CL 116/1(a)


Council

Hundred and Sixteenth Session

Rome, 14-19 June 1999

PROVISIONAL ANNOTATED AGENDA

 

I INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION
1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable: for decision (CL 116/1; CL 116/1 (a);CL 116/INF/1; CL 116/INF/6)
2. Election of Three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee: for decision (CL 116/INF/9)
   
II WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION
3. Current World Food Situation: for discussion (CL 116/2)
4. Report of the 25th Session of the Committee on World Food Security
(Rome, 31 May - 4 June 1999): for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/10)
   
III ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP
5. Report of the 62nd Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems
(Rome, 12-15 January 1999): for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/6)
6. Report of the 15th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (Rome, 25-29 January 1999): for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/9)
7. Report of the 23rd Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Rome, 15-19 February 1999): for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/7; CL 116/INF/19)
  7.1 Margarita Lizarraga Medal
  7.2 Other Matters Arising Out of the Report
8. Report of the 14th Session of the Committee on Forestry (Rome, 1-5 March 1999):
for discussion and/or decision
(CL 116/8; CL 116/INF/18)
  8.1 Venue of the Twelfth World Forestry Congress (CL 116/8-Sup.1)
  8.2 Other Matters Arising Out of the Report
9. Negotiations on the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources: for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/INF/8)
10. World Food Programme
  10.1 Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board to ECOSOC and the FAO Council on its Activities in 1998: for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/13)
  10.2 Amendments to the General Regulations and Rules of WFP: for decision (CL 116/17)
11. Preparations for the 30th Session of the FAO Conference:
  11.1 Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Timetable: for decision (CL 116/11)
  11.2 Deadline for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council: for decision (CL 116/11)
  11.3 Nomination of the Chairman of the Conference and of the Chairmen of the Commissions: for decision (CL 116/INF/9)
12. Preparations for the Conference on the Multi-Functional Character of Agriculture and Land (Maastricht, Netherlands, September 1999): for discussion (CL 116/INF/17)
13 Draft Plan of Action on Agriculture in Small Island Developing States: for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/18)
   
IV PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
14. Programme Evaluation Report 1998-99: for discussion and/or decision
(C 99/4; CL 116/14)
15. Summary Programme of Work and Budget 2000-2001: for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/3 CL 116/3-Sup.1 ; CL 116/4; CL 116/14; CL 116/16)
16. FAO Strategic Framework 2000-2015 (Version 3.0): for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/4; CL 116/12;CL 116/14;CL 116/16)
17. Report of the Joint Meeting of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (Rome, May 1999): for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/4; CL 116/INF/16)
  17.1 Change in the Quota Distribution System of Information Products
  17.2 Report on Decentralization
  17.3 Other Matters Arising Out of the Report
18. Report of the 81st Session of the Programme Committee (Rome, 3-7 May 1999):
for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/14; CL 116/INF/10;CL 116/11; CL 116/INF/12; CL 116/INF/13;CL 116/INF/14)
  18.1 Review of FAO Language Policy
  18.2 Other Matters Arising Out of the Report
19. Reports of the 91st (Rome, 11 January 1999) and 92nd (Rome, 3-7 May 1999) Sessions of the Finance Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 116/15; CL 116/16; CL 116/INF/10; CL 116/INF/11; CL 116/INF/12; CL 116/INF/13)
  19.1 Financial Position of the Organization (CL 116/LIM/1)
  19.2 Budgetary Performance 1998
  19.3 Scale of Contributions 2000-2001
  19.4 Other Matters Arising Out of the Reports
   
V CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
20. Report of the 69th Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
(Rome, 26-27 April 1999): for decision (CL 116/5)
21. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:
  21.1 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions: for decision (CL 116/LIM/2)
   
VI OTHER MATTERS
22. Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions 1998-99:for information and/or decision (CL 116/19)
23. Any Other Matters