REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

CL 80/REP

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO

Eightieth Session
Rome, 3-5 November 1981

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME
1981

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1981)

Independent Chairman: Bukar Shaib

Afghanistan3

Germany, Federal Republic of2

Panama2

Angola3

Ghana1

Poland3

Argentina2

India1

Portugal2

Australia1

Indonesia2

Romania3

Bangladesh2

Ireland3

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of1

Barbados3

Italy1

Senegal1

Botswana1

Ivory Coast2

Sri Lanka1

Brazil3

Japan2

Sweden1

Canada3

Kenya3

Syria2

China2

Kuwait1

Thailand2

Colombia3

Lebanon3

United Kingdom1

Congo3

Madagascar1

United Republic of Cameroon2

Cuba3

Malaysia2

United States of America3

Egypt1

Mexico3

Venezuela2

El Salvador1

Morocco3

Yugoslavia2

France1

Nigeria3

Zambia2

Pakistan


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

2 Term of office until 31 December 1982.

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

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

PREPARATIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE FAO CONFERENCE

Nomination of the Chairman of the Conference, and of the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference

Election of the Nominations Committee

Nomination of the Chairman of the Informal Meeting of Observers of Non-governmental Organizations

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Report of the Fifty-third Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (Rome, 14-18 September 1981)

Progress in International Agricultural Adjustment

World Food Programme : Proposed Pledging Target for 1983-84 (Res,180)

INTER-AGENCY RELATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS ON MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST

Recent Developments in the United Nations System of Interest to FAO

UN Joint Inspection Unit Report - Assistance by the United Nations System to Regional Inter-Country Technical Cooperation Institutions

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Programme of Work and Budget, 1982-83 and Medium-term Objectives (including Agricultural Research in Developing Countries)

Review of the Regular Programme, 1980-81

Review of Field Programmes (including Agricultural Investment and Development Assistance for Food Production and Rural Development and Support Costs)

Other Programme, Budgetary, Financial and Administrative Matters arising out of the Forty-first Session of the Programme Committee and the Forty-eighth Session of the Finance Committee

- Financial Position of the Organization

(a) Contributions Matters

(b) Special Reserve Account

(c) Working Capital Fund

(d) Authority to Borrow (Res. 280)

- Audited Accounts

- Personnel Matters

- Headquarters Accommodation

- Prevention of Food Losses

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and the Asian Development Bank

Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees

Invitations to International Non-governmental Organizations which do not have Status with FAO

OTHER MATTERS

Any Other Business

- Second Report on Unscheduled and Cancelled Sessions in the 1980-81 Biennium

- Site of the Ninth World Forestry Congress, 1984

Date and Place of the Eighty-first Session of the Council

APPENDICES

  1. - Agenda for the Eightieth Session
  2. - List of Delegates and Observers
  3. - List of Documents
  4. - Contributions to the Budget of the Organization outstanding at 4 November 1981
  5. - Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled between 1 October 1980 and 1 October 1981
  6. COMMITTEES