CL 79/REP REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO Seventy-ninth Session Rome, 22 June - 2 July 1981
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME 1981

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1981)

Independent Chairman: Bukar Shaib

¹ Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-first Session of the Conference, November 1981.

² Term of office until 31 December 1982.

³ Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-third Session of the Conference, November 1983.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

Election of Three Vice-Chairmen and Designation of Chairman and Members of Drafting Committee

Statement by the Director-General

Statement of the President of the World Food Council

Tribute to G.N, Vogel

WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

Current World Food Situation

Report of the Sixth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, 8-15 April 1981)

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Report of the Sixth Session of the Committee on Agriculture (Rome, 25 March - 3 April 1981)

Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Rome; 26-30 May 1981)

World Food Programme:

– Sixth Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes of the UN/FAO World Food Programme

Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations On Questions of Common Interest

– Recent Developments it the United Nations Systems of Interest to FAO

– Joint Inspection Unit Reports

(a) Status of Women in the Professional Category and Above: A Progress Report

(b) Evaluation of the Translation Process of the United Nations Organizations

(c) Work Programme of the JIU for 1981

Preparations for the Twenty-first Session of the FAO Conference

– Arrangements for the Session, and Provisional Timetable

– Nomination of the Chairman and Other Officers of the Conference

– Date for Nominations for Independent Chairman of the Council

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Summary Programme of Work and Budget, 1982-83

Other Budgetary Matters:

– Budgetary Performance 1980

– Budgetary Transfers 1980-81

Financial Position of the Organization

– Contribution Matters

(a) Status of Contributions to the1 Budget

(b) Current Contributions

(c) Contributions in Arrears

- Coverage of Unbudgeted Costs - Withdrawal from Working Capital Fund (Res 1/79)

Scale of Contributions 1982-83

Proposed Modifications to the Special Reserve Account of the Regular Programme

Other Programme, Budgetary, Financial and Administrative Matters: Work of the Fortieth Session of the Programme Committee and the Forty-seventh Session of the Finance Committee (Rome, 27 April - 8 May 1981):

– Appointment of External Auditor (Res. 2/79)

– Personnel Matters

– Headquarters Accommodation

– Abolition of Audited Interim Accounts

Revised Calendar of 1980-81 Sessions of the Council and Those Bodies which Report to the Council

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Fortieth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 1-3 June 1981)

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters:

– Application for Membership in the Organization:

– Bhutan

– Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

– Changes in Representation of Member Countries on the Programme and Finance Committees

OTHER MATTERS

Date and Place of the Eightieth Session of the Council

APPENDICES

A - Agenda for the Seventy-ninth Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Statement by the Director-General

E - Contributions to the Budget of the Organization Outstanding at 3D June 1981

F - Scale of Contributions 1982-83

G - Revised Calendar of the 1980-81 Sessions of the Council and Those Bodies which Report to it.

COMMITTIES