Report of the FAO regional conference for Europe (Twentieth Session Tel Aviv, 29 April-3 May 1996)













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ERC/96/REP

REPORT of the FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR EUROPE

Twentieth Session Tel Aviv, 29 April-3 May 1996

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1996

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ISBN 92-5-103963-1

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FAO members in the European Region (as of 20 October 1995)

Albania

Georgia

Norway

Armenia

Germany

Poland

Austria

Greece

Portugal

Belgium

Hungary

Romania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iceland

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Ireland

Slovenia

Croatia

Israel

Spain

Cyprus

Italy

Sweden

Czech Republic

Latvia

Switzerland

Denmark

Lithuania

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Estonia

Luxembourg

Turkey

European Community

Malta

United Kingdom

(member organization)

Moldova

Yugoslavia

Finland

Netherlands


France

Date and place of FAO Regional Conferences for Europe

First

- Rome, Italy, 10-15 October 1949

Second

- Rome, Italy, 10-15 October 1960

Third

- Rome, Italy, 8-13 October 1962

Fourth

- Salzburg, Austria, 26-31 October 1964

Fifth

- Seville, Spain, 5-11 October 1966

Sixth

- St. Julian's, Malta, 28-31 October 1968

Seventh

- Budapest, Hungary, 21-25 September 1970

Eighth

- Munich, Germany, Fed. Rep. of, 18-23 September 1972

Ninth

- Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-12 October 1974

Tenth

- Bucharest, Romania, 20-25 September 1976

Eleventh

- Lisbon, Portugal, 2-7 October 1978

Twelfth

- Athens, Greece, 22-27 September 1980

Thirteenth

- Sofia, Bulgaria, 4-8 October 1982

Fourteenth

- Reykjavik, Iceland, 17-21 September 1984

Fifteenth

- Istanbul, Turkey, 28 April-2 May 1986

Sixteenth

- Cracow, Poland, 23-26 August 1988

Seventeenth

- Venice, Italy, 3-7 April 1990

Eighteenth

- Prague, Czechoslovakia, 24-28 August 1992

Nineteenth

- Killarney, Ireland, 6-10 June 1994

Twentieth

- Tel Aviv, Israel, 29 April-3 May 1996

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Table of Contents


Summary of main recommendations

Introduction

Inaugural ceremony
Election of the chairman, vice-chairmen and appointment of the rapporteur
Adoption of the agenda

Summary of proceedings

Country statements and general debate on the food and agriculture situation in the region
Report on FAO activities in the region, 1994-952
World food summit
Sustainable agricultural development in Europe with particular focus on the Mediterranean area
Structural reform process in central and eastern European countries

Other matters

Representation of the region on the CGIAR6
Future ministerial meetings in conjunction with sessions of COFI and COFO
A proposal for shortening of the regional conference reports
Date and place of the twenty-first FAO regional conference for Europe
Closure of the conference

Appendixes

Appendix A. List of participants
Appendix B. Agenda
Appendix C. List of documents