C 2003/13 |
Thirty-second Session |
Rome, 29 November – 10 December 2003 |
ADMISSION TO THE SESSION OF REPRESENTATIVES AND OBSERVERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS |
1. In accordance with Rule XVII-1 of the General Rules of the Organization (GRO), the Director-General has invited the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies listed in Appendix A to send their representatives to the Thirty-first Session of the Conference.
2. In accordance with Rule XVII-2 GRO, the Director-General has invited the Intergovernmental Organizations with which FAO has concluded an agreement providing for representation to send observers (Appendix B).
3. In accordance with Rule XVII-3 GRO, and with paragraph 19(a) of the "FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations" (Basic Texts Vol II, Section P), the Director-General has invited the International Non-Governmental Organizations in consultative status with FAO to send observers (Appendix C).
4. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of Intergovernmental Organizations with which FAO has concluded an agreement not providing for representation to send observers (Appendix D).
5. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, and with paragraph 21(a) of the "FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations" (Basic Texts Vol II, Section P), the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of International Non-Governmental Organizations in specialized consultative status with FAO to send observers (Appendix E).
6. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, and with the discretional powers recognized in paragraph 25 of the "FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations" (Basic Texts Vol II, Section P), the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of International Non-Governmental Organizations in liaison status with FAO to send observers (Appendix F).
7. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of Intergovernmental Organizations with which FAO has not concluded an agreement to send observers (Appendix G).
8. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of International Non-Governmental Organizations without formal relations with FAO to send observers (Appendix H).
United Nations Secretariat |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
United Nations University (UNU) |
World Food Programme (WFP) |
Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR) |
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
International Labour Organization (ILO) |
International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) |
World Health Organization (WHO) |
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
World Trade Organization (WTO/OMC) |
World Tourism Organization (WTO) |
African Development Bank Group (ADB) |
African Union (AU) |
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) |
Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Arab Region (INFOSAMAK) |
Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOPESCA) |
Council of Europe (COE) |
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Cooperation Services for Fishery Products in Africa (INFOPECHE) |
Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Asia and Pacific Region (INFOFISH) |
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) |
International Office of Epizootics (IOE) |
Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) |
League of Arab States (LAS) |
Organization for the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) |
Organization of American States (OAS) |
Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East (CARDNE) |
Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) |
Caritas Internationalis (CI) |
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (WCC) |
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) |
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) |
International Council of Women (ICW) |
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCRCS) |
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco & Allied Workers Associations (IUF) |
World Confederation of Labour (WCL) |
World Family Organization (WFO) |
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) |
World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) |
World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (WUCWO) |
World Veterans Federation (WVF) |
African Oil Palm Development Association (AFOPDA) |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI) |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) |
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) |
Cocoa Producers’ Alliance (CPA) |
Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS) |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) |
Communauté économique et monétaire d'Afrique centrale (CEMAC) |
Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) |
Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) |
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) |
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) |
International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) |
International Coffee Organization (ICO) |
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |
International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) |
International Grains Council (IGC) |
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) |
International Jute Study Group (IJSG) |
International Olive Oil Council (IOOC) |
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) |
International Pepper Community (IPC) |
International Sericultural Commission (ISC) |
International Sugar Organization (ISO) |
International Whaling Commission (IWC) |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) |
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) |
North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) |
Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) |
Organización Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Pesquero (OLDEPESCA) |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) |
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) |
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) |
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) |
Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) |
Secretaría de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA) |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) |
Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA) |
South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) |
South East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) |
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) |
Southern African Development Community (SADC) |
WARDA-the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) |
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Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa (AAASA) |
Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (CIPAC) |
Consumers International (CI) |
CropLife International (CLI) |
European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) |
Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) |
International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) |
International Association of Horticultural Producers (IAHP) |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) |
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) |
International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) |
International Dairy Federation (IDF) |
International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE) |
International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) |
International Fishmeal and Fishoil Organization (IFFO) |
International Foundation for Science (IFS) |
International Seed Federation (ISF) |
International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFOST) |
International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) |
International Water Association (IWA) |
International Movements of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth (MIJARC) |
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) |
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) |
World Association for Animal Production (WAAP) |
World Conservation Union (IUCN) |
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) |
World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers (WFAFW) |
World Veterinary Association (WVA) |
World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) |
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Association of Interbalkan Women's Cooperation Societies (AIWCS) |
American Fisheries Society (AFS) |
Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) |
Association of Faculties of Agriculture in Africa (AFAA) |
Caribbean Agricultural Association (CACRA) |
Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS) |
Committee of Agricultural Organizations in the EEC (COPA) |
European Aquaculture Society (EAS) |
European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA) |
European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) |
Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) |
Food for the Hungry International (FHI) |
Global Aquaculture Alliance Inc. (GAA) |
Greenpeace International (GREENPEACE) |
Heifer Project International (HPI) |
Institut International Jacques Maritain (IIJM) |
International Alliance of Women (IAW) |
International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC) |
International Catholic Rural Association (ICRA) |
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) |
International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS) |
International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) |
International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW) |
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) |
International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
International Meat Secretariat (IMS) |
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) |
International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) |
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) |
International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) |
Latin American Association of Developing Financing Institutions (ALIDE) |
Pesticide Action Network-Regional Centres (PAN-RC) |
Central European Initiative (CEI) |
Community of Sahel-Saharian States (CEN-SAD) |
Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique centrale (CEEAC) |
Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) |
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) |
Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) |
Nordic Gene Bank (NGB) |
Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) |
South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) |
Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) |
Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (UEMOA) |
CARE International |
European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development (CONCORD) |
Consortio Latinoamericano sobre Agroecologia y Desarollo (CLADES) |
Coordination Paysanne Européenne (CPE) |
Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) |
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP) |
International Fish Meal and Fish Oil Organization (IFFO) |
International Human Rights Organisation for the Right to Feed Oneself (FIAN) |
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) |
International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture (IPSA) |
International NGO/CSO Planning Committee (IPC) |
Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs agricoles de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ROPPA) |
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future |