VIII. Appointments and elections

367. The Conference had before it applications for membership from Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Saint Christopher and Nevis, and Vanuatu. These applications had been submitted within the time limit prescribed by Rule XIX GRO. They contained or were supplemented by the formal instrument required under Article II of the Constitution, and were thus found in order.

368. The Conference proceeded to a secret ballot on the four applications at its third meeting on Monday 7 November 1983, in accordance with Article II-2 of the Constitution and Rule XII-9 GRO. The results of the voting were as follows:

Admission of Antigua and Barbuda

1. Number of ballot papers issued	130
2. Defective ballots	0
3. Abstentions	1
4. Votes for	127
5. Votes against	2
6. Number of votes cast	129
7. Majority required	86

Admission of Belize

1. Number of ballot papers issued	130
2. Defective ballots	0
3. Abstentions	1
4. Votes for	128
5. Votes against	1
6. Number of votes cast	129
7. Majority required	86

Admission of Saint Christopher and Nevis

1. Number of ballot papers issued	130
2. Defective ballots	0
3. Abstentions	2
4. Votes for	127
5. Votes against	1
6. Number of votes cast	128
7. Majority required	86

Admission of Vanuatu

1. Number of ballot papers issued	130
2. Defective ballots	0
3. Abstentions	1
4. Votes for	129
5. Votes against	0
6. Number of votes cast	129
7. Majority required	86

369. The Conference accordingly admitted Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Saint Christopher and Nevis, and Vanuatu to membership of the Organization.

B. Election of council members

370. The Conference elected the following Member Nations as members of the Council:

REGIONS AND SEATS	MEMBERS
Period: November 1983 - December 1986
Africa (5)	Congo
	Sao Tome and Principe
	Sierra Leone
	Tunisia
	Uganda
Asia	None
Europe (3)	Austria
	Bulgaria
	Czechoslovakia
Latin America (5)	Brazil
	Colombia
	Cuba
	Mexico
	Trinidad and Tobago
Near East (2)	Lebanon
	Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of
North America (2)	Canada
	United States of America
Southwest Pacific	None
Period: 1 January 1985 - November 1987
Africa (4)	Liberia
	Senegal
	Tanzania
	Zimbabwe
Asia (3)	India
	Pakistan
	Philippines
Europe (4)	Denmark
	France
	Italy
	United Kingdom
Latin America (1)	Ecuador
Near East (3)	Afghanistan
	Egypt
	Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
North America	None
Southwest Pacific (1)	Australia

371. After completion of the vote the Chairman proposed, and the Conference agreed, that the Council should review the present rules governing the voting procedures where there were the same number of candidates as places to be filled in the Conference or Council of the Organization with a view to speeding procedures and thus saving valuable time. The Council should report back to the Conference at its Twenty-third Session.

C. Appointments

Appointment of the independent Chairman of the council
Appointment of member governments' representatives to the staff pension committee

Appointment of the independent Chairman of the council

372. One of the candidates having withdrawn with a view to preserving the tradition of consensus, the Conference reelected Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, as Independent Chairman of the Council for a further period of two years and adopted the following Resolution:

Resolution 16/83

APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL

THE CONFERENCE,

Having proceeded to a secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization,

1. Declares that Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is appointed Independent Chairman of the Council for a period of two years, that is until the end of the regular session of the Conference to be held in 1985;

2. Decides that the conditions of appointment, including the allowances attached to the office of the Independent Chairman of the Council, shall be as follows:

(a) An annual allowance of the equivalent of $10 000 to cover representation expenses and secretarial assistance in the Chairman's home station, on the understanding that the Director-General will provide secretarial assistance when the Chairman attends sessions of the Council or Conference; one half of the allowance shall be payable in US dollars, the balance being payable, in whole or in part, in the currency of the home country of the Chairman, or in Italian fire, according to his desires;

(b) A per diem allowance at a rate equivalent to that for the Deputy Director-General, while the Chairman is absent from his home station on Council business, the allowance being reduced to $20.00 per diem while the Chairman is in travel status;

(c) Travel expenses, including the above per diem allowance, shall be defrayed by the Organization, in conformity with its regulations and existing practice when the Chairman attends sessions of the Council, of the Programme and Finance Committees, of the Conference, or when he is invited by the Council or by the Director-General to travel for other purposes.

(Adopted 22 November 1983)

Appointment of member governments' representatives to the staff pension committee

373. In accordance with Article 6(c) of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the Conference appointed three members and three alternates to the Staff Pension Committee for the period 1 January 1984 to 31 December 1985 as follows:

(i) Members

John Glistrup
Counsellor
Permanent Representative of Denmark to FAO

Tessema Negash
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to FAO

Michael Metelits
Second Secretary
Alternate Permanent Representative of the United States of America to FAO

(ii) Alternate Members

Ivo P. Alvarenga
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of El Salvador to FAO

Amidjono Martosuwiryo
Agricultural Attaché
Alternate Permanent Representative of Indonesia to FAO

Hassan Ali Ahmed El-Huraibi
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Yemen Arab Republic to FAO

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