CFS:2003/INF/1


  

COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY

Twenty-ninth Session

Rome, 12-16 May 2003

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

 

SESSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

Item

Monday 12 May
(morning)
10.00 - 12.30

I.

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
(a) Adoption of Agenda and Timetable

Statement by His Excellency the President of the Dominican Republic

(b) Statement by the Director-General or his Representative
(c) Membership of the Committee

III.

ASSESSMENT OF THE WORLD FOOD SECURITY SITUATION

 

(afternoon)
14.30 – 17.30

III.

ASSESSMENT OF THE WORLD FOOD SECURITY SITUATION (continued)

 

(evening)
18.00 – 21.00

IV.

REPORT ON THE FIRST SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF A SET OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY

V.

RECENT FAO INITIATIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

 

Tuesday 13 May
(morning)
9.30 – 12.30

V.

RECENT FAO INITIATIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER (continued)

 

(afternoon)
14.30 – 17.30

II.

FAO DISTINGUISHED LECTURE ON FOOD SECURITY

VI.

STANDING ITEM ON NUTRITION:
“THE ROLE OF AQUACULTURE IN IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL – A REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE CASES”

 

18.00 – 20.00

RECEPTION

 

Wednesday 14 May
(morning)
9.30 – 12.30

VI.

STANDING ITEM ON NUTRITION:
“THE ROLE OF AQUACULTURE IN IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL – A REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE CASES” (continued)

VII.

THEMATIC ISSUE: “THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION – POLICY IMPLICATIONS”

 

(afternoon)
14.30 – 17.30

VII.

THEMATIC ISSUE: “THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION – POLICY IMPLICATIONS” (continued)

18.00 – 21.00

DRAFTING COMMITTEE

 

Thursday 15 May
(morning)
9.30 – 12.30

VIII.

OTHER MATTERS
(a) Arrangements for the Thirtieth Session
(b) Any other Business*

 

(afternoon and evening)

DRAFTING COMMITTEE

 

Friday 16 May
(afternoon)

VIII.

OTHER MATTERS (continued)
(c) Adoption of the Report



*Please note, that in accordance with the Conference decision contained in para 52 of C 97/Rep, whereby the CFS is requested to provide, through the Council, a second report on the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action to ECOSOC in 2003, the Committee’s approval will be sought of a document (CFS/LIM/1) containing extracts from the CFS Reports of the Twenty-Sixth and the Twenty-Eighth Sessions, the Council’s Reports of the One Hundred and Nineteenth and the One Hundred and Twenty-third Sessions, and the Declaration of the WFS:fyl.

Note: Every afternoon, from 13.00 to 14.00 hours, a film “Sowing the Seeds of Hunger” will be screened in the Iran Room.

On Friday morning, 16 May, an informal panel discussion, “The impact of access to land on improving food security and alleviating rural poverty – a review of successful cases of land reform in selected countries”, will be held from 9.30 to 12.30 in the Iran Room.