FAO - Twenty-seventh Regional Conference for The Near East

Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations

NERC/04/REP
March 2004

REPORT

Twenty-seventh FAO
Regional Conference
for The Near East

Doha, State of Qatar,
13-17 March 2004

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO Regional Office for the Near East
Cairo 2004

Table of Contents

Date and place of FAO Regional Conferences for the Near East

First

- Cairo, Egypt, 2-14 February 1948

Second

- Bloudane, Syria, 28 August - 6 September 1951

Third

- Cairo, Egypt, 1-9 September 1953

Fourth

- Damascus, Syria¹, 10-20 December 1958

Fifth

- Tehran, Iran, 21 September - 1 October 1960

Sixth

- Tel Amara, Lebanon, 30 July - 8 August 1962

Seventh

- Cairo, Egypt², 19-31 October 1964

Eighth

- Khartoum, Sudan, 24 January - 2 February 1967

Ninth

- Baghdad, Iraq, 21 September - 1 October 1968

Tenth

- Islamabad, Pakistan, 12-22 September 1970

Eleventh

- Kuwait, Kuwait, 9-19 September 1972

Twelfth

- Amman, Jordan, 31 August - 9 September 1974

Thirteenth

- Tunis, Tunisia, 4-11 October 1976

Fourteenth

- Damascus, Syria, 9-16 September 1978

Fifteenth

- Rome, Italy, 21-25 April 1981

Sixteenth

- Nicosia, Cyprus, 25-29 October 1982

Seventeenth

- Aden, People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, 11-15 March 1984

Eighteenth

- Istanbul, Turkey, 17-21 March 1986

Nineteenth

- Muscat, Oman, 13-17 March 1988

Twentieth

- Tunis, Tunisia, 12-16 March 1990

Twenty-first

- Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 17-21 May 1992

Twenty-second

- Amman, Jordan, 3-6 July 1994

Twenty-third

- Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, 26-29 March 1996

Twenty-fourth

- Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 21-25 March 1998

Twenty-fifth

- Beirut, Lebanon, 20-24 March 2000

Twenty-sixth

- Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 9-13 March 2002

Twenty-seventh

- Doha, State of Qatar, 13-17 March 2004

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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¹ Known as the United Arab Republic from 01/03/1958 to 28/09/1961.

² Known as the United Arab Republic until 02/09/1971.

Top of Page Table of Contents
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SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS
Organization of the Conference	1
Inaugural Ceremony	2-7
Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of the Rapporteur	8-10
Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable	11
II. STATEMENTS
Statement by the Director-General	12-18
III. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
Report on FAO Activities in the Near East Region During 2002-2003	19-20
Report of the Senior Officers Meeting	21
Establishment of the Animal Health Commission for the Near East and North Africa (AHCNENA)	22-23
General Debate	24-25
NGO’s/CSO’s Consultation for the Near East	26
IV. OTHER MATTERS
Proposed List of Topics to be Considered at the 28th Regional Conference for the Near East	27
V. CONCLUDING ITEMS
Date and Place of the Twenty-eighth FAO Regional Conference for the Near East	28
Adoption of the Conference Report	29
Closure of the Conference	30-34
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A - Revised Agenda
APPENDIX B - List of Participants
APPENDIX C - List of Documents
APPENDIX D - Statement of the Director-General
APPENDIX E - Report of the Senior Officers Meeting
APPENDIX F - Roundtable on Financing Agricultural Development in the Near East Region - Summary Report
APPENDIX G - Side-Meeting on Sub-Regional Strategy for Sustainable Agricultural Development and Food Security for North Africa - Summary Report