CL 92/REP REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO Ninety-Second Session Rome, 3-6 Novenber 1987
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME 1987

COUNCIL
(as from 1 January 1987)

Independent Chairman: Lassaad Ben Osman

^* Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-fourth Session of the Conference, November 1987

^** Term of office until 31 December 1988

^*** Term of office until conclusion of Twenty-fifth Session of the Conference, November 1989

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

ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

Preparations for the Twenty-fourth 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

Report of the Fifty-sixth Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (Rome, 7-13 October 1987)

Progress Report on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct on Distribution and Use of Pesticides

Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Questions of Common Interest

– Recent Developments in the UN System of Interest to FAO

PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Programme of Work and Budget 1988-89 and Medium-Term Objectives

Review of the Regular Programme 1986-87 including the Independent External Evaluations of Special Action Programmes on African Animal Trypanosomiasis and Related Development, Seed Improvement and Development Programme, and Food Security Assistance Scheme

Review of Field Programmes 1986-87

Second Report on Unscheduled and Cancelled Sessions in the 1986-87 Biennium

Reports of the Fifty-third Session of the Programme Committee; the Sixty-first Session of the Finance Committee, and their Joint Session (Rome, 14-25 September 1987)

Programme Delivery Costs

Financial Position of the Organization

– Status of Contributions to the Budget

– Current Assessments

– Deferral of Cash Surplus Distribution

– Voting Right Problems

Financial Matters

– Measures to Deal with Problems of Delayed Payment of Assessed Contributions (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Amending Present Procedures for Application of the Cash Surplus (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Increase in the Level of the Working Capital Fund (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Replenishment of the Special Reserve Account for 1988-89 (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Other Financial Matters

Personnel Matters

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Report of the Fiftieth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 14-16 October 1987)

– Procedure for Election of Chairmen and Members of the Programme and Finance Committees (Draft Resolution for the Conference)

– Headquarters Agreement for the World Food Programme

Establishment of a Regional Commission on Livestock Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (Resolution 1/92)

Other Constitutional and Legal Matters

– Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions

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

– Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and finance Committees

OTHER MATTERS

Date and Place of the Ninety-third Session of the Council

APPENDICES

A - Agenda for the Ninety-second Session of the Council

B - List of Delegates and Observers

C - List of Documents

D - Assessed Contributions of Member Nations

E - Unscheduled Sessions Approved and Approved Sessions Cancelled between 1 October 1986 and 1 October 1987