REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

CL 71/REP

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Seventy-First Session
Rome, 6-17 June 1977

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, 1976

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1977)

Independent Chairman: Gonzalo Bula Hoyos

Argentina3Germany, Fed. Rep. of3New Zealand2
Bangladesh3 Greece3 Niger2
Brazil1 Guinea-Bissau3Panama3
Burundi1India2Pakistan2
Canada1Indonesia3Philippines3
China3Italy2Rwanda3
Colombia1Japan3Spain1
Czechoslovakia3 Jordan1 Sudan2
Ecuador2Lebanon1Thailand3
Egypt2Libya2Trinidad and Tobago1
Finland2Malawi2 Tunisia1
France2Mauritius2United Kingdom2
Gabon1Mexico1United States of America1
Gambia1Netherlands1Venezuela3

1 Term of office until conclusion of Nineteenth Session of the Conference, November 1977.

2 Term of office until 31 December 1978.

3 Term of office until conclusion of Twentieth Session of the Conference, November 1979.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

Election of Two Vice-Chairmen and Designation of Chairman and Members of Drafting Committee

Statement by the Director-General

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

Current World Food Situation

Review of General Content, Structure and Timing of SOFA

Report of the Committee on World Food Security (2nd Session, Rome, April 1977)

Report of the Committee on Commodity Problems (51st Session, Rome, May 1977)

– Food Standards

– International Agricultural Adjustment: Progress Report

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Report of the Committee on Forestry (3rd Session, Rome, November 1976)

Report of the Committee on Fisheries (11th Session, Rome, April 1977)

Report of the Committee on Agriculture (4th Session, Rome, April 1977)

Proposals for Strengthening FAO Activities Aimed at Reducing Harvest and Post-Harvest. Losses

Proposal for an "A.H. Boerma Activity"

World Food Programme: Second Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes to ECOSOC, the FAO Council and the World Food Council and Preparation for the Eighth Plenary Conference

INTER-AGENCY RELATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS ON QUESTIONS OF COMMON INTEREST

Developments Regarding the Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System

Further Developments in Relations with UNDP, WFC and IFAD

– United Nations Development Programme

– World Food Council

– International Fund for Agricultural Development

UN Joint Inspection Unit Reports

– Fellowships in the United Nations System

– Country Programming as an Instrument for Coordination and Cooperation at Country Level

– Technical Cooperation Provided to Integration Movements in Asia and the Pacific

– Continuation of the Joint Inspection Unit

Other Questions Arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC and ACC

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Summary Programme of Work and Budget 1978-79

– Introduction

– General Strategy

– Organizational Changes

– Main Priorities

(a)FAO Representatives

(b)Technical Cooperation Programme

(c)Investment

– Other priorities

– Level of the Budget

Structure and Content of the Review of Field Programmes (including section on Technical Cooperation Amongst Developing Countries) (Res.1/71)

Other Programme, Budgetary, Financial and Administrative Matters: Work of the Thirty-Second Session of the Programme Committee and Thirty-Ninth Session of the Finance Committee

– Programme and Budgetary Adjustments

– Annual Report of Budgetary Performance, 1976

– Financial Position of the Organization

(a)Status of Contributions and Contributions in Arreas

(b)Applications for Membership

– Scale of Contributions 1978–79

– Proposal for Measures to Protect the Programme from Adverse Currency Fluctuations and Unbudgeted Inflationary Costs

– Personnel Matters

(a)Amendments to the Staff Regulations and General Rules of the Organization

(b)Emoluments of the Director-General

– Appointment of External Auditor (Res. 2/71)

PREPARATIONS FOR THE NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE FAO CONFERENCE

Arrangements for the Session, and Provisional Agenda for the Conference

Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

Date for Nominations for the Independent Chairman of the Council

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Proposed Amendments to the FAO Constitution

– Number and Distribution of Seats on the Council (Article V–1)

– Term of Office and Method of Election of the Director-General (Article VII–1 and VII–3)

– Authentic Chinese Text of the Constitution (Article XXII)

Status and Use of Languages in FAO

Report of the Working Party on the Composition and Terms of Reference of the Council, the Programme Committee, the Finance Committee and the CCLM

– Regional Conferences

– Programme Committee, Finance Committee and CCLM

– Other Questions

Application for Membership: Republic of Seychelles

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

OTHER MATTERS

Date and Place of Seventy-Second Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A–Agenda for the Seventy-First Session

B–List of Delegates and Observers

C–List of Documents

D–Statement of the Director-General

E–Contributions Outstanding at 10 June 1977

F–Scale of Contributions 1978–79

COMMITTIES