FAO - TWENTY-FIFTH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

SENIOR OFFICERS MEETING 28-30 August 2000

	Agenda Item	Item No.	Document No.

Monday, 28 August
09:00 hours	- Opening of Senior Officers Meeting	1
	- Election of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Appointment of Rapporteur	2
	- Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable	3	APRC/00/1 APRC/00/INF/2
	- Sustainable Agricultural Development and Poverty Alleviation in the New Millennium: Reflections and Lessons from the Asian Crisis	4	APRC/00/4
14:30 hours	- Implications and Development of Biotechnology	5	APRC/00/5

Tuesday, 29 August
09:00 hours	- World Food Summit Follow-up	6	APRC/00/3
14:30 hours	- Actions Taken on the Main Recommendations of the 24th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific and Other FAO Activities in the Region (1998-99)	7	APRC/00/2
	- Representation of the Region on the CGIAR	8	APRC/00/INF/5
	- Information on World Agriculture Information Center (WAICENT)	9
	- Other Matters	10

Wednesday, 30 August
	- Free for fieldtrip
16:00 hours	- Adoption of Report of Senior Officers Meeting	11
PLENARY SESSION 31 August - 1 September 2000

Thursday, 31 August
10:00 hours	- Inaugural Ceremony	1
	- Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen and Appointment of the Rapporteur	2
	- Adoption of the Agenda and the Timetable	3	APRC/00/1 APRC/00/INF/2
	- Statement by the Director-General	4	APRC/00/INF/4
	- Report on World Food Summit Follow-up and of the Senior Officers Meeting	6	APRC/00/3
14:30 hours	- Country Statements and General Debate on Food and 5 Agricultural Situation in the Region

Friday, 1 September
09:00 hours	- Country Statements and General Debate (Continued)	5
	- Date, Place and Main Subjects of the 26th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific	7
16:00 hours	- Adoption of the Report (including the Report of the Senior Officers Meeting)	8
	- Closure of the Conference	9

TWENTY-FIFTH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA
AND THE PACIFIC

Yokohama, Japan, 28 August - 1 September 2000

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