CL 87/REP REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO Eighty-seventh Session Rome, 17-28 June 1985
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME 1985

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1985)

Independent Chairman: M.S. Swaminathan

^* Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-third Session of the Conference, November 1985

^** Term of office until 31 December 1986

^*** Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-fourth Session of the Conference, November 1987

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

Election of three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee

Statement by the Director-General

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

Current World Food Situation

Food situation in Africa (Resolution 1/87)

Report of the Tenth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, 10-17 April 1985)

– World Food Security Compact (Draft text)

– Other Matters

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Report of the Eighth Session of the Committee on Agriculture (Rome, 18-27 "March 1985)

– Review of FAO's Programme of Work in the Food and Agricultural Sector

– The Role of Minor Crops in Nutrition and Food Security

– Processing of Food and Non-Food Agricultural Products

– Agricultural Price Policies

– International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Other Matters

Report of the Ninth Session of the Commission on Fertilizers (Rome, 19-22 February 1985)

Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Rome, 22-26 April 1985)

Tenth Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes of the UN/FAO World Food Programme

Relations of FAO with WFP

Recent Developments in the United Nations System of Interest to FAO

Preparations for the Twenty-third Session of the FAO Conference

– Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Timetable

– Nomination of the Chairman and other Officers of the Conference

– Deadline for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Summary Programme of Work and Budget 1986-87

– Introductory Statement by the Director-General

– Views of Programme and Finance Committees

– World Background

– Field Programme

- Strategies, Priorities and Means of Action

– Programme Activities

– Financial Framework

– Real Growth

– Conclusion

Budgetary Matters:

– Budgetary Performance 1984

– Programme and Budgetary Transfers

Financial Matters:

– Financial Position of the Organization - Contribution Matters:

1. Status of Contributions to the Budget
2. Current Assessments
3. Contributions in Arrears
4. Voting Right Problems
5. Applications for Membership in the Organization
6. Status of Advances to the Working Capital Fund
7. Delayed Payment of Assessed Contributions

– Scale of Contributions 1986-87 (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Preparation of WFP Final Accounts 1984-85

– Reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Council Members

Reports of the Forty-eighth Session of the Programme Committee and the Fifty-fifth Session of the Finance Committee (Rome, 6-16 May 1985):

– Personnel Matters

Relations with the Host Government

– Headquarters Accommodation

– Negotiations regarding the interpretation and application of the Headquarters Agreement

– Import Licences

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Forty-sixth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 29 April - 3 May 1985)

– FAO's Immunity from Legal Process and Measures of Execution in Italy

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:

– Application for Membership in the Organization

– Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions

– Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees

OTHER MATTERS

Date and Place of the Eighty-eighth Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Eighty-seventh Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - Assessed Contributions of Member Nations

F - Allocation among Member Nations of the Cash Surplus (US$46 193 205) of the 1982-83 Biennium

COMMEETIES