Conference

1. At its Hundred and Twentieth Session, the Council decided that, in accordance with Rule XXIII-1(b) of the General Rules of the Organization, nominations for the office of Independent Chairman of the Council should be communicated to the Secretary-General of the Conference and Council by 12.00 hours on Friday 17 August 2001.

2. By the date prescribed, the Secretary-General of the Conference and Council received four nominations. Copies of the Curricula Vitae of the nominees and the transmittal communications are appended as follows:

Appendix A: Mr Francis Ofori (Ghana)

Appendix B: Mr Frederick Zenny (Jamaica)

Appendix C: Mr Aziz Mekouar (Morocco)

Appendix D: Mr Tjibbe Joustra (Netherlands)

APPENDIX A              

APPENDIX B              

CURRICULUM VITAE

CIVIC, PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MEMBERSHIPS OF BOARDS

Member of the FAO Programme Committee (2000 - 2001)

Member of the FAO Director General`s Senior Management Committee (SMM) (1995 - 1999)

Member of FAO`s Policy and Programme Advisory Board (PPAB) (1988 - 1999)

Member of the Prime Minister's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Private Sector Investments (1981-1983)

Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's Private Sector Projects Evaluation Committee (1981- 1983)

Member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Ministry of Agriculture) on the Stabilization Fund (1981-1982)

Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's Marketing Task Force (1980-1982)

Member of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Food Corporation (1979-1983)

Member of the Board of Directors of Jamaican Frozen Foods Ltd. (1979-1983)

Member of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (1979-1983)

Chairman of the Land Utilization and Development Commission (1978-1980)

Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's Project Staffing Committee (1978-1980)

Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's Organizational and Training Committee (1978-1980)

Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's Disciplinary Committee (1978-1980)

Member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Integrated Rural Development (1977-1983)

Member of the Ministry of Agriculture's Board of Management (1977-1983)

Member of the FAO Task Force on Management-Staff Relations (1972-1973)

Chairman of the FAO Staff Council (1971-1973)

Secretary of the FAO Special Committee on Management-Staff Relations, chaired by the Swedish Ambassador to Italy, Ambassador Brynolf Eng, following breakdown in staff-management relations, including walk-out and strikes (June 1970-March 1971)

Member of or Head of Government of Jamaica's Delegations to several international conferences and meetings including: FAO Council and Conference (1978-1979), Sixteenth FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, Havana, Cuba (1980), the World Food Council Fifth Ministerial Session, Ottawa, Canada (1979), Standing Committee of Ministers of Agriculture of CARICOM (SCMA) (1978-1982)

PUBLICATIONS

Author of numerous technical assistance reports to member countries and other FAO publications on Fisheries, Forestry, Wildlife Law and Institutions.

    Report to the Government of Jamaica on the Establishment in the Ministry of Agriculture of a Department of Production and Extension and a Marketing and Credit Division - 1984.

    Memorandum on Five-Year Agricultural Sector Plan (Internal Document, Ministry of Agriculture, Jamaica, 115 pages) - 1978.

    Progress Report on Worker Participation - A Programme and Strategy for Industrial Democracy - 1979.

    The Advisory and Monitoring Unit - An Experiment in Monitoring and Performance Appraisal (Public Utilities) - 1977.

    Improving the Management Information System for Public Enterprises - 1977.

    The Case for an Advisory Council for Public Utility Enterprises - 1977.

    A Guide in Implementing Worker Participation in the Utility Enterprises - Submission to the Government of Jamaica's Advisory Committee on Worker Participation - 1976.

    The Post Acquisition Dilemma - In Search of Policies and Money (Public Utilities) - 1976

    Skilled Leadership - A determining factor in improving efficiency and production (Public Utilities) 1976.

APPENDIX C               
(TRANSLATION)              

NOTE VERBALE

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Permanent Representation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, presents its compliments to the Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, and has the honour to forward communication note DG/8/1/3 of 2/8/2001 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco concerning the submission of the candidature of H.E. Mr Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, for the position of Independent Chairman of the FAO Council for the period November 2001 to November 2003, for which elections will be held during the 31^st Session of the Conference of FAO in November 2001.

The Curriculum Vitae of Mr Aziz MEKOUAR is attached.

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Permanent Representation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Secretariat of the Organization the assurance of its highest consideration.

Rome, 3 August 2001

Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
ODG
Rome

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Kingdom of Morocco
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Cooperation

Directorate for the United Nations
and International Organizations
FB/HF
DG/8/1/3

FAX

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its compliments to the Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has the honour to inform it that the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco has decided to submit the candidature of H.E. Aziz MEKOUAR, Ambassador Permanent Representative to FAO, WFP and IFAD, for the position of Independent Chairman of the FAO Council for the period November 2001 to November 2003, for which elections will be held during the 31^st Session of the Conference of FAO in November 2001.

The Curriculum Vitae of Mr Aziz Mekouar is attached.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations the assurance of its highest consideration.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Primary and secondary studies

- Chateaubriand French School in Rome (Italy)
- Charles Lepierre French School in Lisbon (Portugal)
- Baccalaureate ( Sciences) 1968

Higher studies

Degree of the Higher School of Commerce (HEC) Paris 1974

Languages

- Arabic, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.

Professional experience

Thesis and studies

- Thesis on the fisheries sector in Argentina and its contribution to the development of the country - 1973

- Studies on the Asia-dollar and prospective impact on the development of South-East Asia - 1974

- 30 years of Italian Foreign Policy - 1983

- 30 years of Italian Domestic Policy - 1983

- Studies and analyses on the situation in Angola

Conferences and seminars

Facilitator of seminars and keynote speaker on development prospects and investment opportunities in Morocco.

Lectures on political and economic affairs and international relations of Morocco in selected Portuguese institutions (Institute of Higher Strategic Studies of Lisbon, Institute of National Defence, University of Minho, University of Lisbon, Centre for Maghreb Studies in Lisbon, Portuguese Industrial Association, Industrial Association of Porto, etc.).

Reports on Euro-Mediterranean and Euro-African relations.

Awards

- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
- Grand Cross of the Italian Order Merit

APPENDIX D              

CURRICULUM VITAE

International Activities

Multilateral Field

• Responsible for the Dutch policy paper on food security, for the food security debate during the World Food Summit (Rome, 1996) and for the formulation and preparation of the Dutch position during the World Food Summit
  
  
• Responsible for the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action in the Netherlands and for stating the Dutch policy positions in the international debate on the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action
  
  
• Responsible for the Dutch contribution to the 5^th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) (1997) and the Special General Assembly of the United Nations regarding Rio de Janeiro plus 5 (UNGASS, New York, 1997), especially with respect to the themes sustainable agriculture and rural development, biodiversity, forestry and integrated land management
  
  
• Responsible for the organisation of the conference "Cultivating our futures. FAO/Netherlands Conference on the Multifunctional Character of Agriculture", Maastricht 1999. This conference formed part of the preparations for the 8^th meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), which dealt with chapters 10 and 14 of Agenda 21 on integrated land management and sustainable agriculture and rural development
  
  
• Responsible for the Dutch contribution to the 8^th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) (2000), on the themes sustainable agriculture and rural development and integrated land management, as well as the report of 4^th and final session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF) and the follow-up of the IPF/IFF-processes
  
  
• Organised and co-chaired High-Level Conferences for the Netherlands and the candidate EU countries from central and eastern Europe. The first conference (the Hague, 2000) dealt with various issues related to the enlargement of the EU and institution-building, while the second (Wassenaar, 2001) concerned the enlargement of the EU and the integration of agricultural and nature management policies

Bilateral Field

• Responsible for the bilateral policies of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries in the general framework of bilateral policies of the Netherlands
  
  
• Organised and co-chaired High-Level Working Parties with various other nations, such as the People's Republic of China, Bulgaria, Iran, Rumania, South-Africa and Cuba, concerning the implementation of bilateral working programmes on the various policy fields of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
  
  
• Responsible for policy formulation regarding bilateral relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries in the general framework of bilateral policies of the Netherlands, specifically regarding developing countries in the Southern African region concerning capacity-building and institution-building for trade-related veterinary and phytosanitary matters and in the field of research, education and information and co-chairmanship of expected international conference on these issues