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Food and
Agriculture
Organization
of the
United Nations
 
 

C 2009/REP

 

REPORT


of the 
CONFERENCE OF FAO

Thirty-sixth Session
Rome, 18-23 November 2009

 







COUNCIL
(until 31 December 2010)

Independent Chairperson of the Council: Mr Luc Guyau


Afghanistan2
Australia2
Belgium1
Bolivia1
Brazil1
Canada1
Chile3
China3
Congo1
Cuba1
Egypt2
El Salvador2
France2
Gabon3
Germany3
Ghana2
India2
Indonesia2
Italy2
Japan3
Jordan3
Kenya1
Kuwait1
Mauritania2
Mauritius3
Mexico1
Morocco1
Mozambique3
Niger1
Norway2
Pakistan2
Philippines3
Republic of Korea3
Russian Federation1
Saudia Arabia2
Senegal1
Slovakia3
Spain3
Sri Lanka3
Sudan1
Thailand3
Trinidad and Tobago1
Turkey1
United Kingdom2
United Republic of Tanzania2
United States of America1
Uruguay3
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)3
Zimbabwe2



1 Term of office: November 2007 - December 2010.
2 Term of office: 1 January 2009 - November 2011.
3 Term of office: November 2009 - 30 June 2012.

 

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 2011)

Independent Chairperson of the Council: Mr Luc Guyau

Afghanistan1
Argentina3
Australia1
Brazil3
Canada3
Cape Verde3
Chile2
China2
Côte d'Ivoire3
Cuba3
Egypt1
El Salvador1
Equatorial Guinea3
France1
Gabon2
Germany2
Ghana1
India1
Indonesia1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)3
Ireland3
Italy1
Japan2
Jordan2
Mauritania1
Mauritius2
Mexico3
Mozambique2
Norway1
Pakistan1
Philippines2
Republic of Korea 2
Russian Federation3
Saudia Arabia1
Slovakia2
Spain2
Sri Lanka2
Syrian Arab Republic3
Thailand2
Trinidad and Tobago3
Tunisia3
Uganda3
United Kingdom1
United Republic of Tanzania1
United States of America3
Uruguay2
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2
Zimbabwe1



1 Term of office: 1 January 2009 - November 2011.
2 Term of office: November 2009 - 30 June 2012.
3 Term of office: 1 January 2011 - June 2013.

 




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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

OPENING STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF TURKEY

TWENTY-SIXTH MCDOUGALL MEMORIAL LECTURE

PRESENTATION OF THE B.R. SEN AWARDS 

PRESENTATION OF THE A.H. BOERMA AWARD

PRESENTATION OF THE EDOUARD SAOUMA AWARD

MARGARITA LIZÁRRAGA MEDAL 

STATEMENT BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF FAO STAFF BODIES

IN MEMORIAM

ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS

APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL COMMITTEE AND CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

Establishment of Commissions and Appointment of their Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Drafting Committees

Resolutions Committee of the Conference

Right of Reply

Verbatim Records

Verification of Credentials

Voting Rights
(Resolutions 1/2009 and 2/2009)

ADMISSION OF OBSERVERS 

Liberation Movements

Intergovernmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations

REVIEW OF THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL STATISTICS

PROGRESS REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF NATURAL FIBRES

INTERIM REPORT ON THE TRIENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REVIEW OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES 

GLOBAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS ARISING FROM:

Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (2-6 March 2009)

Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Committee on Forestry (16-20 March 2009)

Report of the Sixty-seventh Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (20-22 April 2009)

Report of the Twenty-first Session of the Committee on Agriculture (22-25 April 2009)

Reports of the Thirty-fourth (Rome, 14-17 October 2008) and Thirty-fifth
(Rome, 14-17 October 2009) Sessions of the Committee on World Food Security

UNITED NATIONS/FAO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

OUTCOME OF THE HIGH-LEVEL EXPERT FORUM ON “HOW TO FEED THE WORLD IN 2050” (ROME, 12-13 OCTOBER 2009)

EVALUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE POTATO 2008

PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS

PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION REPORT 2006-2007

PROGRAMME EVALUATION REPORT 2009

FAO STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2010-19

MEDIUM TERM PLAN 2010-13, AND PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET 2010-11
(Resolution 3/2009)

REPORT OF THE COC-IEE ON THE IMMEDIATE PLAN OF ACTION FOR FAO RENEWAL
(Resolution 4/2009)

INCENTIVES AND OTHER MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE TIMELY PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS

LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

A. Constitutional and Legal Matters

AMENDMENTS TO THE BASIC TEXTS
(Resolutions 5/2009, 6/2009, 7/2009, 8/2009, 9/2009, 10/2009 and 11/2009)

OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
(Resolutions 12/2009, 13/2009 and 14/2009)

B. Administrative and Financial Matters 

AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2006-2007 (Resolution 15/2009) 

SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 2010-2011 (Resolution 16/2009)

PAYMENT BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TO COVER ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES ARISING OUT
OF ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION

APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS

APPOINTMENTS

Appointment of the Independent Chairperson of the Council
(
Resolution 17/2009)

Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension
Committee

OTHER MATTERS

REPORT OF THE TWELFTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE
COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

(
Resolution 18/2009)

DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONFERENCE SESSION

 

 

 

APPENDICES

A         Agenda for the Thirty-sixth Session of the Conference

B          List of Delegates and Observers

C         List of Documents

D         Report of the CoC-IEE to the FAO Conference on the Immediate Plan of Action for FAO Renewal

E          Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. Preamble.

F          Scale of Contributions 2010-2011

 

 

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