February 1997

COFO-97/INF.3

FAO

COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY

THIRTEENTH SESSION

Rome, Italy, 10-13 March 1997

STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE AND VOTING RIGHTS
BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES

1.

Opening of Session

2.

Adoption of Agenda
Competence MC - voting MC

3.

Election of Officers and designation of Drafting Committee
Competence MC - voting MC

4.

State of the world's forests
Mixed competence - voting MC

MAJOR FORESTRY POLICY ISSUES

5.

Progress towards sustainable forestry development and follow-up to UNCED including implications of the work of the Inter-governmental Panel on Forests
Mixed competence - voting MC

6.

Role of COFO and regional forestry commissions
Mixed competence - voting MC

7.

Implications for forestry of the Plan of Action of the World Food Summit
Mixed competence - voting MC

8.

Conservation and sustainable utilization of forest genetic resources
Mixed competence - voting MC

FAO PROGRAMMES IN FORESTRY

9.

Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the Twelfth Session of the Committee
Mixed competence - voting MC

10.

Medium-term perspectives (1998-2003) and Programme of Work and Budget 1998-99 priorities
Mixed competence - voting MC

MATTERS REFERRED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE
(for information)

11.

Decisions of FAO Governing Bodies of interest to the Committee
Mixed competence - voting MC

Recommendations of other FAO Statutory Bodies in forestry of interest to the Committee
Mixed competence - voting MC

OTHER MATTERS

12.

XI World Forestry Congress
Mixed competence - voting MC

13.

Date and place of next Session
Competence MC - voting MC

14.

Adoption of Report
Mixed competence - voting MC

15.

Closing of Session