REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

CL 109/REP

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Hundred and Ninth Session
Rome, 18-21 October 1995

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME
1995

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1995)

Independent Chairman: Jos� Ram�n L�pez Portillo

Argentina3

Germany3

Spain1

Australia2

Honduras2

Sri Lanka2

Bangladesh3

India2

Swaziland2

Belgium1

Indonesia3

Syria2

Brazil1

Iran, Islamic Republic of3

Tanzania3

Burkina Faso2

Italy2

Thailand3

Cameroon3

Japan3

Trinidad and Tobago1

Canada1

Korea, Republic of3

Tunisia1 .

Cape Verde2

Lebanon1

Turkey3

Chile3

Libya1

Uganda2

China3

Madagascar1

United Kingdom2

Colombia1

Malaysia2

United States of America1

Congo1

Mexico1

Venezuela3

Cuba1

Nigeria1

Zaire1,4

Egypt2

Norway2

Zimbabwe3

Estonia3

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of2

France2

Slovakia1


1Term of office until conclusion of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Conference, November 1995

2Term of office until 31 December 1996

3Term of office until conclusion of the Twenty-ninth Session of the Conference, November 1997

4Deemed to have resigned in accordance with Rule XXII-7 of the General Rules of the Organization

CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable (Appendix A)

Election of Three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee

ACTIVITIES OF FAO

Preparations for the Twenty-eighth Session of the FAO Conference

Nominations of the Chairman of the Conference, and of the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference (Recommendations to the Conference)

Election of the Nominations Committee

The State of Food and Agriculture 1995: Summary

World Food Summit

Fourth Progress Report on Implementation of the Plan of Action for the Integration of Women in Development

Proposed Standard on Requirements for Establishment of Pest Free Areas

Updating of the International Plant Protection Convention

Draft Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (Two Draft Resolutions for the Conference)

PROGRAMME. BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Programme Implementation Report 1994-95

Medium-term Plan 1996-2001

Programme of Work and Budget 1996-97

Reports of the Seventy-third Session of the Programme Committee and of the
Eighty-second Session of the Finance Committee (Rome, 4-15 September 1995)

Financial Position of the Organization:

- Collection of Assessed Contributions (outstanding and in arrears)

- Status of contributions to the Budget

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

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 Agreement Under FAO Auspices

Agreements under Article XIV of the Constitution

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

Invitations to International Non-Governmental Organizations which
do not have Status with FAO

Application for Membership in the Organization (Tajikistan)

OTHER MATTERS

Appointment of a Second Alternate Chairman of the FAO Appeals Committee

Date and Place of the Hundred and Tenth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

  1. -Adoption of Agenda and Timetable
  2. -List of Delegates and Observers
  3. -List of Documents

COMMITTEES