a. be international in its structure and scope of activity, be representative of the specialized field of interest in which it operates;

b. be concerned with matters covering a particular portion of FAO's field of activity;

c. have aims and purposes in conformity with the general principles embodied in the Constitution of FAO;

d. have a permanent directing body and authorized representatives, and systematic procedures and machinery for communicating with it membership in various countries.

" International nongovernmental organizations having particular specialized interest in common with FAO shall be accorded specialized consultative status. "

a. be international in its structure and scope of activity, be sufficiently representative of the field of interest in which it operates, and be of such standing that it is to the interest of FAO that its members be well-informed about the purposes and program of FAO;

b. be concerned with matters covering a portion of FAO's field of activity;

c. have aims and purposes in conformity with the general principles embodied in the Constitution of FAO;

d. have a permanent directing body and authorized representatives, and systematic procedures and machinery for communicating with its membership in various countries.

a. shall be entitled to send observers (without the right to vote) to the Session of the Conference and Council, who may be accompanied by advisers, to receive from the Director-General, in advance of the session, all documents bearing on policy or technical questions; to circulate to the Conference the organizations' views in writing without abridgment; to speak before the Committee on Relations with International Organizations, to speak before technical committees of the Conference but not to participate in discussions unless requested by the chairman, and, upon request addressed to the Director-General and with the consent of the General Committee of the Conference, to speak before the Conference itself;

b. may be invited by the Director-General to participate in experts meetings, technical conferences or seminars on subjects which fall within their fields of interest; where participation does not occur, they may submit their views in writing to and such meeting or technical conference;

c. will receive non-confidential documentation and information about meetings planned on subjects agreed upon with the secretariat;

d. may submit, under the authority of their governing bodies, written statements on program matter), not exceeding 2.000 words, in one of the working languages of FAO to the Director-General, who may communicate these statements to the Council Committee on Relations with International Organizations.

". . . right of representation at the Conference by an observer (without the right to vote) who may be accompanied by advisers; the right to receive from the Director-General, in advance of the session, all documents bearing on policy, or technical questions, the right to circulate to the Conference the organizations views in writing, without abridgement, the right to speak before the Committee on Relations with International Organizations: the right to speak before technical committees of the Conference but not to participate in discussions unless requested by the chairman; and, upon request addressed to the Director General and with the consent of the General Committee of the Conference, to speak before the Conference itself: " Aspects of the FAO program of mutual specialized interest. "

a) co-operate fully with FAO for the furtherance of the objectives of the Organization within their specialized fields;

b) in co-operation with the competent services of FAO, determine the ways and means of coordinating activities in these specialized fields, with a view to avoiding duplication and overlapping;

c) in order to achieve this aim, accord a representative of the Director-General invitations to attend and participate in the meetings of their governing bodies, general assemblies and appropriate technical meetings, and arrange for coordination on Secretariat level;

d) contribute. insofar as they can, and on request by the Director-General, to the promotion of better knowledge and understanding of FAO's program and activities through appropriate forms of publicity;

e) forward to FAO their reports and publications on an exchange basis;

f) keep FAO informed regularly of their programs of work, their planned meetings and of any changes in their constitution. membership and secretariat.

a. shall be entitled to send observers to appropriate technical meetings with the approval of the Director-General, to attend appropriate meetings of the Committee on Relations with International Organizations, to receive appropriate publications, and to submit memoranda to the Organization on technical aspects of the FAO program of mutual specialized interest: they shall be provisionally invited) subject to approval, as appropriate, by the Conference and Council, to send an observer to Conference Sessions and in appropriate cases to Council Sessions:

b. may be invited by the Director-General to participate in experts meetings. technical conferences or seminars on subjects which fall within their fields of interest, where participation does not occur, they may submit their views in writing to any such meeting or technical conference;

c. will receive non-confidential documentation and information about such meetings;

d. may submit to the Director-General, under the authority of their governing body, written statements on program matters coming within their specialized competence, not exceeding 2,000 words, in one of the working languages of FAO; the Director-General, may place these statements before the Council Committee on Relations with International Organizations.

" ... the privilege of sending observers to appropriate technical meetings with the approval of the D. G., appearing before the Committee on Relations with International Organizations, receiving appropriate publications and submitting memoranda to the Organization on technical as pacts of the FAO program of mutual specialized interest. "

a) co-operate fully with FAO for the furtherance of the objectives of the Organization within their specialized fields;

b) in co-operation with the competent services of FAO, determine the ways and means of coordinating activities in these specialized fields, with a view to avoiding duplication and overlapping;

c) in order to achieve this akin, accord a representative of the Director-General invitations to attend and participate in the meetings of their governing bodies, general assemblies and appropriate technical meetings, and arrange for coordination on Secretariat level;

d) contribute, insofar as they can, and on request by the Director-General, to the promotion of better knowledge and understanding of FAO's program and activities through appropriate forms of publicity;

e) forward to FAO their reports and publications on an exchange basis;

f) keep FAO informed regularly of their programs of work, their planned meetings and of any changes in their constitution membership and secretariat.

3. Organizations with Liaison Arrangements

1. The Conference may terminate arrangements for consultative status which are no longer considered necessary or appropriate in the light of changing programs or other circumstances. In special cases which may arise between sessions of the Conference, and upon the recommendation of the Committee of Relations with International Organizations, the Council is empowered to terminate such arrangements, subject to review by the Conference,

2. The Director-General may terminate arrangements for specialized consultative status which are no longer considered necessary or appropriate in the light of changing program or other circumstances, and will report such action to the Council Committee.

3. Any organization having consultative status or specialized consultative status which has not shown any interest or has not attended any meetings during a period of two years may be deemed not to have sufficient interest to warrant the continuance of a consultative relationship.

4. The Director-General shall include in his annual report to the Conference information on the relations existing between FAO and international nongovernmental organizations under the present principles and procedures.

5. The Conference shall review at each Session the list of organizations approved for consultative status.

6. The Conference shall review biennially these principles and procedures and shall consider, as necessary, any amendments which may seem desirable.