REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION Rome, 7 – 18 June 1971
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1971

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Statement by the Director-General

Adoption of the Agenda

Election of Vice-Chairmen and Appointment of Drafting Committee

Tribute to Rulon Gibb

WORLD AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Perspective Study of World Agricultural Development and International Strategy for the Second Development Decade

ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION

Fishery Matters Requiring Action by the Council (Res. 1/56)

Forestry Matters Requiring Action by the Council

FAO's Present and Proposed Activities Related to Food Production Resources

Report on the World Conference on Agricultural Education and Training, Copenhagen, July – August 1970

Review of Associate Expert Scheme

Interagency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

- Matters Arising out of the UN General Assembly, ECOSOC and ACC

- Progress Report on Cooperation Between FAO and UNDP

- FAO's Participation in the UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm 1972

- UN Joint Inspection Unit Report

- FAO Activities Related to International Agricultural Research

Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in the 1970–71 Biennium (16 November 1970 – 27 May 1971)

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Ninth Annual Report of the Intergovernmental Committee and Review of the Programme in Preparation for the Fifth Pledging Conference

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Functions, and Term of Office of the Independent Chairman of the Council

Duration of the Term of Office of the Director-General

Terms of Reference and Composition of the Proposed Committee on Agriculture

Method of Balloting for Elections to CCP

Article XI Reports - Question of Amendment of Article XI of the Constitution

Arabic as a Limited Working Language - Question Amendment of the FAO Basic Texts

Examination of the FAO Basic Texts

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

- Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

- Applications for Membership by Fiji, the Republic of Maldives and the Sultanate of Oman

- Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the European Commission on Agriculture

- Establishment of a Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (Res. 1/56) ¹

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Programme and Budgetary Adjustments Including Transfers in the 1970–71 Biennium

Personnel Matters

- Review of Activities of Selected Divisions of the Organization -Personnel Division

- Progress Report on Staff/Management Relations

- Recruitment of Field Personnel

Financial Matters

- Financial Position of the Organization

- Status of Contributions and Contributions in Arrears

- Status of the 1970–71 Expenditure

- Withdrawals from the Working Capital Fund (Cost of Emergency Desert Locust Control Operations)

- Scale of Contributions, 1972–73

- Other Matters Arising from the Reports of the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Finance Committee, The Nineteenth Session of the Programme Committee and the Joint Report of these Committees

- Regional Offices

- Programme Flexibility and Recruitment Policies

- Impact of the Field Programme on the Regular Programme

- Junior Professional Training

- Salaries of the Director-General and the Deputy Director-General

- Commissary

- Trust Funds on Which the Normal Overhead Charge of 14 percent is Not Levied

- Compensation Plan Reserve Fund - Actuarial Report

- Annual Report by the Director-General of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations, Regular Programme, 1970

- Interpretation Services

- Other Matters

FAO PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET

Draft Programme of Work and Budget, 1972–73

PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIXTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Agenda for the Conference

Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

Date for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

OTHER MATTERS

Methods of Work of the Council

Date and Place of the Fifty-Seventh Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Fifty-Sixth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - List of Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled (16 November 1970 – 27 May 1971)

F - Scale of Contributions, 1972–73

¹ This question has been dealt with under “Activities of the Organization - Fishery Matters Requiring Action by the Council.”