FC 109/INF/1


Finance Committee

Hundred and Ninth Session

Rome, 9 – 13 May 2005

Provisional Timetable

Lebanon Room (Room D-209)

 

Monday
9 May		 09.30 hrs Item 1
Adoption of Provisional Agenda and Timetable
(docs. FC 109/1; FC 109/1 Add.1 and FC 109/INF/1)
    Item 2
Election of Vice-Chairperson
    Item 4
Financial Highlights and Status of Current Assessments and Arrears (doc. FC 109/4)
    Item 6
Incentive Scheme to Encourage Prompt Payment of Contributions - Analysis of Impact of Zero Discount Rate (doc. FC 109/6)
Monday
9 May		 14.30 hrs Item 3
Annual Report on Budgetary Performance and Programme and Budgetary Transfers (doc. FC 109/3)
    Item 7
Scale of Contributions 2006-2007 (doc. FC 109/7)
    Item 8
Extension of the Appointment of the External Auditor (doc. FC 109/8)
    Item 10
Appointment of the Auditor General of a Member Nation as External Auditor (Financial Regulation 12.1) (doc. FC 109/10)
    Item 13
Internal Controls Reporting (doc. FC 109/13)
Tuesday
10 May		 09.30 hrs Item 20
Summary Programme of Work and Budget 2006-2007 (doc. CL 128/3)
  14.30 hrs Item 15
Report of External Audit Review of Official Travel in FAO (doc. FC 109/15)
    Item 16
Report of External Audit Review of Local Contracts in Headquarters of FAO (doc. FC 109/16)
    Item 17
Funding of the After Service Medical Costs Liability
(doc. FC 109/17)
 
JOINT MEETING OF THE PROGRAMME AND FINANCE COMMITTEES

(MALAYSIA ROOM, B-227)
Wednesday
11 May		 10.00 hrs Item 1
Adoption of the Agenda (doc. JM 05.1/1)
    Item 2
Summary Programme of Work and Budget 2006-2007
(CL 128/3)
    Item 3
Savings and Efficiencies in Governance: Reform of the General Debate at Conference (doc. JM 05.1/3)
    Item 4
Any Other Business
 

HUNDRED-AND-NINTH SESSION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE (Cont’d)

(LEBANON ROOM, D-209)
Wednesday
11 May		 14.30 hrs Item 26
Follow-up to the Independent Evaluation of FAO’s Decentralization (docs. PC 92/6a – FC 108/18 re-issued and PC 93/7 – FC 109/26)
    Item 28
Review of the Payment of the European Community to cover Administrative and Other Expenses arising out of its Membership in the Organization (doc. FC 109/28)
 
  Matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting of the WFP Executive Board
(6 – 10 June 2005)
Thursday
12 May		 09.30 hrs Item 38
Consolidated Financial Report (doc. FC 109/38)
    Item 39
Update on the Business Process Review (doc. FC 109/39)
    Item 40
Follow-up on the Recommendations of the External Auditor (doc FC 109/40)
    Item 41
Strategic Plan (2006-2009) (doc. FC 109/41)
    Item 42
Report of the External Auditor on Management Matters
(doc. FC 109/42)
    Item 43
Update on the WFP Management Plan for 2004-2005
(doc. FC 109/43)
Thursday
12 May		 14.30 hrs Item 22
Issuance of Work Permits for Expatriate Spouses at Headquarters (doc. FC 109/22)
    Item 14
Reports of the UN Joint Inspection Unit

a) Review of the Headquarters Agreements concluded by the Organizations of the United Nations System: Human Resources Issues Affecting Staff (JIU/REP/2004/2) (doc. CL 128/INF/8)

b) Joint Inspection Unit Reports on Managing for Results in the United Nations System (JIU/REP/2004/5, 6, 7, 8) (doc. CL 128/INF/10)

    Item 29
Translation Services in FAO (doc. FC 109/29)
    Item 44
Working Methods of the Finance Committee (no document)
    Item 45
Date and Place of the Hundred and tenth Session
    Item 46
Any Other Matters
Friday
13 May		 09.30 hrs Adoption of the Report of the Joint Meeting
(MALAYSIA ROOM, B-227)
  14.30 hrs Adoption of the Report of the Finance Committee
(LEBANON ROOM, D-209)

 

Items that will be presented to the Finance Committee for information only:
 

FINANCIAL AND BUDGET REPORTS

Item 5

Report on Investments 2004 (doc. FC 109/5)

OVERSIGHT MATTERS

Item 9 2004 Annual Activity Report of the Office of the Inspector-General (doc. FC 109/9)
Item 11 Progress Report on Implementation of the External Auditor’s Recommendations
(doc. FC 109/11)
Item 12 Structure of the FAO and WFP Internal Audit Committees (doc. FC 109/12)
Item 14c) Report on Follow-up to Joint Inspection Unit Recommendations
(doc. PC 93/9 – FC 109/14c))


FINANCIAL POLICY MATTERS

Item 18 Status Report on HLCM Working Group on Accounting Standards (doc. FC 109/18)
Item 19 Liability of the Organization and its Member States for Staff Pensions
(doc. FC 109/19)


HUMAN RESOURCES MATTERS

Item 21 Requirements to compete effectively for a Post in FAO (doc. FC 109/21)
Item 23

Statistics on Human Resources (doc. FC 109/23)

Item 24 Decisions of the General Assembly on International Civil Service Commission and UN Joint Staff Pension Board (including Changes in Salary Scales and Allowances) (doc. FC 109/24)
Item 25 Comparative Study of General Service and Professional Staffing in other UN Organizations (doc. FC 109/25)


ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Item 27 Progress Report on Administrative Information Systems (doc. FC 109/27)


WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Matters that have been considered at the First Meeting of the WFP Executive Board
(31 January – 2 February 2005)
Item 30 Business Process Review: Working Capital Financing (doc. FC 109/30)
Item 31 Financial Framework for Strategic Priority 5 Implementation (doc. FC 109/31)
Item 32

Funding Arrangements for United Nations Staff Safety and Security (doc. FC 109/32)

Item 33 Definition of Special Operations (doc. FC 109/33)
Item 34 Proposed Programme of Work of the External Auditor for the 2004-2005 Biennium (doc. FC 109/34)
Item 35 Report of the External Auditor on Financial Reporting Standards for the World Food Programme (doc. FC 109/35)
Item 36 Follow-up on the Recommendations of the External Auditor (doc. FC 109/36)
Item 37 Update on the WFP Management Plan for 2004-2005 (doc. FC 109/37)