FC 102/1

Finance Committee

Hundred-and-second Session

Rome, 5 – 9 May 2003

Provisional Agenda

This document does not constitute an invitation to the session. While complete sets of documents cannot be provided, one copy of specific committee documents can be provided upon written request.

Adoption of Provisional Agenda and Timetable (docs. FC 102/1, FC 102/1 Add.1 and FC 102/INF/1)
Election of Vice Chairperson

FINANCIAL AND BUDGET REPORTS

Annual Report on Budgetary Performance and Programme and Budgetary Transfers (doc. FC 102/3)
FAO Interim Accounts at 31 December 2002 (doc. FC 102/4)
Report on Investments 2002 (doc. FC 102/5)
Financial Highlights (doc. FC 102/6)

OVERSIGHT MATTERS

2002 Annual Activity Report of the Office of the Inspector-General (doc. FC 102/7)
Progress Report on Implementation of the External Auditor’s Recommendations (doc. FC 102/8)
Programme of Work of the External Auditor (doc. FC 102/9)
Appointment of the Inspector-General (doc. FC 102/10)
UN Joint Inspection Unit Reports

Support Costs Related to Extrabudgetary Activities in Organizations of the United Nations System (JIU/REP/2002/3) (doc. CL 124/INF/10)

Extension of Water-related Technical Cooperation Projects to End-Beneficiaries: Bridging the Gap Between the Normative and the Operational in the United Nations System (Case Studies in Two African Countries) (JIU/REP/2002/4) (CL 124/INF/11)

Involvement of Civil Society Organizations other then NGOs and the Private Sector in Technical Cooperation Activities: Experiences and Prospects of the United Nations System (JIU/REP/2002/01) (doc. CL 124/INF/18)

FINANCIAL POLICY MATTERS

Capital Budgeting (doc. FC 102/12)
Review of Project Proposals to Confirm Compliance with FAO’s Mandate (doc. FC 102/13)
Proposal to establish a Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (doc. FC 102/14)
Innovative Models for Leveraging Resources in Support of the Field Programme (doc. FC 102/15)
Information Note on the Cost of the World Food Summit: five years later (doc. CFS 2003/INF/10)

BUDGETARY MATTERS

Summary Programme of Work and Budget (2004-2005) (doc. CL 124/3)
Split Assessments (docs. FC 102/18 and FC 102/INF/18)
Scale of Contributions 2004-2005 (doc. FC 102/19)
European Commission for Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Budget for 2004-2005 (doc. FC 102/20)
Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) - Budget for 2003-2004 (doc. FC 102/21)
Approval of the Budgets of the Desert Locust Commissions (doc. FC 102/22)

HUMAN RESOURCES MATTERS

Progress Report on Human Resources Management Issues (doc. FC 102/23)
Statistics of Personnel Services (doc. FC 102/24)
Annual Reports of the ICSC and UN Joint Staff Pension Board to the General Assembly, and Summary of the Decisions Taken (doc. FC 102/25)

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Methodology for the Determination of Equitable Geographic Distribution (doc. CL 124/15)
Progress Report on the Oracle Project (doc. FC 102/27)

OTHER MATTERS

Working Methods of the Finance Committee (no document)
Date and Place of the Hundred-and-third Session
Any Other Matters