CL 75/REP

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Seventy-Fifth Session
Rome, 11-22 June 1979

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME 1979

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1979)

Independent Chairman: Bukar Shaib

Afghanistan2
Algeria2
Argentina1
Australia3
Bangladesh1
Belgium2
Botswana3
Brazil2
Canada2
Chad2
China1
Colombia2
Cuba2
Czechoslovakia2
Egypt3
El Salvador3
France3
Germany, Fed. Rep. of1
Ghana3
Greece1
Guinea-Bissau1
Hungary2
India3
Indonesia1
Iraq2
Italy3
Jamaica2
Japan1
Kuwait3
Lebanon1
Liberia2
Madagascar3
Malta2
Mexico2
Pakistan3
Panama1
Philippines1
Rwanda1
Saudi Arabia3
Senegal3
Sri Lanka3
Sweden3
Tanzania2
Thailand1
Uganda1
United Kingdom3
United States of America2
Venezuela1
Zaire2

1Term of office until conclusion of Twentieth Session of the Conference, November 1979.

2Term of office until 31 December 1980.

3Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-First Session of the Conference, November 1981.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

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

Statement by the Director-General

Tribute to R.C. Fortunescu

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

Current World Food Situation

Report of the Fourth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, 5-11 April 1979) (Res. 1/75)

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Report of the Fifth Session of the Committee on Agriculture (Rome, 18-27 April 1979)

Report of the Fifth Session of the Commission on Fertilizers (Rome, 22-25 January 1979)

World Food Programme: Fourth Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes (Res. 2/75)

Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Questions of Common Interest

- Recent Developments in the United Nations System of Interest to FAO

- Joint Inspection Unit Reports

Preparations for the Twentieth Session of the FAO Conference

- Arrangements for the Session, and Provisional Agenda

- Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

- Date for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Summary Programme of Work and Budget, 1980-81

Report of the Thirty-Sixth Session of the Programme Committee, and of the Forty-Third Session of the Finance Committee

- Review of FAO Investment Activities

- Annual Report on Budgetary Performance

- Financial Position of the Organization

- Scale of Contributions 1980-81

- UNDP Support Costs

- Authority to Borrow (Res. 3/75)

- International Civil Service Commission Matters

- Appointment of External Auditor (Res. 4/75)

- Headquarters' Accommodation

Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report,of the Thirty-Seventh Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (CCLM)

- Procedures for the Establishment and Abolition of Statutory Bodies

- Amendment of Rules XXVI.9 and XXVII.9 of the General Rules of the Organization

- Amendments to the Plant Protection Agreement for the South East Asia and Pacific Region (Res. 5/75)

- Amendments to the Constitution and to the French Version of the General Rules of the Organization

- Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

- French and Spanish Versions of the Agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development

- Change of Title of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Far East, and of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East

- Changes in Representation of Member Countries on the Programme Committee

- Application for Membership in the Organization: Independent State of Western Samoa

OTHER MATTERS

Appointment of Member Government. Representatives to the Staff Pension Committee

- Date and Place of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the Council

APPENDICES

A - Agenda for the Seventy-Fifth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - General Fund: Contributions Outstanding at 18 June 1979

F - Scale of Contributions 1980-81

G - Plant Protection Agreement for the [South East] Asia and Pacific Region

H - Revision of the French Version of the FAO Basic Texts