Contents -
A. Agenda
B. List of
delegates and observers
C. List of documents
D.
Statement by the director-general
E. STATEMENT SHOWING THE COMPUTATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1980 AND
1981
F. REVISION OF THE OF THE FRENCH VERSION OF THE BASIC TEXTS
G. REVISED TEXT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION
H. FAO SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 1980-81 (1978-79 Scale shown for
comparative purposes)
INTRODUCTORY - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION
1. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
3. Adoption of Agenda
4. Arrangement for the Session and Allocation of Agenda Items
5. Admission of observers
PART I - MAJOR TRENDS AND POLICIES IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
6. World Food and Agriculture Situation
6.1 State of Food and Agriculture, including Commodity and Trade Problems
6.2 Fertilizers - Action Arising out of the Fifth Session of the Commission on Fertilizers (Rome, 22-25 January 1979)
6.3 Forestry - The "Jakarta Declaration" (Eighth World Forestry Congress, October 1978)
7. Plan of Action to Strengthen World Food Security
8. Preparations for the Special Session of the General Assembly in 1980 and the New International Development Strategy
8.1 Assessment of Progress Towards the New International Economic Order, including Progress in International Agricultural Adjustment
8.2 "Agriculture: Toward 2000" (FAO's Study of prospects for World Agriculture up to the end of the century)
9. Comprehensive Programme for the Development and Management of Fisheries in Exclusive Economic Zones
10. Food Standards Matters and the Work of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
PART II - ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES OF THE ORGANIZATION
11. Programme of Work and Budget, 1980-81
12. Review of the Regular Programme, 1978-79
13. Review of Field Programmes
14. Medium-Term Objectives
15. Technical and Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries
15.1 Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
15.2 Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries: Report of the Technical Consultation (Rome, June/July 1979)
16. Action Arising out of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
17. Programme for the Control of African Animal Trypanosomiasis
18. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
19. Relations and Consultations with International Organizations, including:
19.1 Relations with WFC and IFAD
19.2 Recent Developments in the United Nations System of Interest to FAO
19.3 Evaluation of the Services of JIU
19.4 Relations with Intergovernmental and International Non-governmental organizations
PART III - CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
A. Constitutional and Legal Matters
20. Amendments to the FAO Constitution and General Rules of the Organization, and Procedures for the Establishment and Abolition of Statutory Bodies
21. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments Thereto
22. Other Constitutional and Legal Questions, including:
22.1 International Plant Protection Convention
22.2 Change of Title of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Far East, and of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East
B. Administrative and Financial Matters
23. Audited Accounts
24. Scale of Contributions
25. Other Financial and Administrative Questions, including:
25.1 Working Capital Fund: Reimbursement of Withdrawals in 1978-79
25.2 Funding of Special Reserve Account
25.3 Allocation of Cash Surplus
25.4 Status of Contributions
25.5 Headquarters Accommodation
25.6 Examination of a Comprehensive Study prepared by the Director-General on the Activities and Functioning of the FAO Regional Office for the Near East, taking into account the Views expressed during the Seventy-fifth Session of the Council by some Delegations, including the Examination of its Location
PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
26. Applications for Membership in the Organization:
- Dominica
- Samoa
27. Election of Council Members
28. Appointments:
28.1 Independent Chairman of the Council
28.2 Member Governments' Representatives to the Staff Pension Committee
PART V - OTHER MATTERS
29. Date and Place of the Twenty-First Conference Session
30. Any Other Business
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