CL 115/INF/1


Council


Hundred-and-fifteenth Session

Rome, 23 - 28 November 1998

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

 

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER

 

MORNING (10.00 - 13.00 hours)
Item 1 Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable: for decision (CL 115/1-Rev.1;
CL 115/INF/1;CL115/INF/6)
Item 20 Any Other Matters
-Tribute to the Memory of Ambassador Di Mottola of Costa Rica
Item 2 Election of three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee: for decision (CL 115/INF/9)
Item 15 Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:
15.2 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions: for decision (CL 115/LIM/2)
15.3 Applications for Membership in the Organization :for decision
(CL 115/18)*
Item 3 Statement by the Director-General (CL 115/INF/5)*
Item 18 Proclamation of an International Year of Mountains: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/INF/10)
Item 4 State of Food and Agriculture 1998: for discussion (CL 115/2; CL 115/2-Sup.1
 

AFTERNOON (14.30 – 17.30 hours)

Item 4 State of Food and Agriculture 1998 (Cont’d): for discussion (CL 115/2;
CL 115/2-Sup.1)
Item 5 Report of the Twenty-fourth Session of the Committee on World Food Security
(Rome, June 1998): for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/11)
5.1 Follow-up to the World Food Summit (CL 115/11 paras 11 to 30; CL 115/INF/19)
5.2 Other Matters Arising out of the Report
 

TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER

 

MORNING (09.30 – 12.30 hours)
Item 8 FAO Strategic Framework 2000-2015: for discussion and/or decision
(CL 115/4 paras 6 to 9; CL 115/7 paras 5 to 12; CL 115/8 paras 6 to 21;
CL 115/12;CL 115/19 paras 7 to 22 ; CL 115/INF/22)
 

AFTERNOON (14.30 – 17.30 hours)

Item 6 Negotiations on the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/13)
Item 9 Programme Implementation Report 1996-97: for discussion and/or decision
(C 99/8; C 99/8-Corr.1; CL 115/ 8 paras 28 to 52;CL 115/10 paras 4 to 8;
CL 115/INF/23)
Item 10 Reports of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May 1998 and September 1998): for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/4; CL 115/19)
10.1 Savings and Efficiencies in Governance (CL 115/4 paras 10 to 14;
CL 115/5 paras 4 to 12; CL 115/19 paras 35 to 43)
10.2 Arrangements for Consideration of JIU Reports (CL 115/4 paras 15 to 18)
10.3 Special Reserve Account (CL 115/4 paras 19 to 22; CL 115/9 paras 14 to 20;
CL 115/10 paras 9 to 12; CL 115/19 paras 23 and 24)
 

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER

 

MORNING (09.30 – 12.30 hours)

 

Item 11 Reports of the Seventy-ninth (Rome, May 1998) and Eightieth (Rome, September 1998) Sessions of the Programme Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/7; CL 115/8)
Item 12 Reports of the Eighty-ninth (Rome, May 1998), and Ninetieth (Rome, September 1998) Sessions of the Finance Committee: for discussion and/or decision
(CL 115/9; CL 115/10)
12.1 FAO Audited Accounts 1996-97 (C 99/5; CL 115/10 paras 18 to 25)
12.2 Status of Contributions 1998 (CL 115/10 para 15; CL 115/LIM/1)
12.3 Format of the External Audit Opinion (CL 115/5 paras 13 and 14; CL 115/9 para 48)
12.4 Other Matters Arising out of the Reports
 

ATERNOON (14.30 – 17.30 hours)

Item 13 Regional Distribution of Council Seats: for discussion (CL 115/INF/18)
Item 14 Report of the Sixty-eighth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (September 1998): for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/5)
Item 15 Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including (Cont’d) :
15.1 Date for Nominations to the Office of Director-General: for decision
(CL 115/6)
 

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLENARY

Drafting Committee (first meeting)

 

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER

 

MORNING (09.30 – 12.30 hours)
Item 7 World Food Programme
7.1 Second Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/14)
7.2 Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board: for decision
(CL 115/15)
Item 19 Appointment of two Alternate Chairmen of the Appeals Committee: for decision (CL 115/17)
 

AFTERNOON (14.30 – 17.30 hours)

Item 17 Procedure for Selecting Host Countries for the World Forestry Congress: for decision (CL 115/16)
Item 16 Date and Place of the Hundred and Sixteenth Session of the Council: for decision (CL 115/INF/15)
Item 20 Any Other Matters (Cont’d)
 

FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER

 

MORNING (09.30- 12.30 hours)

 

Drafting Committee (second meeting)

 

AFTERNOON (14.30 – 17.30 hours)

 

Drafting Committee (third meeting)

 

SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER

 

MORNING (09.30 –12.30 hours)

 

Adoption of the Report

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