1. His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, delivered the 29th McDougall Memorial Lecture.
2.
The Conference noted with appreciation the participation of Heads
of State and Government during its session.
3. His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic of Italy, and Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet Jeria, President of the Republic of Chile, addressed the Inaugural Ceremony.
4. Her Excellency Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Republic of Argentina, His Excellency Jorge Alberto Arreaza Monserrat, Vice-President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and The Honourable Commodore Ratu Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, participated in the General Debate.
5. His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United Mexican States, and His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President of the Republic of Colombia, addressed the Closing Ceremony of the Conference.
6. During the Session, Her Majesty Queen Letizia of the Kingdom of Spain was nominated Special Ambassador for Nutrition. After her nomination Her Majesty the Queen addressed the Conference.
7.
A representative of the FAO
Staff Bodies made a statement to the Conference.
8.
The Conference observed one minute
of silence in memory of those staff members who had died since the Conference
last met. The names of the deceased staff members were read aloud and are
contained in the Verbatim Records of the Conference.
9.
The Council nominated and the
Conference elected Mr Le Mamea Ropati Mualia,
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Agriculture Store Corporation of
Samoa, as Chairperson of the 39th Session of the Conference.
10.
The Council nominated and the
Conference elected the three Vice-Chairpersons of the Conference: Mr Claudio Javier Rozencwaig (Argentina),
Mr Serge Tomasi (France) and Mr Majid Dehghan‑Shoar
(Islamic Republic of Iran).
11.
The Council recommended and the
Conference elected the:
Seven members of the General
Committee
|
Australia |
Iraq |
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Cameroon |
Nicaragua |
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Canada |
Slovakia |
|
China |
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Nine
members of the Credentials Committee
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Cuba |
Republic of Korea |
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Eritrea |
San Marino |
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Indonesia |
Thailand |
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New Zealand |
United States of America |
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Oman |
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12.
The Conference adopted
its Agenda as amended. The Agenda is given
in Appendix A to this Report.
13.
The Conference adopted
the arrangements proposed by the 150th Session of Council and the
timetable proposed by the 151st Session of Council.
14.
The Conference concurred
with the Council’s recommendations to establish two Commissions.
15.
In accordance with Rule VII and
Rule XXIV-5 (b) of the General Rules of the Organization (GRO), the 151st
Session of the Council nominated Mr Luca
Fratini (Italy) as Chairperson of Commission I and Mr Khaled M.S.H. El Taweel (Egypt)
as Chairperson of Commission II, which the Conference approved.
16. Mr Ahmad Farooq (Pakistan) was elected Chairperson of the Drafting Committee for Commission I with the following membership: Argentina, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Republic of Korea and Spain.
17.
Mr
Spyridon Ellinas (Cyprus) was elected Chairperson of the Drafting
Committee for Commission II with the following membership: Australia, Brazil,
China, Cyprus, Germany, Kuwait, Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russian Federation,
Sudan, United States of America and Zimbabwe.
18.
The
Conference, taking into consideration the proposals of the General Committee,
in accordance with Rule X-2 (c) of the GRO, also appointed the following
Vice‑Chairpersons:
Commission
I: Ms Natalie
Feistritzer (Austria)
Mr
Charles Essonghe (Gabon)
Commission II: Mr
Tazwin Hanif (Indonesia)
Ms
Marieta Okenková
(Slovakia)
19.
The Conference confirmed the
decision taken at its previous sessions to the effect that, when a Member
wished to reply to criticisms of its Government's policy, it should preferably
do so on the day on which such criticism had been voiced after all those
wishing to participate in the discussion had had an opportunity to speak.
20.
The Credentials Committee held
three meetings on 27 May, 6 and 11 June 2015 to examine the
credentials received for this session of the Conference. A report was issued as
document C 2015/LIM/15, with 189 Members included in List A. One Member informed the Director‑General
of its intention not to attend the Conference and five Members did not provide
any information on their participation or representation in the Conference
session. The lists reflect the situation as at 6 June 2015.
21.
The credentials of the
representatives of the United Nations, its Specialized Agencies and related
organizations were duly deposited as prescribed under Rule III-2 of the GRO.
22.
The Conference noted that, in
accordance with Article III.4 of the Constitution, at the beginning of the
Session 11 Member Nations (Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Dominica, Grenada, Sao
Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine) had lost their voting rights in the Conference, since
the amount of their arrears of contributions to the Organization exceeded the
amount due for the two preceding years.
23. Subsequently, two Member Nations (Solomon Islands and South Sudan) made payments sufficient to regain their voting rights.
24.
The Conference decided to
restore the voting rights to the Comoros, Somalia and Ukraine, which had
requested special consideration under Article III.4 of the Constitution.
25.
The Conference accepted the
request by Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan to repay their arrears through
instalment plans and therefore decided to restore their voting
rights. To this effect, the Conference adopted
the following Resolutions:
Payment of Contributions – Sao Tome and Principe
THE CONFERENCE,
Noting
that the Government of Sao Tome and Principe had made a proposal that it
liquidate its arrears of contributions over a period of 4 years commencing in
2016, in addition to paying each current contribution in the calendar year of
assessment.
Decides
that:
1) Notwithstanding
Financial Regulation 5.5 the arrears of contributions of Sao Tome and Principe
totalling USD 214,630.44 and EUR 20,636.24 shall be settled through the
payment of four annual instalments of USD 53,657.61 and EUR 5,159.06
each from 2016 to 2019.
2) The
first instalment shall be payable on 1 January 2016.
3) The
annual payment of the instalments referred to above, together with the payment
of each current contribution in the calendar year of assessment and any
advances to the Working Capital Fund, shall be considered as fulfilment of the
financial obligations of Sao Tome and Principe to the Organization.
4) Instalments
shall be payable in accordance with Financial Regulation 5.5.
5) Default in payment of two instalments shall
render this instalment plan null and void.
(Adopted
on 13 June 2015)
Payment of Contributions – Tajikistan
THE CONFERENCE,
Noting that
the Government of Tajikistan had made a proposal that it liquidate its arrears
of contributions over a period of 5 years commencing in 2016, in addition to
paying each current contribution in the calendar year of assessment.
Decides that:
1) Notwithstanding Financial Regulation 5.5 the arrears of contributions of
Tajikistan totaling USD 37,618.70 and EUR 10,349.70 shall be settled through the payment of five
annual instalments of USD 7,523.74 and
EUR 2,069.94 each from 2016 to
2020.
2) The first instalment shall be payable on 1 January
2016.
3) The annual payment of the instalments referred to
above, together with the payment of each current contribution in the calendar
year of assessment and any advances to the Working Capital Fund, shall be
considered as fulfilment of the financial obligations of Tajikistan to the
Organization.
4)
Instalments shall be payable in accordance with Financial Regulation 5.5.
5)
Default in payment of two instalments shall render this instalment plan
null and void.
(Adopted
on 13 June 2015)
26.
The General Committee recalled
that the 36th Session of the Conference in 2009 had endorsed an
instalment plan for Georgia to liquidate part of its arrears of contributions
totalling USD 1,217,323.08 through the payment of six annual instalments
of US 121,732.31 each from 2010 to 2015 with the remaining balance of the
arrears being subject to reconsideration and rescheduling in 2015 (Resolution
1/2009).
27.
The Conference was informed that
the Government of Georgia had made annual payments of the instalments referred
to above, together with the payment of each current contribution in the
calendar year of assessment, fulfilling the financial obligations of Georgia to
the Organization. Georgia had requested by its letter dated
15 April 2015 to repay the remaining balance of arrears of
USD 486,929.22 through the payment of four annual instalments of
USD 121,732.31 each from 2016 to 2019. To this effect, the Conference adopted
the following Resolution:
Payment of Contributions –
Georgia
THE CONFERENCE,
Noting that the Government of Georgia had made a proposal that it
liquidate its arrears of contributions over a period of four years commencing
in 2016 in addition to paying each current contribution in the calendar year of
assessment.
Decides that:
1) Notwithstanding
Financial Regulation 5.5 the arrears of contributions of Georgia totalling
USD 486,929.22 shall be settled through the payment of four annual
instalments of USD 121,732.31 each from 2016 to 2019.
2) The first
instalment shall be payable on 1 January 2016.
3) The annual
payment of the instalments referred to above, together with the payment of each
current contribution in the calendar year of assessment and any advances to the
Working Capital Fund, shall be considered as fulfilment of the financial
obligations of Georgia to the Organization.
4) Instalments
shall be payable in accordance with Financial Regulation 5.5.
5) Default in payment of two instalments shall render this
instalment plan null and void.
(Adopted on
13 June 2015)
Intergovernmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental
Organizations
28.
The Conference reviewed the list
of intergovernmental organizations and international non‑governmental
organizations to which the Director-General had extended a provisional
invitation to the Session, and confirmed them.
29.
The Conference confirmed the
invitation issued by the Director-General to Palestine, at the suggestion of
the 150th Session of the Council.
30.
One hundred and ten Heads of Delegation and three Observers intervened
on this agenda item, commenting on the agricultural and food security situation
at the global level and in their respective countries, with a focus on the
theme of the General Debate: “Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty and Hunger by
Strengthening Rural Resilience: Social Protection and Sustainable Agricultural
Development”.
31.
The Conference:
a) welcomed that 72 countries met the Millennium
Development Goal 1c hunger target of halving the proportion of undernourishment
between 1990‑92 and 2015;
b) noted that the hunger
reduction target of the MDG 1 had been nearly met at the global level, while
the world was still far from meeting the World Food Summit (WFS) target;
c) recognized the uneven progress in reducing
undernourishment in some regions;
d) noted that further
progress required creation of inclusive systems to build resilience, reduce
poverty and improve access to food, including market access and an enabling environment
for farmers to invest and innovate;
e) noted that poverty and
food insecurity were concentrated in rural areas and that many of the poor
depended on agriculture for their livelihoods;
f) recognized the role of social protection in reducing
poverty and food and nutrition insecurity in rural areas, and in promoting
resilience and sustainable agricultural development; and
g)
emphasized that social protection, in combination with support
to productive sectors such as family farming, could create positive synergies,
and called for an integrated approach to fight hunger and poverty.
32.
The Conference:
a) further noted the
importance of soils for sustainable agriculture and welcomed the
International Year of Soils; and
b) emphasized that global climate change posed increasing
threats to food security and nutrition.
33.
The Conference endorsed the report and took
note of the recommendations presented therein. Appreciation was expressed
for the manner in which Iraq had chaired the Regional Conference.
34.
The Conference endorsed the report and took note of the
recommendations presented therein. It expressed its gratitude to
Mongolia, the host country, for the excellent organization of the Regional
Conference.
35.
The Conference endorsed the
report and took note of the recommendations presented therein. It expressed its gratitude to
Tunisia, the host country, for the excellent organization of the Regional
Conference.
36.
The Conference endorsed the
report and took note of the recommendations presented therein. It expressed
its gratitude to Romania,
the host country, for the excellent organization of the Regional Conference.
37.
The Conference endorsed the
report and took note of the recommendations presented therein. It also thanked Chile, the
host country, for the excellent organization of the Regional Conference.
38.
The Conference also took note of the
practice of the North America Region to host an Informal Regional Conference
allowing Member Nations of the Region to make inputs into the Organization’s
prioritization process.
39.
The Conference endorsed the
conclusions and recommendations contained in the Report of
the 31st Session of the Committee on Fisheries,
and in particular:
a) expressed support for the work of FAO on fisheries
and aquaculture based on FAO’s Strategic Objectives, highlighting the Blue
Growth Initiative, implementation of the Agreement on Port State Measures to
prevent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Code of Conduct
for Responsible Fisheries and the International Guidelines on Bycatch
Management;
b) welcomed the Voluntary Guidelines for
Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and
Poverty Eradication and the Global Assistance Programme to support their
implementation;
c) welcomed the Voluntary Guidelines for Flag
State Performance;
d) underlined the importance of development of
sustainable marine and inland fisheries and aquaculture as a contribution to
achieving food security, sustainable development, poverty alleviation, stable
markets and increased resilience; and
e) supported FAO’s effort in capacity
development in the areas of data collection and analysis, stock assessment,
management, aquaculture, post-harvesting and policy development.
40.
The
Conference endorsed the Report of the 22nd Session of the
Committee on Forestry (COFO) and noted in particular the importance of:
a)
the Zero Hunger Challenge by developing evidence‑based and
inclusive forest policies, as well as integrated cross‑sectoral
approaches, and advocate for, and work actively towards achieving zero illegal
deforestation;
b)
an enabling environment for forest communities, family forest owners,
forest rights holders and forest and farm producer organizations;
c)
establishing and strengthening platforms for cross‑sectoral,
multi‑stakeholder dialogue and initiatives that link forestry and
agriculture and other natural resource‑related sectors;
d)
FAO’s participation in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) at country, regional and global
level;
e)
FAO’s lead role in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests as a broad
inter‑agency coordination mechanism in the future international
arrangement on forests;
f)
the cooperation within existing initiatives working on boreal forests
and requested FAO to scale‑up its support to countries on boreal
forests; and
g)
a global capacity development programme on sustainable management and
restoration of dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems.
41.
The
Conference encouraged Members to:
a)
increase efforts to ensure adequate consideration of gender issues in
forestry;
b)
strengthen collaboration of agriculture, fisheries, forestry and other
land use sectors to promote the application of integrated approaches across the
landscape, including through increased collaboration of COFO with the Committee
on Fisheries (COFI) and the Committee on Agriculture (COAG), as well as the
Committee on World Food Security (CFS); and
c)
strengthen their efforts to ensure adequate consideration and
visibility of forests in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post‑2015
Development Agenda.
42.
The
Conference emphasized that the work of FAO on forestry needed to be
focused on the basis of the Organization’s reviewed Strategic Framework.
43.
The Conference endorsed
the conclusions and recommendations contained in the Report of
the 24th Session of the Committee on Agriculture, and in particular
on:
a)
FAO’s work in the food and agriculture sector under the Organization’s
reviewed Strategic Framework;
b)
the emphasis placed on family farming;
c)
the call for a greater role for FAO in Trade Facilitation programmes,
in close collaboration with relevant partners as an important means for
supporting the delivery of FAO’s Strategy for Enhancing Food Safety Globally;
d)
the support to the implementation of the Peste des Petits Ruminants global control and eradication
programme;
e)
the importance for Members to incorporate water governance for food
security and sustainable agriculture in their national policies;
f)
the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS);
g)
the Global Agenda for Sustainable
Livestock and noted its set‑up and governance, including coordination
with other initiatives; and
h)
FAO’s work on sustainable production
intensification and sustainable food systems.
44.
The Conference took note that
the International Rice Commission had suspended all its activities and that an
item on rice would be included on the agenda of the regular sessions of the
Committee on Agriculture when appropriate.
45.
The Conference noted the Status Report on
Antimicrobial Resistance; welcomed the inclusive and consultative
preparatory process of the Resolution and adopted the following Resolution:
Antimicrobial Resistance
THE
CONFERENCE,
Having considered the Secretariat’s Status Report on
Antimicrobial Resistance[20] in food, agriculture[21] and the environment;
Recalling the Rome Declaration on Nutrition 2014 and
accompanying Framework for Action and also recalling the request by the Council
at its Hundred and Fiftieth Session to the Secretariat;
Recognizing the role of FAO as the lead intergovernmental
agency with the mandate to improve agriculture, forestry, fisheries and
management of natural resources and to achieve global food security and
nutrition;
Noting also the relevant and globally agreed FAO/WHO
Codex Alimentarius Commission[22] guidance and Codes, as well as the relevant agreed OIE standards,
to address antimicrobial resistance;
Aware that access to effective antimicrobial agents
constitutes a prerequisite for productive and sustainable agriculture,
particularly animal husbandry and aquaculture and safe food, on which countless
livelihoods depend throughout the world, but that hard-won gains in animal and
human health and development are at risk due to increasing resistance to
antimicrobials;
Aware that the health and economic consequences of
antimicrobial resistance constitute a heavy and growing burden on high-,
middle- and low-income countries, requiring urgent action at national, regional
and global levels, particularly in view of the limited development of new
antimicrobial agents;
Recognizing that there is need for a coherent,
comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach at global, regional and
national levels in a ‘One Health’ approach and beyond, involving different
actors and sectors such as human and veterinary medicine, agriculture, food
safety, environment and consumers;
Recognizing that antimicrobial resistance involves a wide
range of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, but
that the development of resistance to antibiotics is of particular urgency and
most in need of immediate attention;
Emphasizing the importance of policy recommendations being based on sound
scientific evidence and risk analysis principles;
Noting the evidence of the transmission and spread of
antimicrobial resistance between animals, humans, in the food chain and the
environment;
Welcoming the tripartite collaboration on antimicrobial
resistance among FAO, the World Health Organization (WHO), including Codex
Alimentarius, and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), as well
as other international collaboration;
Noting the adoption by the Sixty-seventh World Health
Assembly of a resolution on antimicrobial resistance,[23]
including its request to the WHO Director-General to strengthen the tripartite
collaboration among FAO, OIE and WHO for combating antimicrobial resistance in
the spirit of the ‘One Health’ approach;
Welcoming the adoption by the
Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial
Resistance[24],
into which FAO provided input, and noting the reports and guidance to and by
the Executive Board of WHO at its Hundred and Thirty‑sixth Session;
Aware that the Global Action Plan reinforces the
need for collaboration on antimicrobial resistance among FAO, OIE and WHO and
other intergovernmental organizations, partners and stakeholders and calls upon
FAO to support the implementation of antimicrobial resistance prevention and
control measures in food and agriculture;
Noting the Secretariat’s report to the Council at its
Hundred and Fifty‑first Session, set out in document
C 2015/28 Rev.1 and the deliberations of the Council;
Strongly supporting the ongoing work by the Secretariat, in
collaboration with Members and others, to assess the evidence of antimicrobial
resistance in food and agriculture systems, identify knowledge gaps, and
provide recommendations to Members for effectively combatting antimicrobial
resistance;
a) Urges Members to:
a) increase political awareness, engagement and leadership to ensure continued access to antimicrobial drugs through the prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials in agriculture, as expressed in the Codex Code of Practice to Minimize and Contain Antimicrobial Resistance[25], in particular those on the OIE and WHO lists of Critically Important Antimicrobials[26] of veterinary and human health importance;
b) strengthen national monitoring of antimicrobial resistance and the use of antimicrobials in agriculture, regulation of their prescription and use and compliance with those regulations in cooperation with OIE, WHO and FAO in accordance with OIE and Codex standards;
c) facilitate efforts to strengthen analysis and sharing of international scientific evidence for development, transmission and control of antimicrobial resistance in food, agriculture and the environment, including technology transfer;
d) take actions to continue the development of sustainable food production systems taking into consideration their social, economic and environmental dimensions, in order to reduce the risk of diseases, prevent the unnecessary use of antimicrobials, including the phasing out of antimicrobials as growth promoters (veterinary antimicrobial drugs which belong to or are able to cause cross resistance to classes of antimicrobial agents used - or submitted for approval - in humans and animals in the absence of a risk analysis) and promote good animal husbandry management, biosecurity and biosafety;
e) take urgent action at regional, national and local levels to mitigate risks posed by inappropriate antimicrobial usage and antimicrobial resistance in food, agriculture and the environment;
f) develop or strengthen national plans, strategies and international collaboration for the surveillance, monitoring and containment of antimicrobial resistance in food, agriculture and the environment, in close coordination with related plans for human health;
g) mobilize human and financial resources, at national, regional and international level, in order to implement plans and strategies to strengthen surveillance and to minimize development and transmission of antimicrobial resistance in food, agriculture and the environment;
h) improve among all relevant stakeholders awareness of: i) the risks posed by antimicrobial resistance to public health, as well as the potential negative impacts on food and agriculture; ii) the need for responsible use of antimicrobial drugs in agriculture; and iii) good animal husbandry, plant production, health, biosecurity and biosafety, management and hygiene practices;
i) support developing countries to develop programmes and systems for detection, surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance and to follow-up on their related policies established to achieve progressive management of antimicrobial resistance risks in food, agriculture and the environment;
j) encourage and support research and development to combat antimicrobial resistance and development of new classes of antimicrobial agents and alternative therapies and diagnostics and promote responsible use of antimicrobials in agriculture;
k) recognize the importance of the development of antimicrobial usage and resistance surveillance; and
l) improve information sharing and awareness raising amongst all stakeholders.
b) Requests the Organization to:
a) actively support and provide capacity building as appropriate, in collaboration with other relevant partners, sustainable production systems taking into account the social, economic and environmental dimensions that prevent diseases through good animal (aquatic and terrestrial) husbandry management and practices, as well as good plant production management and practices, as an important means to combat antimicrobial resistance;
b) ensure that all relevant parts of the Organization, at headquarters, regional and country levels, are actively engaged and coordinated in promoting work on combatting antimicrobial resistance, within the parameters of the FAO Strategic Objectives;
c) help strengthen the tripartite collaboration between FAO, OIE and WHO for combatting antimicrobial resistance in the spirit of the ‘One Health’ approach and to maximize synergies with OIE in animal health;
d) support efforts to explore with the United Nations Secretary-General options for a high-level initiative, including a high-level meeting, to increase political awareness, engagement and leadership on antimicrobial resistance;
e) support implementation of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, which seeks to address the need to ensure that all countries, especially low- and middle-income countries, have the capacity to combat antimicrobial resistance and which takes into account existing action plans and all available evidence and best practices; and
f) keep Members regularly apprised of the Secretariat’s work in this area, through reports to the Committee on Agriculture.
(Adopted on 13 June 2015)
46.
The Conference endorsed
the conclusions and recommendations contained in the Report of the 70th
Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP),
and in particular:
a) welcomed the reform of the
CCP and its subsidiary bodies, with a view to improving their functioning and
working arrangements;
b) recognized the importance of timely and
good data for informing decisions; and commended FAO’s role in providing
up‑to‑date market information and assessment and in promoting
market transparency;
c) stressed the importance of
medium-term commodity market projections as an essential tool for policy debate
and planning; welcomed the OECD-FAO collaboration on the Agricultural
Outlook; and encouraged the further strengthening of this partnership to
better serve FAO’s Membership;
d) took note of FAO’s technical assistance to Members,
including capacity development, on WTO negotiations on agriculture; and underlined
the importance of agreeing on a post‑Bali work programme as foreseen in
the Bali Package; and
e) welcomed the progress made with regard
to the implementation of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS),
noting its high relevance to the work of the CCP; and recognized its
importance as an innovation in commodity markets governance.
47.
Furthermore,
the Conference:
a) recommended that governments increase their
efforts to enhance the quality and timeliness of data, and encouraged
them to improve the response rate and quality of the data provided through
regular questionnaires issued by FAO; and
b) took note that the International Rice Commission suspended
its activities and operations and that a standing item on rice would be included
in the agenda of the regular sessions of the CCP when appropriate.
48.
The Conference:
a) endorsed the
conclusions and recommendations of the 40th and 41st
Sessions of the Committee;
b) welcomed the adoption of the
Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, which
were recognized as a major achievement, and encouraged FAO Members and
other stakeholders to contribute to their implementation;
c)
encouraged implementation by
the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) stakeholders of the policy
recommendations on “Biofuels and Food Security”; “Investing in Smallholder
Agriculture for Food Security and Nutrition”; “Food Losses and Waste in the
Context of Sustainable Food Systems”; and “Sustainable Fisheries and
Aquaculture for Food Security and Nutrition”;
d)
welcomed the successful
conclusion of the negotiations of the CFS Framework for Action for Food
Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises to be submitted for endorsement at the 42nd
Session of CFS in October 2015;
e)
supported the commitment to
achieving the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the
context of national food security in the years to come;
f)
supported the role of CFS in
nutrition and fostering the implementation of the outcomes of the Second
International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) in coordination with other UN
Bodies;
g)
invited FAO Members and CFS
stakeholders to promote CFS as a unique multi‑stakeholder model,
disseminate its products, and support its outreach activities; and
h)
encouraged the CFS to continue
its work within its mandate.
49.
The Conference:
a) welcomed the report
presenting the progress made towards the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), in particular MDG 1 target c; describing the
process leading to the crafting of the new set of Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) and the Post‑2015 Development Agenda; and discussing issues
related to the implementation of the new development agenda;
b) called
for
greater efforts to achieve the MDGs globally and recognized FAO’s
primary responsibility for supporting Members in achieving MDGs relevant to its
mandate;
c) commended FAO’s role and contribution,
guided by the Organization’s Reviewed Strategic Framework and the Zero Hunger
Challenge, as well as the collaboration with the other Rome‑based Agencies,
in the post‑2015 process; and
d) looked forward to the outcome of the 3rd
International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD) to be held in Addis
Ababa in July 2015, to the endorsement of the Post‑2015 Development
Agenda and SDGs at the UN Summit in September 2015, and encouraged all
FAO Members to ensure that adequate financial and non‑financial means of
implementation were made available for the effectiveness of the new development
framework.
50.
The Conference reviewed
the Interim Report and took note of FAO’s progress in the implementation of the
UN General Assembly cumulative resolutions on the Quadrennial Comprehensive
Policy Review (QCPR) of operational activities. It expressed appreciation
to the Secretariat for the quality and depth of the report, as well as progress
made in implementation.
51.
The Conference:
a)
recognized the far‑reaching
transformational changes undergone by the Organization, making it more
efficient and fit for purpose to rise to the challenges outlined by the QCPR;
b)
expressed appreciation for FAO’s consistent
commitment in supporting Member Nations in their development efforts;
c)
supported FAO’s application of
results-based management principles to implement the reviewed Strategic
Framework approved by the Conference in June 2013, from planning to monitoring
on resources and results for all sources of funds;
d)
acknowledged FAO’s corporate
resource mobilization strategy to achieve adequate voluntary contributions and a
diversified donor base, to support the achievement of results under FAO’s
Strategic Objectives;
e)
noted FAO’s efforts to integrate
“Delivering as One” best practices in its policies and procedures within the
QCPR context in line with specific experience and expertise, derived from, and
in line with, its mandates and Strategic Framework; and
f)
encouraged FAO to continue
supporting increased UN System-wide coherence at country, regional and global
levels.
52.
The Conference:
a)
welcomed and adopted
the Report of the 15th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture;
b)
approved the Voluntary
Guidelines to Support the Integration of Genetic Diversity into National
Climate Change Adaptation Planning and invited countries to implement them;
c)
welcomed the Elements to
Facilitate Domestic Implementation of Access and Benefit‑Sharing for
Different Subsectors of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and invited
Members to consider and, as appropriate, make use of them.
d)
noted the complementarity
between the work of the Commission and the Nagoya Protocol in regard to access
and benefit‑sharing for genetic resources;
e)
called for increased
cooperation between the Commission and relevant FAO technical bodies, as well
as the Committee on World Food Security and the International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; and
f)
encouraged FAO to provide
technical support to Members, including through seminars and training, for the
preparation of country reports for The
State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.
53.
The Conference appreciated
the successful outcome of the Second International Conference on Nutrition
(ICN2), jointly convened by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) from 19
to 21 November 2014 in Rome.
54.
The Conference endorsed
the ICN2 outcome documents, the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework
for Action,[33]
and urged FAO Members to implement the commitments set out in the Rome
Declaration and the recommendations in the Framework for Action.
55.
The Conference expressed
satisfaction with the ICN2 follow-up actions, supporting in particular the
following measures:
a)
mainstreaming of nutrition as a cross-cutting theme under the reviewed
Strategic Framework and Medium Term Plan 2014‑17 to improve support on
nutrition to FAO Members;
b)
identification of priority activities to be performed by FAO during the
period 2015 to 2017 in support of ICN2 outcomes;
c)
strengthening of FAO’s internal capacity to enhance its role on
nutrition;
d)
establishment of the Action for Nutrition Trust Fund to support
governments in transforming ICN2 commitments, recommendations and strategies
into concrete actions. The Conference called on resource partners to
make voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund;
e)
the request made to the UN Secretary-General for the UN General
Assembly to endorse the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for
Action, and to consider declaring a Decade of Action on Nutrition from 2016 to
2025. The Conference appreciated the efforts made in this regard, and encouraged
FAO to continue its collaboration with WHO on the substantive contents of the
proposed Decade of Action on Nutrition within existing structures and available
resources;
f)
efforts to improve UN system coordination and collaboration on
nutrition, through the strengthening of existing mechanisms. The Conference encouraged
consideration of further steps by Members to enable the Committee on World Food
Security (CFS) to serve as the appropriate intergovernmental and multi‑stakeholder
global forum on nutrition;
g)
efforts to include nutrition in the Sustainable Development Goals,
reflecting ICN2 outcomes in the Post‑2015 Development Agenda; and
h)
advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting and amplifying the food
security and nutrition messages of ICN2 through Expo Milano 2015.
56.
The Conference
noted and appreciated the comprehensive nature of the process that had
been followed to update the text of the World Soil Charter.
57.
The Conference endorsed
the revised World Soil Charter.
58.
The Conference adopted
the following Resolution:
Revised World Soil Charter
THE CONFERENCE,
Recalling its Resolution
8/81 (21st Session, November 1981) which adopted the first version of the World Soil
Charter;
Noting with
appreciation the timely initiative of the organs of the recently established
Global Soil Partnership (GSP), namely its Plenary Assembly and
Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, to assess the continued validity of
the Charter and to develop a revised text more attuned to present and
challenging soil issues and contexts;
Recognizing the current
threats to precious soil resources in all regions which could seriously
undermine the implementation of agreed goals and objectives for hunger
eradication and sustainable development, and stressing therefore the imperious
need to reverse alarming trends;
Realizing that
acceleration of the momentum to generate more concrete international cooperation
and activities and mobilize resources to reverse soil degradation and support
effective soil conservation measures, as embodied by the GSP and other
initiatives, would be well served by an updated Charter, which would assist in widely disseminating
solid principles and guidelines for action by all stakeholders;
Concurring with the
requirement for an updated Charter to reflect also the major policy
developments and conceptual advances with relevance to soils, as had occurred
in the intervening period since the adoption of the first version;
Taking the
opportunity of the International Year of Soils “Healthy soils for a healthy life”
to advocate for sustainable management of global soil resources;
Taking account
of the advice from the Committee on Agriculture at its 24th Session (29
September-3 October 2014)
and the FAO Council at its 150th Session (1-5 December 2014):
1. Hereby adopts a revised version of the World
Soil Charter;
2. Recommends to the United Nations system and all international
organizations concerned to promote actively the principles and guidelines set
out in the Charter, and to support their translation into sound policies and
tangible activities at all levels: national, regional and international.
World Soil Charter
1. Soils are fundamental to life on Earth but human pressures on soil
resources are reaching critical limits. Careful soil management is one
essential element of sustainable agriculture and also provides a valuable lever
for climate regulation and a pathway for safeguarding ecosystem services and
biodiversity.
2. The outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in June 2012, “The
Future We Want”, recognizes the economic and social significance of good land
management, including soil, particularly its contribution to economic growth,
biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and food security, eradicating poverty,
the empowerment of women, addressing climate change and improving water
availability.
3. Soils are a key enabling resource, central to the creation of a
host of goods and services integral to ecosystems and human well-being. The
maintenance or enhancement of global soil resources is essential if humanity’s
overarching need for food, water, and energy security is to be met in
accordance with the sovereign rights of each state over their natural
resources. In particular, the projected increases in food, fibre, and fuel
production required to achieve food and energy security will place increased
pressure on the soil.
4. Soils result from complex actions and interactions of processes in
time and space and hence are themselves diverse in form and properties and the
level of ecosystems services they provide. Good soil governance requires that
these differing soil capabilities be understood and that land use that respects
the range of capabilities be encouraged with a view to eradicating poverty and
achieving food security.
5. Soil management is sustainable if the supporting, provisioning,
regulating, and cultural services provided by soil are maintained or enhanced
without significantly impairing either the soil functions that enable those
services or biodiversity. The balance between the supporting and provisioning
services for plant production and the regulating services the soil provides for
water quality and availability and for atmospheric greenhouse gas composition
is a particular concern.
6. The implementation of soil management decisions is typically made
locally and occurs within widely differing socio-economic contexts. The
development of specific measures appropriate for adoption by local
decision-makers often requires multi-level, interdisciplinary initiatives by
many stakeholders. A strong commitment to including local and indigenous
knowledge is critical.
7. The specific functions provided by a soil are governed, in large
part, by the suite of chemical, biological, and physical properties present in
that soil. Knowledge of the actual state of those properties, their role in
soil functions, and the effect of change – both natural and human-induced—on
them is essential to achieve sustainability.
8. Soils are a key reservoir of global biodiversity, which ranges from
micro-organisms to flora and fauna. This biodiversity has a fundamental role in
supporting soil functions and therefore ecosystem goods and services associated
with soils. Therefore it is necessary to maintain soil biodiversity to
safeguard these functions.
9. All soils – whether actively managed or not - provide ecosystem
services relevant to global climate regulation and multi-scale water
regulation. Land use conversion can reduce these global, common-good services
provided by soils. The impact of local or regional land-use conversions can be
reliably evaluated only in the context of global evaluations of the
contribution of soils to essential ecosystem services.
10. Soil degradation inherently reduces or eliminates soil functions
and their ability to support ecosystem services essential for human well-being.
Minimizing or eliminating significant soil
degradation is essential to maintain the services provided by all
soils and is substantially more cost-effective than rehabilitating soils after
degradation has occurred.
11. Soils that have experienced degradation can, in some cases, have
their core functions and their contributions to ecosystem services restored
through the application of appropriate rehabilitation techniques. This
increases the area available for the provision of services without necessitating
land use conversion.
12. The overarching goal for all parties is to ensure that soils are
managed sustainably and that degraded soils are rehabilitated or restored.
13. Good soil governance requires that actions at all levels – from
States, and, to the extent that they are able, other public authorities,
international organizations, individuals, groups, and corporations – be
informed by the principles of sustainable soil management and contribute to the
achievement of a land-degradation neutral world in the context of sustainable
development.
14. All actors and specifically, each of the following stakeholder
groups are encouraged to consider the following actions:
A. Actions
by Individuals and the Private Sector
I. All individuals using or managing
soil must act as stewards of the soil to ensure that this essential natural
resource is managed sustainably to safeguard it for future generations.
II. Undertake sustainable soil
management in the production of goods and services.
B. Actions
by Groups and the Science Community
I. Disseminate information and
knowledge on soils.
II. Emphasise the importance of
sustainable soil management to avoid impairing key soil functions.
I. Promote sustainable soil management that is relevant to the range
of soils present and the needs of the country.
II. Strive to create socio-economic and institutional conditions
favourable to sustainable soil management by removal of obstacles. Ways and
means should be pursued to overcome obstacles to the adoption of sustainable
soil management associated with land tenure, the rights of users, access to
financial services and educational programmes. Reference is made to the
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Forests
and Fisheries in the Context of National Food Security adopted by the Committee
on World Food Security in May 2012.
III. Participate in the development of multi-level, interdisciplinary
educational and capacity-building initiatives that promote the adoption of
sustainable soil management by land users.
IV. Support research programmes that will provide sound scientific
backing for development and implementation of sustainable soil management
relevant to end-users.
V. Incorporate the principles and practices of sustainable soil
management into policy guidance and legislation at all levels of government,
ideally leading to the development of a national soil policy.
VI. Explicitly consider the role of soil management practices in
planning for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change and maintaining
biodiversity.
VII. Establish and implement regulations to limit the accumulation of
contaminants beyond established levels to safeguard human health and wellbeing
and facilitate remediation of contaminated soils that exceed these levels where
they pose a threat to humans, plants, and animals.
VIII. Develop and maintain a national soil information system and
contribute to the development of a global soil information system.
IX. Develop a national institutional framework for monitoring
implementation of sustainable soil management and overall state of soil
resources.
D. Actions
by International Organizations
I. Facilitate the compilation and dissemination of authoritative
reports on the state of the global soil resources and sustainable soil
management protocols.
II. Coordinate efforts to develop an accurate, high-resolution global
soil information system and ensure its integration with other global earth
observing systems.
III. Assist governments, on request, to establish appropriate
legislation, institutions, and processes to enable them to mount, implement,
and monitor appropriate sustainable soil management practices.
(Adopted on 13 June 2015)
59.
The Conference:
a) endorsed the Annual Report of the World Food
Programme (WFP) Executive Board to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and
the FAO Council on its activities in 2013;
b)
commended WFP on its efforts to
address the emergency food assistance needs of the most vulnerable populations
affected by the rising humanitarian crises and recognized WFP’s work in
the field;
c)
commended WFP for its efforts to
strengthen collaboration with the other Rome‑based Agencies, in
particular with regard to the post‑2015 process, and the continued
support provided to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS); and
d) welcomed WFP’s involvement in partnership and
coordination efforts, its engagement with partners in the Zero Hunger Challenge
and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
60.
The Conference welcomed the announcement by Finland that
it would propose the establishment of an International Year of Plant Health in
2020.
61.
The Conference:
a) welcomed and endorsed the
evaluation report of the International Year of Quinoa 2013;
b) recognized the achievements in raising
public awareness of quinoa’s potential role as an ally in the fight against
hunger and malnutrition;
c)
recognized the collaborative work
of Members, FAO, UN Organizations, NGOs, producers associations, research
institutions, private sector and academia in the implementation of the International Year of Quinoa; and
d) invited all FAO Members to continue to support
activities, coordinated by FAO, to promote quinoa food systems, especially in
countries suffering from hunger and malnutrition.
62.
The Conference:
a) acknowledged that the International Year of
Family Farming (IYFF) was successfully celebrated through multi‑stakeholder
policy dialogues and awareness raising events in all regions and at global
level;
b) welcomed the strong worldwide political
commitment, at the highest levels, which had emerged in favour of family
farming during the IYFF and noted that this legacy would have to materialize in
national and regional policies, institutional arrangements and legal frameworks
to support family farms concretely;
c) recognized the role played by FAO in
facilitating the Year at all levels and asked that it further integrate family
farming in its Strategic Framework.
d) endorsed the Report on the Evaluation of
the International Year of Family Farming 2014;
e) welcomed the creation of the Family
Farming Knowledge Platform, hosted by FAO in collaboration with several
stakeholders; and
f)
encouraged
the National Committees and all other multi‑stakeholder platforms for
policy dialogue created for the IYFF-2014 at national and regional levels to
continue their work beyond the year 2014.
63.
The Conference:
a)
acknowledged the progress report
on the activities undertaken during the International Year of Soils 2015 (IYS);
b)
noted with appreciation the role of FAO for
the timely facilitation and coordination of the Secretariat and welcomed
the varied composition of the International Year of Soils Steering Committee;
c)
expressed support for the
activities under the IYS 2015 in support of soil fertility and to reverse soil
degradation;
d)
welcomed the effective
linkage advocated during the year between healthy soils and food security and
nutrition; and
e)
invited all FAO Members,
international organizations and others to be involved in the promotion and
observance of the IYS at national, regional and international levels, as well
as to attract voluntary contributions from stakeholders, including the private
sector.
64.
The Conference:
a)
acknowledged and welcomed
the progress report on the preparation of the International Year of Pulses 2016
(IYP) declared by the UN General Assembly at its 68th Session;
b)
expressed support for the IYP 2016 and
its objectives, particularly on the need to raise awareness on the role of
pulses to sustainable food production and their contribution to global food
security and nutrition;
c)
noted with appreciation the role of FAO for
the timely facilitation and coordination of the preparatory activities of the
IYP, such as the establishment of the IYP Steering Committee (SC) in
collaboration with FAO Members, international organizations and relevant
stakeholders;
d)
underlined the need to ensure
adequate funding for the IYP and encouraged FAO Members to respond
generously with extra‑budgetary resources, as well as attracting
voluntary contributions from other stakeholders including the private sector,
to support the implementation of the IYP activities and attain its objectives;
and
e)
invited all FAO Members,
international organizations and others in the promotion and observance of the
IYP at national, regional and international levels.
65.
The Conference:
a)
welcomed the transformational changes introduced in
FAO in the biennium and stressed the need for continuity in the
strategic direction of the Organization;
b) expressed
satisfaction with
the implementation of the Programme of Work in 2012‑13 within the context
of increased decentralization while maintaining the technical capacities at
headquarters;
c) welcomed the unprecedented efficiencies
and savings achieved in the 2012‑13 biennium and emphasized the
need for FAO Members to engage with the United Nations General Assembly and the
International Civil Service Commission in efforts to contain staff costs;
d)
noted with appreciation
administrative streamlining and introduction of the Global Resource Management
System (GRMS) in the biennium;
e)
appreciated efforts made and looked
forward to continued attention to:
i)
the mainstreaming of gender across FAO’s activities;
ii)
efforts made in enhancing partnerships; and
iii)
language balance in FAO’s products;
f)
looked forward to improvements
in format and presentation of future reports based on the new results framework
introduced in the current biennium, including the quality of technical
services; and
g)
endorsed the Programme
Implementation Report 2012-2013.
66.
The Conference:
a) welcomed the Programme Evaluation Report, including the main findings emerging
from the thematic and strategic, country and project evaluations completed
during the period 2013-2014;
b)
noted FAO’s comparative advantages and
important role in food security and agriculture, and the need for continued
attention to important related areas and activities evaluated, including crop
production, policy assistance, standard setting, partnerships, investment in
agricultural development, decentralization and country level capacity building,
cooperation with middle-income countries and
South-South Cooperation, and integration of emergency and development efforts;
c)
underlined the importance of making budgetary provision
for evaluations for voluntary funded projects in line with the established
policy and encouraged greater collaboration from resource partners in
implementing the new arrangement;
d)
supported the reform process initiated by the Office of
Evaluation (OED), welcomed the resulting improvement, and looked
forward to continued enhancement in the shift in focus to evaluating
results; better alignment of evaluation with FAO’s reviewed Strategic
Framework; and greater ownership by OED of evaluation reports; and
e) noted
enhanced collaboration with stakeholders including other UN agencies.
67.
The Conference:
a) welcomed the Synthesis of Evaluations of
FAO Regional and Subregional Offices, as well as the views of Management on the
recommendations presented in the document;
b)
looked forward to a
separate, short document outlining “common critical issues” of the five
Evaluations to be submitted to the Programme Committee;
c)
appreciated the
efforts on decentralization undertaken since 2012, which had led to an improved
and more harmonious Organization, recognizing that further enhancements were
still required on a region-specific basis;
d)
welcomed
recommendation 1[44] and agreed that an
independent review of the Decentralized Office network be undertaken and its
findings be submitted, along with the views of Management, to the 153rd Session
of the Council (November‑December 2015) through the Joint Meeting of
the Programme and Finance Committees;
e)
supported recommendation 2[45] and the need for
systematic quality control in support of country offices in relation to Country
Programming Frameworks (CPFs) developed with national governments; and
f) appreciated the need to implement
recommendation 3[46] with due consideration of
cost‑effectiveness and balance between Headquarters and decentralized
locations.
68.
The Conference considered the Medium Term Plan 2014-17
(reviewed) and Programme of Work and Budget 2016-17 (MTP/PWB), the observations
and recommendations of the Council, and the additional information that had
been made available by the Secretariat.
69.
The Conference:
a) welcomed the spirit of cooperation among
Members in reaching a historical consensus at the 151st Session
of the Council on the recommended budget level for full delivery of FAO's Programme
of Work for 2016-17;
b) expressed
its support for
the Director-General’s vision for the Organization and underlined the
importance of continuity in the strategic direction of the Organization in the
Medium Term Plan 2014-17; and
c) appreciated the identification of proposed
areas of emphasis, de-emphasis and related savings outlined in the document.
70.
In considering the substance of the proposed PWB 2016‑17,
the Conference:
a)
welcomed the proposal to source an additional USD 6.1 million
in 2016‑17 through extra‑budgetary resources to be used exclusively
to strengthen the Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) in support to Small
Island Developing States, particularly to adapt to the effects of climate
change;
b) supported the
organizational restructuring proposals;
c) stressed the importance of protecting the proposed Programme of Work, and emphasized the following areas in its implementation:
iv)
consolidation of decentralization efforts;
v)
strengthening the decentralized capacities on a region-specific basis,
while maintaining the technical capacities at headquarters to achieve the Programme
of Work;
vi)
use of partnerships in such a way so as to enable the Organization to
leverage its comparative advantages;
vii)
tailored approach to middle-income countries;
viii) continued review of the capacity, location and skills mix of human resources to ensure optimal delivery of the Programme of Work;
d) appreciated the transformational changes undertaken at FAO since 2012 and the efficiency gains and savings which these had generated while delivering the approved Programme of Work; and
e) agreed on the importance of full flexibility for the Director-General to identify further efficiency gains and savings.
71.
In addition, the Conference:
a) requested the Director‑General to
propose adjustments to the PWB 2016-17 for consideration by the Programme and
Finance Committees and approval by the Council at its 153rd Session
(November-December 2015);
b)
emphasized the importance of efforts to contain staff costs
of the Organization and appealed to the General Assembly to consider the need
for greater vigilance with regard to increases in staff costs across the Common
System, particularly within the context of the ongoing comprehensive review
being undertaken by the ICSC;
c) underlined
the importance of Governing
Bodies receiving results‑based information and encouraged the
Secretariat to continue to develop the results‑based monitoring and
reporting framework;
d) reaffirmed the
importance of the TCP appropriation in the PWB 2018‑19 being in line with
Conference Resolution 9/89;
e) concerning the
longer‑term financial health of the Organization, the Conference noted
and encouraged the ongoing efforts by the Secretariat to improve the
financial situation, liquidity and reserves; and
f) encouraged the Secretariat to continue its
participation in the UN Common System’s search for an optimum and practicable solution
to the matter of After-service Medical Coverage liabilities.
72.
The Conference stressed the
importance of the work on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the
implementation of the PWB 2016‑17, in line with the latest Conference
Resolution 4/2015.
73.
The Conference adopted the following resolution
as recommended by Council:
Budgetary
Appropriations 2016-17
THE CONFERENCE,
Having considered the Director-General's Programme of Work and Budget;
Having considered the proposed total net appropriation of USD 1,035,749,000 for the financial period 2016-17 at the 2014-15 rate of Euro 1= USD 1.30 which assumes US dollar and Euro expenditure equal to USD 546,399,000 and Euros 376,423,000;
Having considered that the above net appropriation is equivalent to USD 1,005,635,000 at the budget rate of Euro 1 = USD 1.22 established for 2016-17 after translation of the Euro portion;
1. Approves the Programme of Work proposed by the Director-General for 2016-17 as follows:
a) Appropriations are voted at a rate of Euro 1 = USD 1.22 for the following purposes:
|
|
|
USD |
|
Chapter 1: |
Contribute to the
eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition |
83,652,000 |
|
Chapter 2: |
Increase and improve
provision of goods and services from agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a
sustainable manner |
202,401,000 |
|
Chapter 3: |
Reduce rural poverty |
64,787,000 |
|
Chapter 4: |
Enable more
inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems |
105,451,000 |
|
Chapter 5: |
Increase the
resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises |
50,206,000 |
|
Chapter 6: |
Technical Quality,
Knowledge and Services |
58,619,000 |
|
Chapter 7: |
Technical
Cooperation Programme |
138,131,000 |
|
Chapter 8: |
Outreach |
74,685,000 |
|
Chapter 9: |
Information
Technology |
35,516,000 |
|
Chapter 10: |
FAO Governance,
Oversight and Direction |
81,248,000 |
|
Chapter 11: |
Efficient and
Effective Administration |
73,635,000 |
|
Chapter 12: |
Contingencies |
600,000 |
|
Chapter 13: |
Capital Expenditure |
16,892,000 |
|
Chapter 14: |
Security Expenditure |
22,485,000 |
|
Unidentified further efficiency gains and savings |
(2,673,000) |
|
|
Total
Appropriation (Net) |
1,005,635,000 |
|
|
Chapter
15: |
Transfer
to Tax Equalization Fund |
90,100,000 |
|
Total
Appropriation (Gross) |
1,095,735,000 |
|
b) The appropriations (net) voted in paragraph (a) above minus estimated Miscellaneous Income in the amount of USD 5,000,000 shall be financed by assessed contributions from Member Nations of USD 1,000,635,000 to implement the Programme of Work. Such contributions shall be established in US dollars and Euro and shall consist of USD 541,399,000 and Euro 376,423,000. This takes into account a split of 54% US dollars and 46% Euro for the appropriations (net) and of 100% US dollars for Miscellaneous Income.
c) An additional amount of USD 14,100,000 shall also be financed by assessed contributions from Member Nations to fund the After-service Medical Coverage (ASMC) past service liability. The contributions shall be established in US dollars and Euro, taking into account a split of 33% US dollars and 67% Euro, and shall therefore amount to USD 4,653,000 and Euro 7,743,000.
d) The total contributions due from Member Nations to implement the approved Programme of Work and to fund the amortization of ASMC shall amount to USD 546,052,000 and Euro 384,166,000. Such contributions due from Member Nations in 2016 and 2017 shall be paid in accordance with the scale of contributions adopted by the Conference at its Thirty‑ninth session.
e) In establishing the actual amounts of contributions to be paid by individual Member Nations, a further amount shall be charged through the Tax Equalization Fund for any Member Nation that levies taxes on the salaries, emoluments and indemnities received by staff members from FAO and which are reimbursed to the staff members by the Organization. An estimate of USD 8,500,000 has been foreseen for this purpose.
2. Authorizes the Director‑General, notwithstanding Financial Regulation 4.2, to use any unspent balance of the 2014-15 appropriations for any additional expenditures of a one-time nature associated with consolidation of transformational change.
3. Requests the Director‑General to propose adjustments to the Programme of Work for the unidentified further efficiency gains and savings referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and amounting in aggregate to USD 2,673,000, which are currently not reflected in the chapter structure, for consideration by the Programme and Finance Committees and approval by the Council at its 153rd Session in December 2015, noting that both within chapter transfers and transfers from one chapter to another required to implement the proposals during the biennium will be handled in accordance with Financial Regulation 4.5.
4. Appeals to the UN General Assembly to consider the need for greater vigilance with regards to increases in staff costs across the UN Common System, particularly within the context of the ongoing comprehensive review being undertaken by the International Civil Service Commission.
5. Recommends that the TCP appropriation in the PWB 2018-19 should be in line with Conference Resolution 9/89.
6. Encourages Members to provide voluntary contributions to facilitate achievement of the Strategic Objectives and implementation of the integrated Programme of Work under the results framework.
(Adopted on 13 June 2015)
74.
The Conference considered the
Independent Review Report, endorsed the Assessment of Governance Reforms
and adopted the following Resolution:
Assessment of the Independent Review of FAO Governance
Reforms
THE CONFERENCE:
Recalling Resolution 1/2008, by which the Immediate Plan of Action
(IPA) for FAO Renewal was approved including IPA Action 2.74, which called upon
the 39th Session of Conference to assess the workings of the
governance reforms, including the role and functioning of the Regional
Conferences with an independent review as an input to this process;
Recognizing the role of the Council in following the assessment of the
governance reforms and the oversight role of the Independent Chairperson of the
Council;
Welcoming the Final Report of the Independent Review of FAO
Governance Reforms (C 2015/25);
Recognizing the active participation of Members through informal
consultations by the regional groups and Informal meetings of the Open Ended
Working Group convened in order to formulate responses to the Recommendations
and Suggestions made by the independent review;
Noting the views of the Council at its 151st Session
(Rome, 23-27 March 2015):
1. Endorses the
actions proposed in the Assessment of the
Independent Review of FAO Governance Reforms (C
2015/26 Rev.1) in response to the
Recommendations and Suggestions contained in the Independent Review of FAO Governance Reforms (C 2015/25), and
decides that the actions foreseen in this document be implemented by the
competent Governing Bodies of the Organization;
2. Decides to
close IPA Action 2.18 on the Council’s role in recommending the budget level as
clarified in document C 2015/26 Rev.1;
3. Decides to
suspend IPA Action 4.4 on the size and composition of the Council, until the
Members consider that there is sufficient consensus to achieve a satisfactory
solution;
4.
Decides to suspend IPA
Action 2.100 on desirable qualifications for the office of Director‑General
pending further consultation among Members to reach consensus
on this issue;
5.
Requests
that
a report on the implementation of all actions foreseen in document
C 2015/26 Rev.1 be presented to the 40th Session of
the Conference in 2017.
(Adopted on 13 June
2015)
75.
The Conference adopted, through a nominal vote, the following Resolution:
Resolution 8/2015
Amendment of Rule XII, subparagraph 10 a) of the General Rules of the
Organization
THE CONFERENCE,
Recalling that during its 147th
Session in June 2013, the Council heard proposals from Member Nations
concerning, inter alia, elections and time spent in holding secret ballots;
Noting that the Committee on
Constitutional and Legal Matters at its 97th Session in October 2013
recommended an amendment to Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization
and that the Council at its 148th Session in December 2013 endorsed
the proposed amendment;
Decides to adopt the following amendments
to Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization[50]:
“Rule XII
Quorum and Voting Arrangements at Meetings of Conference and Council
(...)
10.
(a) The
appointment of the Chairperson of the Council and of the Director-General,
and the admission of
additional Member Nations and Associate Members shall be decided by secret
ballot. Other elections shall likewise be decided by secret ballot, except that
in the case of an election in which there are not more candidates than
vacancies the Chairperson may submit to the Conference or Council that the
appointment be decided by clear general consent.”
(Adopted
on 13 June 2015)
76. The Conference adopted, through a nominal vote, the following Resolution:
Amendment
of Rule XII, paragraphs 3, 4, 12 and 13 of the General Rules of the
Organization
THE CONFERENCE,
Recalling that during its 147th
Session in June 2013, the Council heard proposals from Member Nations
concerning, inter alia, elections and votes;
Noting that while the procedures set out
in Rule XII, subparagraph 3(b) and Rule XII, paragraph 12 of the General Rules
of the Organization for simultaneous multiple elections by the Conference were
used many times in the past, these procedures could be streamlined, taking into
account the procedures followed for Council elections;
Noting that the Committee on
Constitutional and Legal Matters at its 97th Session in October 2013
recommended amendments to Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization
insofar as it concerns simultaneous multiple elections by the Conference and
that the Council at its 148th Session in December 2013 endorsed the
proposed amendments;
Decides to adopt the following amendments
to Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization[51]:
“Rule XII
Quorum and Voting Arrangements at Meetings of Conference and Council
(...)
3.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
the Constitution or these Rules, the required majority for any decision or for
any election to fill one elective place shall be more than one half of
the votes cast.
(b) Except as otherwise provided
in these Rules, in the case of an election by the Conference to fill
simultaneously more than one elective place, the required majority shall be the
smallest number of whole votes necessary to elect no more candidates than there
are seats to be filled. This majority shall be obtained by the following
formula:
number of votes cast
Required majority =
__________________________ + 1
number of seats + 1
(disregarding any resultant fraction).
(...)
4.
(b) In the case of an election to
fill simultaneously more than one elective place the phrase “votes cast” shall
mean the total number of votes cast by the electors for all elective places.
(...)
12. In any election by the
Conference to fill simultaneously more than one elective place the
following shall apply:
(a) (i) In the Conference a majority of the Member Nations of the
Organization and in the Council two-thirds of the Members of the Council shall
constitute a quorum. (ii) More than one-half of the number of Members casting
valid votes shall constitute the required majority.
(a)(b) Each
elector, unless he wholly abstains, shall cast one vote for each elective place
to be filled. Each vote shall be cast for a different candidate. Any ballot
paper which is not in conformity with these requirements shall be declared
defective.
(b)(c) Any
The candidates who receive the required
majority largest number of
the votes cast as defined in paragraph 3(b) of this Rule shall be
declared elected in a number equal to
the number of elective places to be filled, provided they have received the
required majority defined in subparagraph (a)(ii) above.
(c)(d) If
only some of the elective places have been filled after the first ballot, a
second ballot shall be cast to fill the remaining elective places, under the
same conditions as the first ballot. This
procedure shall continue until all the elective places have been filled.
(d) This procedure shall continue
until all the elective places have been filled.
(e) If, at any stage during the election, one or more vacant places
cannot be filled because of an equal number of votes having been obtained by
two or more candidates, a separate ballot shall be held among such candidates
to determine which of them shall be elected, in accordance with the provisions
of subparagraph (c) above. Such procedure will be repeated as necessary.
(f) If in any ballot no candidate receives the required majority, the
candidate that receives the smallest number of votes in that ballot shall be
eliminated.
(f) If in any ballot no candidate
receives the required majority and more than one candidate receives the
smallest number of votes, a separate ballot between these candidates shall be
held and the candidate receiving the smallest number of votes shall be
eliminated.
(g) If in the separate ballot
provided for in subparagraph (f) of this paragraph more than one candidate
again receives the smallest number of votes, the above operation shall be
repeated with respect to those candidates until one candidate is eliminated,
provided that if all the same candidates receive the smallest number of votes
in two successive separate ballots, such candidates as will have been
designated by lot shall be eliminated.
(h) If at any stage in an
election other than a separate ballot all remaining candidates receive the same
number of votes, the Chairperson of the Conference shall formally announce that
if in the two following ballots the votes are again equally divided he will
suspend balloting for a period which he shall determine and then hold two
further ballots. If after applying this procedure the final ballot again
results in an equally divided vote, such candidate as will have been designated
by lot shall be declared elected
13. In any election by the
Council to fill simultaneously more than one elective place, the following
shall apply:
(a) Two thirds of the membership
of the Council shall constitute a quorum and more than one half of the number
of Council Members casting valid votes shall constitute the required majority.
(b) Each elector, unless he
wholly abstains, shall cast one vote for each elective place to be filled. Each
vote shall be cast for a different candidate. Any ballot paper which is not in
conformity with these requirements shall be declared defective.
(c) The candidates who receive
the largest number of votes shall be declared elected in a number equal to the
number of elective places to be filled, provided they have received the
required majority defined in subparagraph (a) above.
(d) If only some of the elective
places have been filled after the first ballot, a second ballot shall be cast
to fill the remaining elective places, under the same conditions as the first
ballot. This procedure shall be continued until all the elective places have
been filled.
(e) If, at any stage during the
election, one or more of the vacant elective places cannot be filled because of
an equal number of votes having been obtained by two or more candidates, a
separate ballot shall be held among such candidates to determine which of them
will be elected, in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (c) above.
Such procedure will be repeated if necessary.”
(Other paragraphs, subparagraphs and internal
references to amended or deleted provisions of Rule XII to be re-numbered
accordingly)
(Adopted
on 13 June 2015)
77. The Conference adopted, through a nominal vote, the following Resolution:
Amendments
to Rule XXXIII of the General Rules of the Organization
THE
CONFERENCE,
Recalling that the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) at
its Fortieth Session, held in Rome from 7 to 11 October 2013, reviewed and
endorsed a proposed amendment to Rule XXXIII of the General Rules of the
Organization;
Having taken note of the views of the Committee on Constitutional and
Legal Matters (CCLM), at its Ninety-ninth Session (Rome, 20-23 October 2014) on
the proposed amendment to Rule XXXIII of the General Rules of the Organization;
Considering that the Council, at its Hundred and Fiftieth Session
(Rome, 1-5 December 2014), endorsed the proposed amendment and agreed to
transmit it to the Conference for approval;
Decides to adopt the following amendment to Rule XXXIII of
the General Rules of the Organization[52]:
“Rule XXXIII
Committee on World Food
Security
A. Composition
and participation
(…)
7. The Committee may meet in extraordinary (or special) session:
(a) if at any
regular session the Committee so decides;
(b) if the
Bureau so requests; or
(c) if
at least a majority of the Member Nations which are Members of the Committee so
request.”
78.
The Conference adopted the following Resolution:
Review of FAO Statutory Bodies
THE
CONFERENCE,
Recalling resolution 13/97 on the “Review of FAO Statutory
Bodies” adopted by the Conference at its Twenty-ninth Session, in which the
Conference recognized “the continuing need to enhance the efficiency of the
Organization and its governance in a time of financial challenge, to eliminate
Statutory Bodies that are obsolete, to ensure more flexible task-oriented and
time-bound working arrangements for those that remain and to limit the creation
of new Bodies to those that are strictly necessary”,
Also recalling the earlier consideration by the Conference and the
Council of matters concerning the abolition and establishment of Statutory
Bodies, including, inter alia, Resolution 12/79 adopted by the
Conference at its Twentieth Session,
Recalling further the Principles and Procedures which should
govern Conventions and Agreements concluded under Articles XIV and XV of the
Constitution, and Commissions and Committees established under Article VI of
the Constitution, as contained in the Basic Texts of the
Organization,
Conscious that, while substantial progress has
been made in the implementation of Resolution 13/97, further efforts are
required in order to achieve its objectives,
1. Reaffirms the validity and relevance of Resolution
13/97, in particular the procedures set forth therein relating to the
establishment and abolition of statutory bodies;
2. Requests the Secretariat to take an active role in
identifying statutory bodies that the Council or Conference may wish to abolish
because they are inactive or are mandated to discharge functions that could be
undertaken through more flexible task-oriented and time-bound working
arrangements, as called for by Resolution 13/97;
3. Requests the Director-General to continue to
explore methods to enhance cost efficiencies for statutory bodies, in
particular, in relation to the meetings of such bodies;
4. Authorizes the Director-General, where possible,
and following any consultations that may be required under the applicable Rules
of Procedure and relevant decisions:
(a) to recommend to the Members of a statutory body
established under Article VI of the Constitution not to hold a session when, in
his considered judgement, effective decision-making will not be possible
because a quorum will not be achieved and, in the absence of objection from the
minimum number of Members that would represent a quorum, to decide not to
convene the session; and
(b) to consider organizing ad hoc technical
consultations to address matters falling within the mandates of such bodies in
the place of the sessions, as required;
5. Decides that any proposal to establish a new body
under Articles VI or XIV of the Constitution shall be accompanied by a document
setting forth in detail:
(a) the objectives that are to be achieved through the
establishment of the body;
(b) the manner in which the body will carry out its functions
and any impact that its creation may have on current or future programmes of
the Organization;
(c) the financial implications of the establishment of the
body for the current biennium, as well as a forecast of the financial
implications for the future biennia;
(d) a specific assessment of whether the objectives of the
proposed statutory body could be met through a different type of working
arrangement, such as the organization of ad hoc technical consultations
or other task-oriented and time-bound arrangements; and
(e) whether there are any existing statutory bodies covering
the same, similar or related fields as those to be addressed by the proposed
new statutory body.
(Adopted on 13 June
2015)
79. The Conference took note of the Audited Accounts 2012-13 and the Report of the External Auditor, as reviewed by the Finance Committee at its 156th Session and by the Council at its 150th Session, and adopted the following Resolution:
Audited Accounts 2012-13
THE CONFERENCE,
Having considered
the report of the 150th Session of the Council, and
Having examined the 2012-13 FAO Audited
Accounts and the External Auditor’s Report thereon
Adopts
the Audited Accounts
(Adopted
on 13 June 2015)
80.
The Conference noted that at its
151st Session the Council had recommended that the FAO proposed
Scale of Contributions for 2016-2017 be derived from the UN Scale of
Assessments established for those years in force during 2015.
81.
The Conference then adopted
the following Resolution:
Scale of
Contributions 2016-17
THE CONFERENCE
Having noted
the recommendations of the 151st Session of the Council;
Confirming
that as in the past, FAO should follow the United Nations Scale of Assessments
subject to adaptation for the different membership of FAO;
Decides
that the FAO Scale of Contributions for 2016-17 should be derived directly from
the United Nations Scale of Assessments in force during 2015;
Adopts for
use in 2016 and 2017 the Scale as set out in Appendix C of this Report.
(Adopted on 13 June 2015)
82.
The Conference set the lump-sum
payment due by the European Union to cover administrative and other
expenditures arising out of its membership in the Organization at
Euro 568 705 for the 2016-17 biennium.
83.
As in previous biennia, it was
proposed that the sum due by the European Union be paid into a trust or special
fund established by the Director-General under Financial Regulation 6.7.
84. The Conference noted that the 154th Session of the Finance Committee had concluded that the Incentive Scheme did not have an impact on encouraging prompt payment of contributions and was not cost effective. The Conference further noted that the 149th Session of the Council had endorsed the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the Incentive Scheme be abolished.
85.
The Conference approved
the recommendation of the 149th Session of the Council that the
Incentive Scheme for Prompt Payment of Contributions be abolished.
86. The Conference had before it one nomination for the Office of Director-General, Mr José Graziano da Silva (Brazil).
87.
The Conference, after a secret ballot, appointed
Mr José Graziano da Silva (Brazil) to the office of Director-General for the
period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2019.
88.
Pursuant to Rule XXXVII.4 of the GRO, on the
recommendation of the General Committee, the Conference adopted the
following Resolution:
Appointment
of the Director-General
THE CONFERENCE,
Acting in accordance with Article VII of the Constitution,
Having proceeded to a secret ballot as laid down
in Rules XII and XXXVII of the General Rules of the Organization,
1)
Declares that Mr José
Graziano da Silva is appointed to the office of Director General for a period
from 1 August 2015, the term of office expiring on 31 July 2019; and
Having considered the recommendation regarding
the conditions of appointment of the Director-General submitted by the General
Committee in accordance with Rules X, paragraph 2(j) and XXXVII, paragraph 4 of
the General Rules of the Organization,
Resolves that:
a)
the Director-General shall
receive a gross annual salary of USD 235,889 corresponding to a net annual
salary of USD 178,622 at the dependency rate, or USD 158,850 at the
single rate, and an annual post adjustment corresponding to USD 1,786.22
for each multiplier point at the dependency rate, or USD 1,588.50 at the
single rate, payable in accordance with the provisions of the Organization
governing the salary of staff members;
b)
the Director-General shall
receive a representation allowance of USD 50,000.00 net per annum;
c)
the Organization will directly
rent appropriate housing accommodation to be assigned as the official residence
of the Director-General and pay related expenses, in lieu of rental subsidy.
The overall costs of rental of the Director-General’s housing accommodation and
related expenses to be covered by the Organization should not exceed
Euro 180,000 per year. The Finance Committee may review this ceiling of
expenditure;
d)
the Director-General shall be
entitled to all other allowances and benefits accruing to staff members of the
Organization in the Professional and Higher Categories;
2)
Further
resolves
that the Director-General shall not be a participant in the United Nations
Joint Staff Pension Fund and that, in lieu thereof, he shall be entitled to
receive, in monthly instalments, the equivalent of the Organization’s
contributions to the Fund that would have been payable had he been a
participant, as a supplement to his monthly remuneration; and
3)
Further
resolves
that the terms and conditions of appointment of the Director-General shall be
governed by the relevant provisions of the Staff Regulations subject, however,
to the provisions of the contract to be signed by the Chairperson of the
Conference on behalf of the Organization and by the Director-General elect, in
accordance with Rule XXXVII, paragraph 4.
(Adopted on 13 June
2015)
89. The Conference had before it one nomination for the office of Independent Chairperson of the Council.
90.
The Conference appointed
Mr Wilfred Joseph Ngirwa (United Republic of Tanzania) to the office of Independent
Chairperson of the Council.
Appointment
of the Independent Chairperson of the Council
THE CONFERENCE,
Taking into account Rule XXIII of the General Rules
of the Organization regarding the Independent Chairperson of the Council and
Resolution 9/2009 regarding the Independent Chairperson of the Council[60];
Having regard to the need to safeguard the independence and accountability
of the role of the Independent Chairperson of the Council:
1. Declares that
Mr Wilfred Joseph Ngirwa is appointed Independent Chairperson of the Council
until the Fortieth Session of the Conference (July 2017);
2. Decides that
the conditions of appointment attached to the office of the Independent
Chairperson of the Council will be as follows:
a) The Chairperson is required to be present in Rome for all
sessions of the Council, the Conference, the Finance Committee and the
Programme Committee and will normally be expected to spend at least six to
eight months of the year in Rome;
b) An annual allowance equivalent to USD 23 831 will be
paid to the Chairperson;
c) A per diem
allowance equivalent to the applicable standard daily subsistence allowance
(DSA) rate at 140% will be paid to the Chairperson while in Rome and when
travelling in the performance of his functions;
d) The travel expenses of the Chairperson will be covered by
the Organization when he travels in the performance of his functions;
e) In the performance of his functions, whether in Rome or
while travelling, the Chairperson will
be enrolled as a participant in the Basic Medical Insurance Plan (BMIP)
and that the cost for such medical insurance coverage will be borne by the
Organization for a total amount of USD 3,336.48 per annum;
f)
Secretariat
services will be made available to the Chairperson to assist him in the
performance of his functions;
g) Interpretation services will be made available to the
Chairperson, at his request, depending on the availability of resources;
h) Office space, equipment and supplies required by the
Chairperson in the performance of his functions will be made available to him;
i)
Assistance
will be provided to the Chairperson in carrying out the necessary
administrative formalities for the acquisition of the documents required for
his stay in Rome and for his travels in the performance of his functions.
3. Decides that the implementation modalities of this Resolution will be agreed between the Chairperson and FAO.
(Adopted on 13 June
2015)
91.
The
Conference elected the following Member Nations as Members of the
Council:
Period
from the end of the 39th Session of the Conference (June 2015) to 30
June 2018
|
Region (Seats) |
Members |
|
Africa (3) |
1. Congo 2. Equatorial
Guinea 3. Ethiopia |
|
Asia (6) |
1. China 2. Indonesia 3. Japan 4. Republic of
Korea 5.
Sri Lanka 6.
Thailand/Philippines[62] |
|
Europe (3) |
1.
Cyprus 2.
San
Marino 3.
Spain/United
Kingdom[63] |
|
Latin America and the Caribbean (3) |
1. Chile 2. Nicaragua 3. Venezuela |
|
Near East (1) |
1.
Kuwait |
|
North America (0) |
|
|
Southwest Pacific (0) |
|
Period
from 1 July 2016 to the end of the 41st Session of the Conference
(June 2019)
|
Region (Seats) |
Members |
|
|
1.
Benin 2.
Côte
d’Ivoire 3.
Kenya 4.
Lesotho 5.
Zambia |
|
|
|
|
Europe (3) |
1.
Germany 2.
Montenegro 3.
Romania |
|
Latin America and the Caribbean (5) |
1. Argentina 2. Brazil 3. Mexico 4. Trinidad and
Tobago 5. Uruguay |
|
|
1.
Qatar 2.
Sudan |
|
|
1.
Canada 2.
United
States of America |
|
Southwest Pacific (0) |
|
92. The Conference noted that Italy would step down effective 30 June 2016 and agreed to the Russian Federation replacing Italy for the remainder of the term of office (1 July 2016 until the end of the 40th Session of the Conference in July 2017).
93. In accordance with Article 6(c) of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the Conference appointed three members and three alternate members to the Staff Pension Committee as follows and for the periods specified below:
For the period which ends on 31 December 2015[65]
|
Alternate Member: |
Ms Abla Malik Osman Malik |
For the period which ends on 31 December 2016
|
Alternate Member: |
Ms Daleya Uddin |
For the period 1
January 2016 to 31 December 2018
|
Member: |
Ms Abla Malik Osman Malik |
|
Alternate Member: |
Mr Spyridon Ellinas |
For the period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019
|
Member: |
Mr Bah Konipo |
|
Alternate
Member: |
Ms Daleya Uddin |
94. The Conference decided that its 40th Session should be held in Rome from 3 to 8 July 2017.
95.
A Special Event attended by one
Head of State and seven Heads of Government was held on Sunday 7 June
to recognize those countries which had made outstanding progress in the fight
against hunger with a view to improving the food security of their citizens.
The Event recognized:
a)
countries
that met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1c target by halving the proportion
of hungry people or bringing it under 5 percent by 2015 (31 countries):
Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Fiji,
Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique,
Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Togo,
Uzbekistan;
b) countries that have reached both the
MDG 1 c target and the World Food Summit (WFS) goal of halving the number of hungry
people by 2015 (29 countries): Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon,
Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana,
Guyana, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Thailand, Turkmenistan,
Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam; and
c) countries that have maintained undernourishment below or close to 5
percent since 1990‑92 (12 countries): Argentina, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam,
Egypt, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Tunisia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
96. The Conference noted the high level participants at the Special Event, during which interventions were made by His Excellency Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of the Republic of Mali, and also by the following High Level Dignitaries: His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia; His Excellency Daniel Ona Ondo, Prime Minister of the Gabonese Republic; His Excellency Wang Yang, Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China; His Excellency Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti; The Honourable Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji; His Excellency Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger; His Excellency Habib Essid, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tunisia; and The Right Honourable Ralph Gonzalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
97. The Conference thanked FAO for recognizing progress made by countries and urged the Organization and its Members to redouble efforts to eradicate hunger and food insecurity.
Appendix AAgenda for the 39th Session of the Conference |
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Introduction |
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1. |
Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons |
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2. |
Appointment of the General Committee and Credentials Committee |
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3. |
Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session |
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4. |
Admission of Observers |
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Appointments and Elections |
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5. |
Applications for Membership in the Organization |
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6. |
Appointment of the Independent Chairperson of the Council |
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7. |
Election of Council Members |
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8. |
Appointment of
Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee |
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Substantive and Policy Matters |
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9. |
Review of the State of Food and Agriculture |
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A. Regional Conferences |
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10. |
Regional and Global Policy and Regulatory matters arising from: |
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10.1 |
Report of the 31st Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific |
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10.2 |
Report of the 32nd Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean |
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10.3 |
Report of the 28th Regional Conference for Europe |
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10.4 |
Report of the 27th Regional Conference for Africa |
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10.5 |
Report of the 31st Regional Conference for the Near East |
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10.6 |
Input from the Informal Regional Conference for North America |
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B. Technical Committees |
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11. |
Global Policy and Regulatory matters arising from: |
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11.1 |
Report of the 23rd Session of the Committee on Agriculture (21‑25 May 2012) |
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11.2 |
Report of the 69th Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (28‑30 May 2012) |
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11.3 |
Report of the 30th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (9-13 July 2012) |
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11.4 |
Report of the 21st Session of the Committee on Forestry (24‑28 September 2012) |
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C. Committee on World Food Security |
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12. |
Reports of the 37th (17-22 October 2011), 38th (Special) (11 May 2012) and 39th (15‑20 October 2012) Sessions of the Committee on World Food Security |
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D. Other Substantive and Policy Matters |
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13. |
FAO Gender Policy and the UN System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (SWAP) |
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14. |
Interim Report on the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System |
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15. |
Report of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (15‑19 April 2013) |
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16. |
International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides |
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17. |
Preparations for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) |
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18. |
International Years and Days: |
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18.1 |
Evaluation of the International Year of Forests 2011 |
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18.2 |
International Year of Cooperatives 2012 |
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18.3 |
International Year of Quinoa 2013 |
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18.4 |
International Year of Family Farming 2014 |
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18.5 |
World Soil Day |
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18.6 |
International Year of Soils |
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18.7 |
International Year of Pulses |
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19. |
United Nations/FAO World Food Programme |
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Programme and Budgetary Matters |
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20. |
Programme Implementation Report 2010-2011 |
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21. |
Programme Evaluation Report 2013 |
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22. |
Reviewed Strategic Framework |
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23. |
Medium Term Plan 2014-2017
and Programme of Work and Budget 2014-2015 |
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Governance, Legal, Administrative and Financial Matters |
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A. Governance Matters |
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24. |
Report on Implementation of the Immediate Plan of Action (IPA) |
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B. Constitutional and Legal Matters |
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25. |
Amendments to the Basic Texts |
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25.1 |
Proposed Amendments to Rules XXXVII and XL of the General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution) |
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25.2 |
Proposed Amendments to Rule XXIX.2, Rule XXX.2, Rule XXXI.2 and Rule XXXII.2 of the General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution) |
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25.3 |
Proposed Amendments to Rule XXXIII of the General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution) |
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26. |
Other Constitutional and Legal Matters |
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C. Administrative and Financial Matters |
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27. |
Audited Accounts 2010-2011 (Draft Resolution) |
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28. |
Scale of Contributions 2014-2015 (Draft Resolution) |
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29. |
Payment by the European Union to Cover Administrative and other Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization |
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Other Administrative and Financial Matters |
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Date and Place of the 39th Session of the Conference |
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Any Other Matters |
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32.1 |
McDougall Memorial Lecture |
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32.2 |
Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards |
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32.3 |
Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award |
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32.4 |
Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award |
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32.5 |
Presentation of Jacques Diouf Award |
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32.6 |
Presentation of the Margarita Lizárraga Medal |
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32.7 |
Statement by a Representative of FAO Staff Bodies |
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32.8 |
In Memoriam |
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Appendix BList of Documents |
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C 2013/1 Rev.1 |
Provisional Agenda |
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C 2013/2 |
The State of Food and Agriculture |
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C 2013/2 Add.1 |
The State of Food and Agriculture: Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition |
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C 2013/3 |
Medium Term Plan 2014-17 and Programme of Work and Budget 2014‑15 |
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C 2013/3 Corr.1 (English only) |
Medium Term
Plan 2014-17 and Programme of Work and Budget 2014-15 |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 1 |
Cost increase assumptions and estimates – Update and additional information |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 2 |
Requests
stemming from the Programme and Finance Committees |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 3 |
Cost increase assumptions and estimates - Further Update |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 4 |
Progression of budgetary requirements from 2012-13 to 2014-15 |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 5 |
Implementation arrangements – matrix management |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 6 |
Possible options to reduce increases in staff costs (other than efficiency measures) |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 7 |
Increasing the integration and visibility of the gender function in FAO's work |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 8 |
Impact of new Scale of Contributions 2014-15 |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 9 |
Further efficiency gains and savings in 2014-15 |
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C 2013/3 Information Note 10 |
FAO’s Comparative advantage in relation to Social Protection |
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C 2013/3 |
Annex XI: List of Scheduled Sessions |
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C 2013/3 |
Annex XII: Strategic Objectives Action Plans |
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C 2013/4 |
Programme Evaluation Report 2013 |
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C 2013/5 A |
Audited Accounts 2010-2011 |
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C 2013/5 B |
Audited Accounts 2010-2011: Report of the External Auditor |
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C 2013/6 |
Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee |
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C 2013/7 |
Reviewed Strategic Framework |
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C 2013/8 |
Programme Implementation Report 2010-11 |
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C 2013/8 Corr.1 |
Programme Implementation Report 2010-11 - Corrigendum |
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C 2013/8 Corr.2 |
Programme Implementation Report 2010-11 - Corrigendum |
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C 2013/8 |
Programme Implementation Report 2010-11 - Web Annex |
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C 2013/9 |
Appointment of the Independent Chairperson of the Council |
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C 2013/10 Rev.2 |
Applications for Membership in the Organization |
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C 2013/11 |
Election of Council Members |
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C 2013/12 |
Arrangements for the 38th Session of the Conference |
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C 2013/13 Rev.1 |
Admission to the Session of Representatives and Observers of International Organizations |
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C 2013/13 Add.1 |
Admission to the Session of Representatives and Observers of International Organizations |
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C 2013/14
Rev.1 |
Report of the
27th Session of the Regional Conference for Africa |
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C 2013/15 |
Report of the 31st Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (Hanoi, Viet Nam, 12-16 March 2012) |
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C 2013/16 |
Report of the
28th Session of the Regional Conference for Europe |
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C 2013/17 |
Report of the 32nd Session of the Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26-30 March 2012) |
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C 2013/18 |
Report of the
31st Session of the Regional Conference for the Near East |
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C 2013/19 |
Report of the
37th Session of the Committee on World Food Security |
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C 2013/20 |
Report of the 38th (Special) Session of the Committee on World Food Security (11 May 2012) |
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C 2013/21 |
Report of the
39th Session of the Committee on World Food Security |
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C 2013/22 |
Report of the
23rd Session of the Committee on Agriculture |
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C 2013/23 |
Report of the
69th Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems |
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C 2013/24 |
Report of the
30th Session of the Committee on Fisheries |
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C 2013/25 |
Report of the
21st Session of the Committee on Forestry |
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C 2013/26 |
Final Management Report on IPA Implementation and the FAO Reform Process |
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C 2013/26 |
Annex VIII - |
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C 2013/26 |
Web Annex IX - |
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C 2013/27 |
FAO Gender Policy and the UN System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (SWAP) |
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C 2013/28 |
Interim Report on the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) of Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System |
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C 2013/29 |
Report of the 14th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (15-19 April 2013) |
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C 2013/30 |
International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management |
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C 2013/31 |
Preparations for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) |
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C 2013/32 |
Evaluation of the International Year of Forests 2011 |
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C 2013/33 |
International Year of Cooperatives 2012 |
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C 2013/34 |
International Year of Quinoa 2013 |
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C 2013/35 |
International Year of Family Farming 2014 |
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C 2013/36 |
Observance of the World Soil Day |
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C 2013 INF Series |
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C 2013/INF/1 Rev.1 |
Provisional Timetable |
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C 2013/INF/2 |
Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board to ECOSOC and the FAO Council on its Activities in 2011 |
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C 2013/INF/3 |
Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board to ECOSOC and the FAO Council on its activities in 2012 |
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C 2013/INF/4 |
Statement of
Competence and Voting Rights Submitted by the |
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C 2013/INF/5 |
Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Director-General |
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C 2013/INF/6 |
Notification of Membership of the Committee on Commodity Problems; Committee on Fisheries; Committee on Forestry; Committee on Agriculture; and Committee on World Food Security |
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C 2013/INF/7 |
Presentation of the B.R. Sen Award 2011 and 2012 |
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C 2013/INF/8 |
Presentation of the A.H. Boerma Award 2012-2013 |
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C 2013/INF/9 |
Presentation of the Edouard Saouma Award 2012-2013 |
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C 2013/INF/10 |
Presentation of the Jacques Diouf Award 2012-2013 |
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C 2013/INF/11 |
Twenty-eighth McDougall Memorial Lecture |
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C 2013/INF/12 |
Status of Current Assessments and Arrears as at 11 June 2013 |
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C 2013/INF/12 Corr.1 (English only) |
Status of Current Assessments and Arrears as at 11 June 2013 - Corrigendum (English only) |
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C 2013/INF/13 |
Statement of the Director-General |
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C 2013/INF/14 |
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis |
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C 2013/INF/15 |
List of Documents |
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C 2013/LIM/1 |
Input from the
Informal Regional Conference for North America |
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C 2013/LIM/2 |
Programme Implementation Report 2010-11 (Extract from the Report of the 145th Council Session, 3-7 December 2012) |
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C 2013/LIM/3 |
International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/4 |
Audited Accounts 2010-11 (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/5 |
Amendments to Rules XXXVII and XL of the General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/6 |
Amendments to Rule XXIX.2, Rule XXX.2, Rule XXXI.2 and Rule XXXII.2 of the General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/7 |
Margarita Lizárraga Medal |
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C 2013/LIM/8 |
Medium Term Plan 2014-17 and Programme of Work and Budget 2014‑15 (Recommendations to the Conference on budget level) |
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C 2013/LIM/9 |
Arrangements
for the 38th Session of the FAO Conference |
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C 2013/LIM/10 Rev.1 |
Scale of Contributions 2014-15 (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/11 Rev.1 |
First Report of the General Committee |
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C 2013/LIM/12 |
First Report of the Credentials Committee |
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C 2013/LIM/13 Rev.1 |
Second Report of the General Committee |
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C 2013/LIM/14 |
Payment by the European Union to cover Administrative and Other Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization |
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C 2013/LIM/15 |
FAO Policy on Proclamation and Implementation of International Years |
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C 2013/LIM/16 |
International Year of Soils (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/17 |
International Year of Pulses (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/18 |
Awards Ceremony (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/19 |
Reviewed Strategic Framework (Extract from the Report of the 146th Session of Council, 22-26 April 2013) |
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C 2013/LIM/20 |
Final
Management Report on IPA Implementation and the FAO Reform Process (Extract
from the Report of the 146th Session of Council, |
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C 2013/LIM/21 |
Amendments to Rule XXXIII of the General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution) |
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C 2013/LIM/22 |
Second Report of the Credentials Committee |
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C 2013/LIM/23 Rev.1 |
Third Report of the Credentials Committee |
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C 2013/LIM/24 |
Third Report of the General Committee |
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C 2013 Web Documents |
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C 2013 |
List of Delegates and Observers |
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C 2013 REP Series |
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C 2013/REP/1 to 9 |
Draft Reports of Plenary |
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C 2013/REP/25 to 32.8 |
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C 2013/I/REP
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Draft Reports of Commission I |
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C 2013/I/REP 19 |
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C 2013/II/REP/20 to 24 |
Draft Reports of Commission II |
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C 2013 PV Series |
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C 2013/PV/1 to 12 |
Verbatim Records of Plenary |
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C 2013/I/PV/1 to 6 |
Verbatim Records of Commission I |
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C 2013/II/PV/1 to 2 |
Verbatim Records of Commission II |
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C 2013 DJ Series |
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C 2013/DJ/1 to 8 |
Daily Journals of the Conference |
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C 2013/DJ/Announcements |
Announcements |
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Appendix CScale of Contributions 2016-2017(2014-2015 Scale shown for comparative purposes) |
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Proposed
Scale[68] |
Actual
Scale[69] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
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Afghanistan |
0.005 |
0.005 |
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Albania |
0.010 |
0.010 |
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Algeria |
0.137 |
0.137 |
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Andorra |
0.008 |
0.008 |
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Angola |
0.010 |
0.010 |
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Antigua and
Barbuda |
0.002 |
0.002 |
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Argentina |
0.432 |
0.432 |
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Armenia |
0.007 |
0.007 |
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Australia |
2.074 |
2.074 |
|
Austria |
0.798 |
0.798 |
|
Azerbaijan |
0.040 |
0.040 |
|
Bahamas |
0.017 |
0.017 |
|
Bahrain |
0.039 |
0.039 |
|
Bangladesh |
0.010 |
0.010 |
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Barbados |
0.008 |
0.008 |
|
Belarus |
0.056 |
0.056 |
|
Belgium |
0.998 |
0.998 |
|
Belize |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Benin |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Bhutan |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Bolivia |
0.009 |
0.009 |
|
Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
0.017 |
0.017 |
|
Botswana |
0.017 |
0.017 |
|
Brazil |
2.934 |
2.934 |
|
|
Proposed
Scale[70] |
Actual
Scale[71] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
|
Brunei
Darussalam |
0.026 |
0.026 |
|
Bulgaria |
0.047 |
0.047 |
|
Burkina
Faso |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Burundi |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Cabo Verde |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Cambodia |
0.004 |
0.004 |
|
Cameroon |
0.012 |
0.012 |
|
Canada |
2.985 |
2.985 |
|
Central
African Republic |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Chad |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Chile |
0.334 |
0.334 |
|
China |
5.149 |
5.149 |
|
Colombia |
0.259 |
0.259 |
|
Comoros |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Congo |
0.005 |
0.005 |
|
Cook
Islands |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Costa Rica |
0.038 |
0.038 |
|
Côte
d'Ivoire |
0.011 |
0.011 |
|
Croatia |
0.126 |
0.126 |
|
Cuba |
0.069 |
0.069 |
|
Cyprus |
0.047 |
0.047 |
|
Czech
Republic |
0.386 |
0.386 |
|
Democratic
People's Republic of Korea |
0.006 |
0.006 |
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Denmark |
0.675 |
0.675 |
|
Djibouti |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Dominica |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Dominican
Republic |
0.045 |
0.045 |
|
|
Proposed
Scale[72] |
Actual
Scale[73] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
|
Ecuador |
0.044 |
0.044 |
|
Egypt |
0.134 |
0.134 |
|
El Salvador |
0.016 |
0.016 |
|
Equatorial
Guinea |
0.010 |
0.010 |
|
Eritrea |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Estonia |
0.040 |
0.040 |
|
Ethiopia |
0.010 |
0.010 |
|
Fiji |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Finland |
0.519 |
0.519 |
|
France |
5.594 |
5.594 |
|
Gabon |
0.020 |
0.020 |
|
Gambia |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Georgia |
0.007 |
0.007 |
|
Germany |
7.142 |
7.142 |
|
Ghana |
0.014 |
0.014 |
|
Greece |
0.638 |
0.638 |
|
Grenada |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Guatemala |
0.027 |
0.027 |
|
Guinea |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Guyana |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Haiti |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Honduras |
0.008 |
0.008 |
|
Hungary |
0.266 |
0.266 |
|
Iceland |
0.027 |
0.027 |
|
India |
0.666 |
0.666 |
|
Indonesia |
0.346 |
0.346 |
|
Iran
(Islamic Republic of) |
0.356 |
0.356 |
|
|
Proposed
Scale[74] |
Actual
Scale[75] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
|
Iraq |
0.068 |
0.068 |
|
Ireland |
0.418 |
0.418 |
|
Israel |
0.396 |
0.396 |
|
Italy |
4.449 |
4.449 |
|
Jamaica |
0.011 |
0.011 |
|
Japan |
10.834 |
10.834 |
|
Jordan |
0.022 |
0.022 |
|
Kazakhstan |
0.121 |
0.121 |
|
Kenya |
0.013 |
0.013 |
|
Kiribati |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Kuwait |
0.273 |
0.273 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Lao
People's Democratic Republic |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Latvia |
0.047 |
0.047 |
|
Lebanon |
0.042 |
0.042 |
|
Lesotho |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Liberia |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Libya |
0.142 |
0.142 |
|
Lithuania |
0.073 |
0.073 |
|
Luxembourg |
0.081 |
0.081 |
|
Madagascar |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Malawi |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Malaysia |
0.281 |
0.281 |
|
Maldives |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Mali |
0.004 |
0.004 |
|
Malta |
0.016 |
0.016 |
|
Marshall
Islands |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Mauritania |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
|
Proposed
Scale[76] |
Actual
Scale[77] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
|
Mauritius |
0.013 |
0.013 |
|
Mexico |
1.842 |
1.842 |
|
Micronesia
(Federated States of) |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Monaco |
0.012 |
0.012 |
|
Mongolia |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Montenegro |
0.005 |
0.005 |
|
Morocco |
0.062 |
0.062 |
|
Mozambique |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Myanmar |
0.010 |
0.010 |
|
Namibia |
0.010 |
0.010 |
|
Nauru |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Nepal |
0.006 |
0.006 |
|
Netherlands |
1.654 |
1.654 |
|
New Zealand |
0.253 |
0.253 |
|
Nicaragua |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Niger |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Nigeria |
0.090 |
0.090 |
|
Niue |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Norway |
0.851 |
0.851 |
|
Oman |
0.102 |
0.102 |
|
Pakistan |
0.085 |
0.085 |
|
Palau |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Panama |
0.026 |
0.026 |
|
Papua New
Guinea |
0.004 |
0.004 |
|
Paraguay |
0.010 |
0.010 |
|
Peru |
0.117 |
0.117 |
|
Philippines |
0.154 |
0.154 |
|
Poland |
0.921 |
0.921 |
|
|
Proposed Scale[78] |
Actual
Scale[79] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
|
Portugal |
0.474 |
0.474 |
|
Qatar |
0.209 |
0.209 |
|
Republic of
Korea |
1.994 |
1.994 |
|
Republic of
Moldova |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Romania |
0.226 |
0.226 |
|
Russian
Federation |
2.438 |
2.438 |
|
Rwanda |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Saint Kitts
and Nevis |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Saint Lucia |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Samoa |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
San Marino |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Sao Tome
and Principe |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Saudi
Arabia |
0.864 |
0.864 |
|
Senegal |
0.006 |
0.006 |
|
Serbia |
0.040 |
0.040 |
|
Seychelles |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Sierra
Leone |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Singapore |
0.384 |
0.384 |
|
Slovakia |
0.171 |
0.171 |
|
Slovenia |
0.100 |
0.100 |
|
Solomon
Islands |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Somalia |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
South
Africa |
0.372 |
0.372 |
|
South Sudan |
0.004 |
0.004 |
|
Spain |
2.973 |
2.973 |
|
Sri Lanka |
0.025 |
0.025 |
|
Sudan |
0.010 |
0.010 |
|
|
Proposed
Scale[80] |
Actual
Scale[81] |
|
Member
Nation |
2016-17 |
2014-15 |
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Suriname |
0.004 |
0.004 |
|
Swaziland |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Sweden |
0.960 |
0.960 |
|
Switzerland |
1.047 |
1.047 |
|
Syrian Arab
Republic |
0.036 |
0.036 |
|
Tajikistan |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Thailand |
0.239 |
0.239 |
|
The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
0.008 |
0.008 |
|
Timor-Leste |
0.002 |
0.002 |
|
Togo |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Tonga |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Trinidad
and Tobago |
0.044 |
0.044 |
|
Tunisia |
0.036 |
0.036 |
|
Turkey |
1.328 |
1.328 |
|
Turkmenistan |
0.019 |
0.019 |
|
Tuvalu |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Uganda |
0.006 |
0.006 |
|
Ukraine |
0.099 |
0.099 |
|
United Arab
Emirates |
0.595 |
0.595 |
|
United
Kingdom |
5.180 |
5.180 |
|
United
Republic of Tanzania |
0.009 |
0.009 |
|
United
States of America |
22.000 |
22.000 |
|
Uruguay |
0.052 |
0.052 |
|
Uzbekistan |
0.015 |