAN

56. KENYA

57. KIRIBATI

58. LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

59. LEBANON

60. LESOTHO

61. LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

62. LITHUANIA

63. LUXEMBOURG

64. MADAGASCAR

65. MALAYSIA

66. MALDIVES

67. MALI

68. MAURITANIA

69. MAURITIUS

70. MEXICO

71. MONACO

72. MONGOLIA

73. MOZAMBIQUE

74. MYANMAR

75. NAMIBIA

76. NAURU

77. NEPAL

78. NETHERLANDS

79. NEW ZEALAND

80. NICARAGUA

81. NIGER

82. NIGERIA

83. NORWAY

84. OMAN

85. PANAMA

86. PARAGUAY

87. PERU

88. PHILIPPINES

89. POLAND

90. PORTUGAL

91. QATAR

92. REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

93. ROMANIA

94. SAMOA

95. SAN MARINO

96. SAUDI ARABIA

97. SENEGAL

98. SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

99. SLOVAK REPUBLIC

100. SLOVENIA

101. SOMALIA

102. SOUTH AFRICA

103. SRI LANKA

104. SUDAN

105. SURINAME

106. SWAZILAND

107. SWEDEN

108. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

109. THAILAND

110. TONGA

111. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

112. TUNISIA

113. TURKEY

114. UGANDA

115. UKRAINE

116. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

117. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

118. URUGUAY

119. VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)

120. VIET NAM

121. YEMEN

LIST B

1. ALGERIA

2. ARMENIA

3. AUSTRALIA

4. BAHAMAS

5. BANGLADESH

6. BELIZE

7. BOLIVIA

8. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

9. BRAZIL

10. CAMBODIA

11. CANADA

12. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

13. COMOROS

14. CÔTE D’IVOIRE

15. CROATIA

16. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

17. DOMINICA

18. EQUATORIAL GUINEA

19. ETHIOPIA

20. FRANCE

21. GAMBIA

22. GEORGIA

23. GHANA

24. GRENADA

25. GUINEA

26. GUINEA-BISSAU

27. GUYANA

28. INDIA

29. IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)

30. KAZAKHSTAN

31. KUWAIT

32. KYRGYZSTAN

33. LATVIA

34. LIBERIA

35. MALAWI

36. MALTA

37. MARSHALL ISLANDS

38. MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)

39. MOROCCO

40. NIUE

41. PAKISTAN

42. PAPUA NEW GUINEA

43. REPUBLIC OF KOREA

44. RWANDA

45. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

46. SAINT LUCIA

47. SEYCHELLES

48. SIERRA LEONE

49. SOLOMON ISLANDS

50. SPAIN

51. SWITZERLAND

52. TIMOR-LESTE

53. TOGO

54. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

55. UNITED KINGDOM

56. UZBEKISTAN

57. VANUATU

58. ZAMBIA

59. ZIMBABWE