Finance Committee (CC-704)

Next Session

FC - 149th Session - 27-28 May 2013

Legal Framework

Article of Constitution

Origin

Established as the "Committee on Financial Control" (CFC) by a Resolution of the Conference at its Third Session (1947) as successor to the Sub-Committee on Finance. In 1958, the name was changed to Finance Committee. Its size and structure were modified by the Conference at its Thirty-sixth Session in 2009 (Resolution 6/2009, C 2009/REP, para. 140).

Rules of Procedure

See Basic Texts, Vol. I - Section F, Rules of Procedure of the Finance Committee

Category

Cat.1

Purpose

To assist the Council in exercising control over the financial administration of the Organization. Its functions are set out in Rule XXVII of the General Rules of the Organization. The Finance Committee holds concurrent sessions with the Programme Committee during the second year of the biennium (Rule XXVIII of the General Rules of the Organization), and sometimes also in the first year.

Secretary

Mr David McSherry

Membership

Representatives of 12 Member Nations and a Chairperson elected by the Council from specific regions as determined by the Conference for the purpose of Council elections. Members of the Committee shall appoint as their representatives individuals who have shown a continued interest in the objectives and activities of the Organization, have participated in Conference or Council sessions and have special competence and experience in administrative and financial matters. Members of the Committee are elected for a period of two years at the session of the Council following the regular session of the Conference and they are eligible for reappointment.

Chairperson

Mr Médi Moungui (Cameroon)

Members

Australia (Mr Matthew Worrell)*
Brazil (Mr Olyntho Vieira)**
Burkina Faso (Mr Laurent Diandioua Coulidiati)
India (Mr Shobhana K. Pattanayak)
Japan (Mr Hideya Yamada)
Kuwait (Ms Manar Sabah Mohammad Al-Sabah)
Mexico (Ms Emma María José Rodríguez Sifuentes)***
Morocco (Mr Fouzi Lekjaa)****
Netherlands (Mr Ronald Elkhuizen)*****
Russian Federation (Mr Vladimir V. Kuznetsov)
Sudan (Mr Mohamed Eltayeb Elfaki Elnor)******
United States of America (Ms Karen E. Johnson) *******

* Following the withdrawal of Mr Travis Power. During the 149^th Session Ms Gill will replace Mr Worrell.
** Mr Luiz Maria Pio Correa will replace Mr Vieira when he is unavailable.
*** Following the withdrawal of Mr Jorge Eduardo Chen Charpentier. Mr Alan Romero Zavala will replace Ms Sifuentes when she is unavailable.
**** Following the withdrawal of Mr Amal Belcaïd.
***** During the 149^th Session Ms Eva van Woersem and Mr Jan van der Velde will replace Mr Elkhuizen when he is unavailable.
****** During the 149^th Session Ms Abla Malik Osman will replace Mr Eltayeb Elfaki Elnor.
******* During the 149^th Session Ms Elizabeth Petrovski will replace Ms Johnson.

Substitute Representatives

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Current term of office

July 2011 - June 2013

Languages (used during the current mandate)

Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Russian

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Frequency of Sessions

At least twice a year

Previous Sessions and documents

Division

Finance Division (CSF)

Contact information/email

Finance-committee@fao.org

First Session

Committee on Financial Control, December 1947; Finance Committee, March 1958.