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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
Sixty-Sixth Session
Rome, 9–20 June 1975

TABLE OF CONTENTS


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, 1975


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

Election of Two Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of Drafting Committees of Plenary and of the Committee-of-the-Whole

Statement by the Director-General

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

Current World Food Situation

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

World Food Security

International Agricultural Adjustment

Nutrition: Towards a New Strategy for Improving Nutrition

Agriculture

- Report of the Third Session of the Committee on Agriculture

- Report of the Commission on Fertilizers

- Report of the Ad Hoc Government Consultation on Pesticides in Agriculture and Public Health

Fisheries: Work of COFI

Forestry Questions

- Site of Eighth World Forestry Congress

- Pulp and Paper Shortage: Position Report

Proposal for Establishing an FAO Development Research Centre Financed with Extra-Budgetary Resources

World Food Programme

- Work of IGC and Preparation for the Seventh Pledging Conference (Res. 1/66)

- Reconstitution of the IGC as a Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes

Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Questions of Common Interest

- International Women's Year (Res. 2/66)

- UN Conference on Human Settlements (Vancouver, 1976)

- Preparation for the Special Session of the UN General Assembly Devoted to Development and International Economic Cooperation (1–12 September 1975)

- UNIDO: Second General Conference (Lima, March 1975)

- Relations with African Liberation Movements: Progress Report

UN Joint Inspection Unit

- Medium-Term Planning in the United Nations System

- Cost Measurement Systems in the Organizations of the United Nations Family

- Use of Travel Funds in FAO

Preparation for the Eighteenth Session of the Conference

- Arrangements for the Session and Provisional Agenda for the Conference

- Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

- Date for Nominations for the Independent Chairman of the Council

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Summary Programme of Work and Budget 1976–77

- General

- Budget Level

- Programme Priorities

- New Posts

- National Institutions

- Decentralization

- Continuation of Summary Programme of Work and Budget

AGRIS (International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology)

Proposed World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development

Review of FAO Statutory Bodies

Programme Adjustments 1974–75

Other Budgetary Questions

- UNDP Agency Overhead Costs

- Extra-Budgetary Activities

- Annual Report of Budgetary Performance to Member Nations

Financial Position of the Organization

- Status of Contributions and Contributions in Arrears

- Progress Report on the Use of Expected Savings from Currency Fluctuations

Scale of Contributions

- Study on the Basis of the FAO Scale of Contributions

- FAO Scale of Contributions 1976–77

Other Financial Questions

- Integration of the Credit Union in FAO

- Level of the Working Capital Fund

- Compensation Plan Reserve Fund: Actuarial Survey

- Headquarters Accommodation

- Salaries of Senior Staff (Res. 3/66

- European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

- Appointment of External Auditor (Res. 4/66)

Implementation of Rationalization Proposals

Personnel Questions

- Staff/Management Relations

- Progress Report on the International Civil Service Commission

- Junior Professional Career Training Programme

- Dependency Allowances

- Language Allowances

- Education Grant

- Future Policy for Conversion of Fixed-Term Contracts to Permanent

- Employment of Women

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Criteria for Conference Resolutions

Proposed Amendments to Rule XXXII GRO

Rules of Procedure of Bodies Established under Article VI or Article XIV of the Constitution

Procedure for Acquiring Membership in Council Committees

Rules of Procedure of FAO Fishery Bodies and Amendments Thereto

Examination of FAO Basic Texts

Designation of Developing Countries as Members of the Consultative Group on Food Production and Investment in Developing Countries (CGFPI)

Invitation to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

OTHER MATTERS

Programming of FAO Meetings, Translation and Distribution of Documents

Application for Membership: Bahamas

Date and Place of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the Council

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Opening Statement by the Director-General

E - Contributions Outstanding at 11 June 1975

F - Report of the Finance Committee on “A Study on the Basis of the FAO Scale of Contributions”

G - Scale of Contributions 1976–77

H - Revised General Service Salary Scale (1 February 1975)

J - Draft Criteria for Conference Resolutions, and Functions and Operating Procedures of the Resolutions Committee