APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

I. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
2. Election of Three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee
3. Statement by the Director-General

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

4. State of Food and Agriculture 1994
5. Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, 22-25 March 1994)

III. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

6. Sustainable Development

6.1 FAO Cooperation with the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)

6.2 The Role of FAO in Forest Sustainable Management and in the UNCED Follow-up

6.3 Progress towards the Development of Legally Binding Instruments concerning the Prior Informed Consent Procedure

7. Collaboration within the UN System and with other Organizations

8. World Food Programme

8.1 Nineteenth Annual Report of the WFP Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes

8.2 Election of Seven Members of the WFP Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes

8.3 Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 48/162 on the Transformation of the CFA into an Executive Board

9. Commission on Plant Genetic Resources

9.1 Report of the Extraordinary Session of the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources (Rome, 7-11 November 1994)

9.2 Widening of the Mandate of the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources

10. Progress Report on the Preparation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing

IV. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

11. Director-General's Progress Report on Implementation of Decisions taken by the Council at its Hundred and Sixth Session
12. Reports of the Sixty-ninth (Rome, 20-28 April 1994) and Seventieth (Rome, 12-16 September 1994) Sessions of the Programme Committee
13. Reports of the Seventy-eighth (Rome, 21-28 April 1994) and Seventy-ninth (Rome, 12-16 September 1994) Sessions of the Finance Committee

13.1 Study by the External Auditor on the Application of the Lapse Factor

14. Financial Position of the Organization

14.1 Status of Contributions

15. Audited Accounts

15.1 Regular Programme 1992-93

15.2 UNDP 1992-93

16. Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 1994-95
17. Personnel Matters

V. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

18. Reports of the Sixty-second (Rome, 18-19 April 1994) and Sixty-third (Rome, 27 September 1994) Sessions of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

18.1 Review of Provisions for Acceptance Procedures under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution

18.2 Participation of EC and EC Member States representing their Overseas Territories outside the Geographical Scope of the Treaty of Rome, in FAO Meetings and Intergovernmental Agreements under FAO Auspices

18.3 The Compatibility with Article XVIII.6 of the Constitution of the Methodology Proposed by the Finance Committee for the Calculation of the Sum to be paid by Member Organizations of FAO to cover Administrative Expenses arising out of their Membership

18.4 Italian Tax (6 per mille) on the Contents of Bank Accounts belonging to FAO Staff Members

18.5 Other matters

19. Review of the Working Methods of the Conference
20. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:

20.1 Voting Rights, Procedures and Practices

20.2 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions

20.3 Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees

20.4 Applications for Membership in the Organization

20.5 Proposed Amendment to Staff Regulation 301.136 (National Professional Officers)

VI. OTHER MATTERS

21. Appointment of Representative of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee
22. Date and Place of the Hundred and Eighth Session of the Council
23. Any Other Business

23.1 Progress Report on FAO Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations