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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
Sixty-Seventh Session
Rome, 3 – 7 November 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

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Future Functions and Activities of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) and its Subsidiary Bodies

International Agricultural Adjustment

Review of Field Programmes

Freedom from Hunger Campaign/Action for Development

Proposed World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development - Progress Report

FAO Programme of Meetings for 1976–77, and its Consequences

Preparations for the Eighteenth Session of the FAO Conference

- Nomination of the Chairman of the Conference, the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference and the Rapporteur of Plenary to Commission I

- Election of the Nominations Committee

- Nomination of the Chairman of the Informal Meeting of Observers of Non-Governmental Organizations

- Ninth McDougall Memorial Lecture

- Organization of Discussion at the Eighteenth Session of the Conference and the Programme of Work and Budget 1976–77, Review of Field Programmes 1974–75 and Medium-Term Objectives

- Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA)

World Food Programme: Work of the Intergovernmental Committee and Target for World Food Programme Pledges for the Period 1977–78

Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest

- Questions for Possible Action by FAO Arising out of the First Sessions of the World Food Council and of the Consultative Group on Food Production and Investment

- Review of the Recommendations of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly Devoted to Development and International Economic Cooperation

- Other Questions Arising from Discussions in the United Nations and other Specialized Agencies

- Continuation of the UN Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Programme of Work and Budget, 1976–77

- Use of National Institutions to Implement Regular Programme Activities

- Decentralization

- Posts and Upgradings

- Programme Increases

- Budget Level

Medium-Term Objectives

Report of Unscheduled Sessions in 1975

Financial Position of the Organization

- Status of Contributions

- Request from Government of Laos

- Rate of Assessment: Bangladesh

- Applications for Membership

- Progress Report on Currency Fluctuations

Audited Accounts

Methods of Financing Budgetary Expenditure

- Level of the Working Capital Fund

- Authority to Establish a new Suspense Account

Financial Questions

- Use of Travel Funds

- Time Recording

- Trust Funds

- Accommodation: Building G Lease

Personnel Questions

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Establishment of a Committee on World Food Security

Amendments to the Basic Texts (Summary of Programme of Work and Budget and Procedure for the Convening of Sessions of Standing Committees of the Council)

Rules of Procedure of FAO Fishery Bodies and Amendments Thereto

Establishment of Joint FAO/ECE Working Parties (Res. 1/67)

Integration of the Credit Union in FAO

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

Invitations to International Non-Governmental Organizations which do not have Status with FAO

Membership of the Committee on Commodity Problems and the Committee on Fisheries

OTHER MATTERS

Accommodation

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

APPENDIXES

A - Agenda for the Sixty-Seventh Session

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Details of Unscheduled Sessions Approved, and Approved Sessions Cancelled Between 1 November 1974 and 13 October 1975

E - Contributions Outstanding at 4 November 1975

F - Financing of Unbudgeted Extra Costs (Future Biennia)