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The FAO Regional Conference for the Near East is held once every two years, in the years in which the FAO General Conference does not meet in regular session. The attendance of the Regional Conference is usually, at Ministers of Agriculture level. Observers from countries outside the Region, international, regional and Arab Organizations are also invited to the Conference.
The functions of the Regional Conference are to hold consultations at a high level, to indicate the special problems of the Region and the priority areas which should be taken into account in preparing the Programme of Work and Budget for the next biennium, as well as in relation to longer term programme objectives of the Organization to the needs of the Region; to undertake consultations on the means by which the countries of the Region can solve their own problems through the use of their own resources; and on the volume and nature of the external aid required to implement their food and agricultural development plans.
The Regional Conference may make recommendations to Member Nations in the Region, the Conference, the Council, and the Director-General and, through the Director General, to the United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
The Regional Conference has held, until now, twenty-eight sessions.
Place and Date of FAO Regional Conferences for the Near East
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Conference No. |
Place and Date |
| First |
Cairo, Egypt 2-14 February 1948 |
| Second |
Damascus, Syria, 28 August - 6 September 1951 |
| Third |
Cairo, Egypt 1 - 9 September 1953 |
| Fourth |
Damascus, Syria, 10 - 20 December 1958 |
| Fifth |
Tehran, Iran 21 September - 1 October 1960 |
| Sixth |
Tel Amara, Lebanon 30 July - 8 August 1962 |
| Seventh |
Cairo, Egypt 19 - 21 October 1964 |
| Eighth |
Khartoum, Sudan 24 January - 2 February 1967 |
| Ninth |
Baghdad, Iraq 21 September - 1 October 1968 |
| Tenth |
Islamabad, Pakistan, 12 -22 September 1970 |
| Eleventh |
Kuwait, Kuwait 9 - 19 September 1972 |
| Twelfth |
Amman, Jordan 31 August - 9 September 1974 |
| Thirteenth |
Tunis, Tunisia 4 - 11 October 1976 |
| Fourteenth |
Damascus, Syria 9 - 26 September 1978 |
| Fifteenth |
Rome, Italy 21 - 25 April 1981 |
| Sixteenth |
Nicosia, Cyprus 21 - 25 October 1982 |
| Seventeenth |
Aden, Yemen 11 - 14 March 1984 |
| Eighteenth |
Istanbul, Turkey 17 - 21 March 1986 |
| Nineteenth |
Muscat, Oman 13 - 17 March 1988 |
| Twentieth |
Tunis, Tunisia 12 - 16 March 1990 |
| Twenty-first |
Tehran, Iran 17 - 21 May 1992 |
| Twenty-second |
Amman, Jordan 1994 |
| Twenty-third |
Rabat, Morocco 1996 |
| Twenty-fourth |
Damascus, Syria 1998 |
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Twenty-fifth |
Beirut, Lebanon March 2000 |
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Twenty-Sixth |
Tehran, Iran March 2002 |
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Twenty-Seventh |
Doha, Qatar March 2004 |
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Twenty-Eight |
Sanaa, Yemen March 2006 |
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Twenty-Ninth |
Cairo, Egypt March 2008 |
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