CL 126/2-Rev.2


Council

Hundred and Twenty-sixth Session

Rome, 11 December 2003

PROVISIONAL CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2004-2005


1. At its Sixty-sixth Session (June 1975) the Council, after concluding that the number of sessions and their programming was a fundamental problem, requested that "an annotated schedule for the next biennium of sessions of the Council itself and those Bodies which report to the Council should be submitted to the Sixty-eighth Council Session for approval, after adoption by the Conference of the Programme of Work and Budget and that this schedule should be reviewed at subsequent sessions of the Council as required".1

2. Appendix A gives the Provisional Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions for 2004-2005. The Council is now requested to approve the Calendar for 2004, and to note the Calendar for 2005.

3. The Council at its Hundred and Twenty-seventh Session in November 2004 will be given the Provisional Calendar 2005-2006 to approve the Calendar for 2005.

Harmonizing Schedules of FAO, IFAD and WFP Governing Body Sessions

4. The Secretariats of FAO, IFAD and WFP, in an endeavour to harmonize the sessions of the respective Governing Bodies which require the participation of Permanent Representatives in Rome, established an Inter-Agency Working Group on Meeting Programming to prepare a calendar of main sessions on a two-year rolling basis.

5. Appendix B gives for information the Draft FAO/IFAD/WFP Calendar of Governing and Other Bodies 2004-2005 prepared jointly by the Working Group in an effort to avoid overlapping. The dates for each organization are subject to the approval of the respective Governing Bodies.

  

Appendix A

PROVISIONAL CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING
AND OTHER BODIES 2004-2005

2004

2005

JANUARY

    

FEBRUARY

18 COAG

9 - 10

65 CCP

8 – 11

MARCH

23 ARC
27 NERC
76 CCLM

1 - 5
13 - 17
29 - 30

26 COFI
17 COFO

7 - 11
14 - 18

APRIL

28 LARC

26 - 30

78 CCLM
19 COAG

4 – 5
11 – 15

MAY

24 ERC
91 PC
106 FC
27 APRC

5 - 7
10 - 14
10 - 14
17 – 21

108 FC
93 PC
31 CFS

9 – 13
9 – 13
23 – 27

JUNE

  

128 CL

20 - 25

JULY

    

AUGUST

    

SEPTEMBER

30 CFS
107 FC
92 PC

20 - 24
27/9 – 1/10
27/9 – 1/10

109 FC
94 PC
79 CCLM

19 - 23
19 – 23
28 - 29

OCTOBER

77 CCLM
WFD

5 - 6
15 (Fri)

WFD

17 (Mon)

NOVEMBER

127 CL

22 - 27

129 CL
33 C
130 CL

16 – 18
19 – 26
28

DECEMBER

    
           
 

Eid Al-Adha:

1 Feb 04

Eid Al-Adha:

21 Jan 05

 

Easter:

11 Apr 04

Easter:

27 Mar 05

 

Ramadan:

16 Oct - 13 Nov 04

Ramadan:

4 Oct – 2 Nov 05

 

Eid Al-Fitr:

14 Nov 04

Eid Al-Fitr:

3 Nov 05

         

APRC

Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

ERC

Regional Conference for Europe

ARC

Regional Conference for Africa

FC

Finance Committee

C

Conference

LARC

Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

CCLM

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

 NERC

Regional Conference for the Near East

CCP

Committee on Commodity Problems

PC

Programme Committee

CFS

Committee on World Food Security

WFD

World Food Day

CL

Council

 

 

COAG

Committee on Agriculture

COFI

Committee on Fisheries

COFO

Committee on Forestry

 

Appendix B

PROVISIONAL FAO/IFAD/WFP CALENDAR OF GOVERNING AND OTHER BODIES 2004-2005

2004

2005

JANUARY

  

WFP

31/1 – 4/2

FEBRUARY

18 COAG
IFAD/GC
WFP

9 - 10
16 – 20
23 - 27

65 CCP
IFAD/GC

8 – 11
14 - 18

MARCH

23 ARC
27 NERC
76 CCLM

1 - 5
13 - 17
29 - 30

26 COFI
17 COFO

7 - 11
14 - 18

APRIL

IFAD/EB
28 LARC

19 - 23
26 - 30

78 CCLM
19 COAG
IFAD/EB

4 – 5
11 – 15
18 - 22

MAY

24 ERC
91 PC
106 FC
27 APRC
WFP
WFP

5 - 7
10 - 14
10 - 14
17 - 21
24 – 28
31/5 – 4/6

108 FC
93 PC
31 CFS
WFP

9 – 13
9 – 13
23 – 27
30/5 – 3/6

JUNE

  

WFP
128 CL

6 - 10
20 - 25

JULY

    

AUGUST

    

SEPTEMBER

IFAD/EB
30 CFS
107 FC
92 PC

6 - 10
20 - 24
27/9 – 1/10
27/9 – 1/10

IFAD/EB
109 FC
94 PC
79 CCLM

12 – 16
19 -23
19 – 23
28 - 29

OCTOBER

77 CCLM
WFD
WFP

5 - 6
15 (Fri)
18 - 22

WFD

17 (Mon)

NOVEMBER

127 CL
IFAD/EB

22 - 27
29/11 - 3/12

WFP
129 CL
33 C
130 CL

7 – 11
16 – 18
19 – 26
28

DECEMBER

  

IFAD/EB

12 - 16

           
 

Eid Al-Adha:

1 Feb 04

Eid Al-Adha:

21 Jan 05

 

Easter:

11 Apr 04

Easter:

27 Mar 05

 

Ramadan:

16 Oct - 13 Nov 04

Ramadan:

4 Oct – 2 Nov 05

 

Eid Al-Fitr:

14 Nov 04

Eid Al-Fitr:

3 Nov 05

         

APRC

Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

ERC

Regional Conference for Europe

ARC

Regional Conference for Africa

FC

Finance Committee

C

Conference

IFAD/EB

IFAD Executive Board

CCLM

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

IFAD/GC

IFAD Governing Council

CCP

Committee on Commodity Problems

LARC

Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

CFS

Committee on World Food Security

 NERC

Regional Conference for the Near East

CL

Council

PC

Programme Committee

COAG

Committee on Agriculture

WFD

World Food Day

COFI

Committee on Fisheries

WFP

World Food Programme Executive Board

COFO

Committee on Forestry

 

 

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1 CL 66/REP, para. 301.