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Origin
The commission was established as a merger of two previous regional commissions for the Near East: The Regional Commission on Agriculture/CoAg (RNEA-708); and The Regional Land and Water Use Commission / LWUC (RNEA-701), following the FAO Council Resolution No.13/97. |
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Purpose
The merger was made to make the new Commission more effective in its operation and to enable it to respond to the needs of Member Nations. Moreover, it was meant to further strengthen the multidisciplinary approach and to promote integrated and comprehensive agricultural and rural development programmes. This Commission aims to provide a forum through which Member Nations can exchange information and experience and promote joint programmes at regional and sub-regional levels for the complimentarity of resources. An added benefit is to assist FAO and other potential donors with identifying issues, problems and future work programmes in the Region. This could include promotion of technical co-operation to overcome the identified problems related to:
§ Land & water resources inventories for their sustainable utilization and management,
§ Land use planning,
§ Maintaining and updating regional databases on natural resources in the Region;
§ Promotion of programmes for food production, plant protection, animal health and livestock production,
§ Development of agricultural research systems, and identification of efficient agricultural services to farmers.
Membership:
Open to all Member Nations of the Organization whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the Near East Region as defined by the Organization and which notify the Director-General of their desire to be considered as Members.
The present Membership is:
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Afghanistan |
Lebanon |
Somalia |
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Bahrain |
Libya |
Sudan |
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Cyprus |
Mauritania |
Syria |
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Egypt |
Morocco |
Tunisia |
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Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Oman |
Turkey |
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Iraq |
Pakistan |
United Arab Emirates |
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Jordan |
Qatar |
Yemen |
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Kuwait |
Saudi Arabia |
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Working Languages:
English and Arabic
Rules of Procedure:
General Rules of the Organization.
Pattern of Convening Sessions:
Biennial, and held Back-to-Back with the Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC).
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