CL 119/INF/6


Council

Hundred and Nineteenth Session

Rome, 20-25 November 2000

STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE AND VOTING RIGHTS
SUBMITTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC)
AND ITS MEMBER STATES

 

I. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

    MS Competence - MS Vote

2. Election of three Vice-Chairpersons and Designation of the Chairperson and Members of the Drafting Committee

    MS Competence - MS Vote

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

3. State of Food and Agriculture 2000

    Mixed Competence - EC Vote

4. Report of the Twenty-sixth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, 18-22 September 2000)

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

5. Negotiations for the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in Harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

III. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

6. World Food Programme

6.1 Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board on its Activities in 1999

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

6.2 Election of six Members of the WFP Executive Board

    MS Competence - MS Vote

IV. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

7. Programme Implementation Report 1998-99

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

8. Medium-Term Plan 2002-2007

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

9. Reports of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May and September 2000)

9.1 Savings and Efficiencies in Governance

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

9.2 FAO Presence at the Country Level

    MS Competence - MS Vote

9.3 Proposals for the Use of Arrears

    MS Competence - MS Vote

9.4 Other Matters Arising Out of the Reports

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

10. Reports of the Eight-third and Eighty-fourth Sessions of the Programme Committee (May and September 2000)

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

11. Reports of the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Sessions of the Finance Committee (Rome, May and September 2000)

11.1 Status of Contributions 2000

    MS Competence - MS Vote

11.2 Budgetary Performance 1998-99

    MS Competence - MS Vote

11.3 Support Costs

    MS Competence - MS Vote

11.4 Change in Staff Regulation 301.0344 - Flexible Use of Education Grant Travel

    MS Competence - MS Vote

11.5 Proposal for Split Assessments as a Means to Protect the Programme of Work and Budget from Currency Fluctuations

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

11.6 Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

    MS Competence - MS Vote

V. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

12. Report of the Seventy-first Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 10-11 October 2000)

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote

13. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:

13.1 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

    MS Competence - MS Vote

13.2 Applications for Membership in the Organization

    MS Competence - MS Vote

VI. OTHER MATTERS

14. Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 2001-2002

    MS Competence - MS Vote

15. Any Other Matters

    Mixed Competence - MS Vote1

Information documents will be tabled on the following subjects2

A. Summaries of the Main Recommendations of Regional Conferences held in 2000
Mixed Competence - MS Vote
B. Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees
MS Competence - MS Vote
C. Implementation of Council Decisions taken at the 117th and 118th Sessions of the Council
Mixed Competence - MS Vote
D. Update in the Preparation of the International Year of Mountains: Cooperation with Intergovernmental and Non-governmental Organizations
  Mixed Competence - MS Vote

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1 Subject to further information

2 Representatives wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 15 "Any Other Matters"