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A. Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
of the Conference
B. Appointment of the General Committee and
the Credentials Committee
C.
Adoption of the Agenda
D. Arrangements for the Session and
Allocation of Agenda Items
E.
Admission of Observers
A. Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Conference
7. The Council nominated, and the Conference elected T. Hadiwijaya (Indonesia) as Chairman of the Nineteenth Session of the Conference.
8. The Nominations Committee recommended, and the Conference approved the following appointments:
Vice-Chairmen of the Conference
B. Appointment of the General Committee and the Credentials Committee
9. The Nominations Committee recommended, and the Conference approved the following appointments:
Members of the General Committee |
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| China | Gambia |
| Panama | United States of America |
| Egypt | Nicaragua |
| Romania | |
Members of the Credentials Committee |
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| Burma | Lesotho |
| Guatemala | New Zealand |
| Hungary | Sierra Leone |
| India | Switzerland |
| Kuwait | |
10. The Conference adopted the Agenda given in Appendix A to this Report
D. Arrangements for the Session and Allocation of Agenda Items
Establishment of Commissions and Appointment of their Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen.
Resolutions Committee of the Conference
Right of Reply
Verbatim Records
Verification of Credentials
Voting Rights
Informal Meeting of International Non-Governmental Organizations
11. The Conference adopted the arrangements and timetable proposed by the Seventy-First Session of the Council as amended by the General Committee.
Establishment of Commissions and Appointment of their Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen.
12. The Conference concurred with the Council's recommendation to establish three Commissions to consider and report upon Parts I, II and III of the Agenda.
13. In accordance with Rules VII-1 and XXIV-5(b) of the General Rules of the Organization (GRO), the Seventy-Second Council Session had nominated the following Chairmen of the Commissions:
14. The Conference appointed the foregoing officers and, taking into consideration the proposals of the General Committee, in accordance with Rule XIII-2 GRO also appointed:
Vice-Chairmen of Commission I: Australia (T.J. Kelly)
Iraq (S.H. Al Shakir)
Morocco (N. Ben Mohamed)
Nepal (S.B. Nepali)
Vice-Chairmen of Commission II: Canada (F. Shefrin)
Iran (B. Mansuri)
Kenya (A.I. Machayo)
Thailand (P. Laowhaphan)
Vice-Chairmen of Commission III: Philippines (C.J. Valdes)
Syria (M. El Dalati)
United Kingdom (A.A.W. Landymore)
Venezuela (L. La Corte)
15. The Conference agreed with the recommendation of the Seventy-First Council Session that it appoint a Rapporteur from Plenary to Commission I, to inform the Commission of the salient points made by Ministers and Heads of delegation in their general statements. On the recommendation of the General Committee, it appointed L. Rittershaus (Netherlands) as Rapporteur from Plenary to Commission I.
Resolutions Committee of the Conference
16. The Conference endorsed the recommendation of the Seventy-First Council Session to establish a Resolutions Committee composed of seven members one from each FAO Region, and appointed the following:
Africa: Guinea
Asia and the Far East: Bangladesh
Europe: France
Latin America: Mexico
Near East: Saudi Arabia
North America: United States of America
South-West Pacific: Australia
17. The Conference agreed to the recommendation of the General Committee that the Resolutions Committee should elect a chairman from among its own members.
18. The Conference approved the functions of the Resolutions Committee and the criteria for the formulation of resolutions, as set out in document C 77/12 - Appendix D.
19. The Conference confirmed the decision taken at its five previous sessions to the effect that, when a Delegate wished to reply to criticism of his Government's policy, he should preferably do so on the afternoon of the day on which such criticism had been voiced, after all those wishing to participate in the discussion had had an opportunity to do so.
20. According to Rule XVIII GRO, verbatim records were kept of all Conference Plenary and Commission meetings. The Conference endorsed the recommendation of the General Committee that statements might be inserted in the verbatim records when time did not permit them to be delivered.
21. The credentials of delegations of 138 Member Nations were found valid. Six Member Nations did not send a delegation to the Conference.
22. The credentials of the Permanent Observers to FAO of the -Holy See were found valid.
23. The names of the representatives of the international organizations attending the Conference, including the United Nations and Specialized Agencies were duly deposited as prescribed by Rule III-2 GRO.
24. The Conference noted that, in accordance with Article III.4 of the Constitution, six Member Nations had no vote in the Conference as the amount of their arrears of contributions to the Organization equaled or exceeded the amount of the contributions due from them for the two preceding calendar years. The Conference, having been informed that two of these Member Nations had initiated steps to regularize their position, decided to permit them to vote as provided for in that Article of the Constitution. The two Member Nations concerned fulfilled their undertakings prior to the end of the Conference Session.
Informal Meeting of International Non-Governmental Organizations
25. The Seventy-Second Council Session had nominated E. Querin (International Cooperation for Socio-Economic Development), to chair the informal meeting of representatives of international non-governmental organizations admitted as observers to the Nineteenth Session of the Conference which was convened on Tuesday 15 November 1977.
Applicants for Membership
Liberation Movements
Intergovernmental and International Non-Governmental Organizations
26. As was customary, the Director-General had provisionally invited the applicants for membership (Angola, Comoros, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles) to be represented by observers until their admission to the Organization had been decided upon. The Conference approved the Director General's action.
27. The Conference approved the invitations issued by the Director-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and, through the OAU, to African Liberation Movements to attend the Session in an observer capacity.
Intergovernmental and International Non-Governmental Organizations
28. The Conference approved the list of international organizations to which the Director General had extended a provisional invitation to the Conference session and invited the representatives of these organizations to participate in the activities of the Conference in an observer capacity.
29. The Conference concurred with the recommendation of the General Committee that, in accordance with Rule XVII-3 GRO, three international non-governmental organizations having consultative status with FAO (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, International Federation of Agricultural Producers and World Federation of Trade Unions) address Plenary.
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