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XVII. Appendixes


A. Agenda
B. List of participants
C. List of documents
D. Scale of contributions 1964-65
E. Agreement for the establishment of a commission for controlling the desert locust in the eastern region of its distribution area in southwest Asia
F. Agreement between the food and agriculture organization of the united nations and the desert locust control organization for eastern Africa
G. Amendments to article VI of the constitution
H. Report of commission III on exclusion from membership in the organization
I. Reports of the technical committees


A. Agenda

INTRODUCTORY - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

  • 1. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
    2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
    3. Adoption of the agenda
    4. Arrangements for the Session and allocation of agenda items
    5. Admission of observers to the Session
  • PART I - MAJOR TRENDS AND POLICY QUESTIONS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

  • 6. World situation and outlook
  • (a) Salient features in the world situation (Report by Director-General on the state of food and agriculture 1963)
    (b) Commodity problems
    (c) National and international stabilization measures
    (d) Regional arrangements for economic integration
  • 7. Agriculture in economic development

    8. World Food Program

    9. Freedom from Hunger Campaign

  • (a) World Food Congress (Washington, 4-18 June 1963)
    (b) World Seed Campaign
    (c) Progress of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign and relation to United Nations Development Decade
  • PART II - ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION

  • 10. Progress report on the work of FAO 1962-1963, program activities and future trends (Reports of Technical Committees of the Conference)
  • (a) Atomic energy
    (b) Animal production and health
    (c) Fisheries
    (d) Forestry and forest products
    (e) Land and water development
    (f) Nutrition
    (g) Plant production and protection
    (h) Rural institutions and services
    (i) Commodities
    (j) Economic analysis
    (k) Statistics
    (l) Agricultural information services
    (m) Public relations, publications and rural legislation
    (n) Panels, committees and meetings of experts
  • 11. Activities relating to two or more subject-matter fields

  • (a) Implementation of African Survey
    (b) Special Program of Education and Training in Africa
    (c) Activities arising from the Mediterranean Development Project
    (d) Technical assistance in the Regular Program
    (e) Survey and appraisal of world agriculture, fisheries and forestry resources in relation to needs - Report on the Lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin
    (f) André Mayer Fellowships
    (g) Measures to develop rural youth activities in the world especially with a view to improving agricultural production and social conditions in developing countries
    (h) Codex Alimentarius
  • 12. Co-ordination of global locust research and control

    13. Emergency Fund for Control of Livestock Disease

    14. Interagency relations and consultations on matters of common interest

  • (a) Matters arising out of ACC and ECOSOC discussions
    (b) FAO/UNICEF relations
  • 15. Technical co-operation programs

  • (a) Expanded Program of Technical Assistance
    (b) United Nations Special Fund
  • 16. Impact of field programs on the Regular Program

    17. ITEM ELIMINATED

    18. Draft Program of Work and Budget 1964-1965

  • PART III - CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

  • 19. Constitutional and legal matters
  • (a) Amendments to the Constitution and General Rules of the Organization
  • (i) Exclusion from membership in the Organization (Amendment to Article II of the Constitution proposed by the Government of Ghana)

    (ii) Establishment of joint commissions with other intergovernmental organizations - Proposed amendment to Article VI of the FAO Constitution

    (iii) Amendment to Article X.1 of the FAO Constitution concerning regional offices

    (iv) Technical Committees of the Conference

  • (b) Report by the Director-General on the Second FAO Regional Conference for Africa, 1 November 1962

    (c) Statutory report on status of conventions and agreements and amendments thereto

    (d) Statutes and Rules of Procedure of Article VI bodies

    (e) Relations with international organizations and granting of consultative status

    (f) Increase in the number of Council seats

    (g) Relationship Agreement with the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa

    (h) The establishment of the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa within the frame work of FAO

    (i) Draft convention for an Eastern Regional Commission for the Control of the Desert Locust

  • 20. Administrative and financial matters

  • (a) Audited accounts
  • (i) Audited accounts for Regular Program and Freedom from Hunger Campaign, 1960-1961

    (ii) Audited accounts for the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease 1961 and 1962

    (iii) Audited accounts for Expanded Program of Technical Assistance, 1961 and 1962

    (iv) Audited accounts for United Nations Special Fund, 1961 and 1962

    (v) Audited accounts for World Food Program, 1962

  • (b) Scale of Contributions 1964-1965

    (c) Amendment of Financial Regulations

    (d) Working Capital Fund

  • (i) Level of the Fund
    (ii) Applications of cash surplus" of 1958-1959 and 1960-1961
    (iii) Withholding distribution of excess credits
    (iv) Repayment of Loan
  • (e) Agency costs of United Nations Special Fund and Expanded Technical Assistance Program

    (f) Distribution of FAO publications to governments

    (g) Headquarters accommodation

    (h) Other administrative and financial matters

  • PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

  • 21. Applications for membership in the Organization

    22. Election of Council Members

    23. Appointment of Independent Chairman of the Council

    24. Appointment of Director-General

    25. Appointment of representatives of Staff Pension Committee

  • PART V - OTHER MATTERS

  • 26. Date and place of Thirteenth Session of the Conference

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