C 2005/1





Conference



Thirty-third Session

Rome, 19 – 26 November 2005

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 
 

PLENARY: INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE STATE OF FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE
1. Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session
4. Admission of Observers
5. Review of the State of Food and Agriculture
   
COMMISSION I - SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS
6.

International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development

7. Progress Report on Implementing the Gender and Development Plan of Action
8. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
 
COMMISSION II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS
9. Programme Implementation Report 2002-2003
10. Programme Evaluation Report 2005
11. Programme of Work and Budget 2006-2007 (Draft Resolution)
12. Performance of the Split Assessment Arrangement
13. Independent External Evaluation of FAO
 
 
PLENARY: LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS
A. Constitutional and Legal Matters

14.

Agreement between FAO and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

15.

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters
   
B. Administrative and Financial Matters
16. Audited Accounts 2002-2003 (Draft Resolution)
17. Scale of Contributions 2006-2007 (Draft Resolution)
18. Payment by the European Community to Cover Administrative and other Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization
19. Other Administrative and Financial Matters
 
APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
20. Applications for Membership in the Organization
21. Appointment of the Director-General
22. Election of Council Members
23. Other Appointments
  23.1 Appointment of the Independent Chairperson of the Council
  23.2 Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee
 
OTHER MATTERS
24. Date and Place of the Thirty-fourth Conference Session
25. Any Other Matters
  25.1 McDougall Memorial Lecture
  25.2 Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards
  25.3 Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award
  25.4 Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award
  25.5 Margarita Lizárraga Medal
  25.6 In Memoriam
   
   
Information Documents will be tabled on the following subjects*
A. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments thereto
B. Status of Contributions
C. The Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
   
* Delegates wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 25: Any Other Matters.