REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

CL 85/REP

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Eighty-fifth Session
Rome, 24 November 1983

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME
1983

COUNCIL
(until 31 December 1983)

Independent Chairman: M.S. Swaminathan

Argentina^**	Ethiopia^*	Philippines^*
Austria^***	France^*	Rwanda^**
Bangladesh^**	Germany, Federal Republic of^**	São Tomé and Principe^***
Benin^**	India^*	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of^*
Brazil ^***	Indonesia^**	Sierra Leone^***
Bulgaria^***	Iraq^**	Spain^**
Canada^***	Italy^*	Sudan^*
Cape Verde^*	Japan^**	Thailand^**
China^**	Lebanon^***	Trinidad and Tobago^***
Colombia^***	Lesotho^*	Tunisia^***
Congo ^***	Malawi^**	Uganda^***
Cuba^***	Malaysia ^**	United Kingdom^*
Cyprus^**	Mexico^***	United States of America^***
Czechoslovakia ^***	New Zealand^*	Upper Volta ^*
Ecuador^*	Norway^*	Venezuela ^**
Egypt^*	Pakistan^*	Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of^***
	Panama^**

^* Term of office until 31 December 1984.

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

^*** Term of office until 31 December 1986.

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1985)

Independent Chairman: M.S. Swaminathan

Afghanistan ^***	Ecuador ^***	Rwanda ^*
Argentina^*	Egypt^***	São Tomé and Principe^**
Australia^***	France ^***	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of ^***
Austria ^**	Germany, Federal Republic of ^**	Senegal^***
Bangladesh ^*	India^***	Sierra Leone^**
Benin^*	Indonesia ^*	Spain ^*
Brazil ^**	Iraq ^*	Tanzania ^***
Bulgaria ^**	Italy ^***	Thailand ^*
Canada^**	Japan^*	Trinidad and Tobago ^**
China ^*	Lebanon ^**	Tunisia ^**
Colombia ^**	Liberia ^***	Uganda^**
Congo^**	Malawi ^*	United Kingdom ^***
Cuba ^**	Malaysia ^*	United States of America^**
Cyprus^*	Mexico^**	Venezuela ^*
Czechoslovakia ^**	Pakistan ^***	Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of ^**
Denmark ^***	Panama ^*	Zimbabwe ^***
	Philippines ^***

^* 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

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda

Election of three Vice-Chairmen

Tribute to Mr Vikram Shah

ELECTION OF COMMITTEES

Election of the Chairman and Members of the Programme Committee

Election of the Chairman and Members of the Finance Committee

Election of the Members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Election of Five Members of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes

OTHER MATTERS

Calendar of 1984-85 Sessions of the Council and Bodies which Report to the Council

Appointment of Independent Chairman of the Appeals Committee

Establishment of a Commission on Plant Genetic Resources (Res. 1/85)

Review of the Rules Governing Procedures for Voting on Candidates in Elections to Council and Conference

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

APPENDIXES