REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

CL 111/REP

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Hundred and Eleventh Session Rome, 1-10 October 1996

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME 1996

ISSN 0251-5296

COUNCIL (until 31 December 1996)

Independent Chairman: José Ramón López Portillo

Algeria³	Gabon³	Portugal³
Argentina²	Germany²	Romania³
Australia¹	Ghana³	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of¹
Bangladesh²	Honduras¹	Sri Lanka¹
Barbados³	India¹	Swaziland¹
Brazil³	Indonesia²	Syria¹
Burkina Faso¹	Iran, Islamic Republic of²	Tanzania²
Cameroon²	Ireland³	Thailand²
Canada³	Italy¹	Turkey²
Cape Verde¹	Japan²	Uganda¹
Chile²	Korea, Republic of²	United Kingdom¹
China²	Kuwait³	United States of America³
Congo³	Lebanon³	Uruguay³
Cuba³	Malaysia¹	Venezuela²
Egypt¹	Mauritius³	Zimbabwe²
Estonia²	Mexico³
France¹	Norway¹

¹Term of office until 31 December 1996

²Term of office until conclusion of the Twenty-ninth Session of the Conference, November 1997

³Term of office until 31 December 1998

COUNCIL (as from 1 January 1997)

Independent Chairman: José Ramón López Portillo

Algeria²	Germany¹	Portugal²
Argentina¹.	Ghana²	Romania²
Australia³	Honduras³	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of³
Bangladesh¹	India³	Senegal³
Barbados²	Indonesia¹	South Africa³
Brazil²	Iran, Islamic Republic of¹	Syria³
Cameroon¹	Ireland²	Tanzania¹
Canada²	Italy³	Thailand¹
Chile¹	Japan¹	Turkey¹
China¹	Korea, Republic of¹	Uganda³
Congo²	Kuwait²	United Kingdom³
Cuba²	Lebanon²	United States of America²
Denmark³	Malaysia³	Uruguay²
Egypt³	Mauritania³	Venezuela'
Estonia¹	Mauritius²	Zimbabwe'
France³	Mexico²
Gabon²	Pakistan³

¹Term of office until conclusion of the Twenty-ninth Session of the Conference, November 1997

²Term of office until 31 December 1998

³Term of office until conclusion of the Thirtieth Session of the Conference, November 1999

CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable (Appendix A)

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

Tribute to Mr Antoine Saintraint

Tribute to Professor Josué de Castro

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

State of Food and Agriculture 1996

Report of the Twenty-first (Rome, 29 January - 2 February 1996) and Progress Report of the Twenty-second (Rome, 23-30 September 1996 and 8-9 October and 28-30 October 1996) Sessions of the Committee on World Food Security including Preparations for the World Food Summit

Reports of the 2nd Extraordinary Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) (Rome, 22-27 April 1996),and of the 4th International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources (ICPGR) (Leipzig, Germany, 17-23 June 1996) (Resolution 1/111)

Report on the Progress of Negotiations of an International Legally-Binding Procedure for certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Follow-up to Economic and Social Council Resolution 1995/56: Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nations

World Food Programme

Report of the Executive Board to ECOSOC and the FAO Council on the Activities of the WFP Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes (CFA) in 1995

Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Adjustments to the Programme of Work and Budget 1996-97

Reports of the Seventy-fourth (Rome, 6-10 May 1996) and Seventy-fifth (Rome, 2-6 September 1996) Sessions of the Programme Committee

Achieving Savings and Efficiencies in Governance

Review of FAO Statutory Bodies and Panels of Experts

Reports of the Eighty-third (Rome, 16 January 1996), Eighty-fourth (Rome, 6-10 May 1996) and Eighty-fifth (Rome, 4-10 September 1996) Sessions of the Finance Committee

Financial Position of the Organization: Collection of Assessed Contributions (Outstanding and in Arrears - Status of Contributions to the Budget (Appendix D)

Resourcing and Financing of the World Food Programme

Audited Accounts

Regular Programme 1994-95 (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

Commissary Accounts 1995 (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions 1996-97 (Appendix E)

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Sixty-fifth Session (Rome, 9 September 1996) of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

Broadening the Mandate of the Advisory Committee on Pulp and Paper and Abolition of the Committee on Wood-Based Panel Products (Resolution 2/111)

Change of Title (in English only) of the North American Forestry Commission

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

OTHER MATTERS

Date and Place of the Hundred and Twelfth Session of the Council

Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee

Appointment of Second Alternate Chairman of the Appeals Committee

Preparations for the Eleventh World Forestry Congress

APPENDIXES

- Agenda for the Hundred and Eleventh Session of the Council

- List of Delegates and Observers

- List of Documents

- Status of Assessed Contributions of Member Nations (as at 3 October 1996)

- Amended Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions 1996-97