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IX. Appointments and elections
A. Applications for membership in the organization
B. Appointments
C. Date and
place of the twenty-first conference session
A. Applications for membership in the organization
486. The Conference had before it applications for membership from the Commonwealth of Dominica and from Samoa. These applications had been submitted within the time limit prescribed by Rule XIX GRO. They contained or were supplemented by the formal instrument required under Article II of the Constitution, and were thus found in order.
487. The Conference proceeded to a secret ballot on the two applications at its third meeting on 12 November 1979, in accordance with Article 11-2 of the Constitution and Rule XII-9 GRO. The results of the voting were as follows:
Admission of Dominica
| 1. Number of ballot papers issued | 120 |
| 2. Defective ballots | 1 |
| 3. Abstentions | 1 |
| 4. Number of votes cast | 118 |
| 5. Majority required | 79 |
| 6. Votes for | 118 |
| 7. Votes against | 0 |
Admission of Samoa
| 1. Number of ballot papers issued | 120 |
| 2. Defective ballots | 1 |
| 3. Abstentions | 1 |
| 4. Number of votes cast | 118 |
| 5. Majority required | 79 |
| 6. Votes for | 118 |
| 7. Votes against | 0 |
488. The Conference also received during its session an application from the Government of
Saint Lucia, supplemented by the formal instrument required under Article II of the
Constitution. As these were found in order, the Conference waived paragraphs I and 2 of
Rule XIX GRO and proceeded to a secret ballot at its seventeenth meeting, in accordance
with Article 11-2 of the Constitution and Rule XII-9 GRO. The results of the voting were
as follows:
Admission of Saint Lucia
| 1. Number of ballot papers issued | 125 |
| 2. Defective ballots | 0 |
| 3. Abstentions | 2 |
| 4. Number of votes cast | 123 |
| 5. Majority required | 82 |
| 6. Votes for | 122 |
| 7. Votes against | 1 |
489. The Conference accordingly admitted Dominica, Samoa and Saint Lucia to
membership in the Organization. Election of Council Members
490. The Conference elected the following Member Nations to membership on the Council:
REGIONS AND SEATS |
MEMBERS |
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Period: November 1979 - 31 December 1982 |
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| Africa (3) | Cameroon Ivory Coast Zambia |
| Asia and Far East (6) | Bangladesh China Indonesia Japan Malaysia Thailand |
| Europe (3) | Germany (Fed. Rep. of) Portugal Yugoslavia |
| Latin America (3) | Argentina Panama Venezuela |
| Near East (1) | Syria |
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Period: I January 1981 - November 1983 |
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| Africa (5) | Angola Congo Kenya Morocco Nigeria |
| Europe (3) | Ireland Poland Romania |
| Latin America (5) | Barbados Brazil Colombia Cuba Mexico |
| Near East (2) | Afghanistan Lebanon |
| North America (2) | Canada United States of America |
Appointment of the independent chairman of the council
Appointment of member governments' representatives to the staff pension committee
Appointment of the independent chairman of the council
491. Having proceeded to a secret ballot in conformity with Rule XII-9 (a) GRO, the Conference adopted the following resolution:
APPOINTMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL
THE CONFERENCE,
Having proceeded to a secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XII of the General Rules of the organization,
1. Declares that BUKAR SHAIB is appointed Independent Chairman of the Council for a period of two years, that is until the end of the regular session of the Conference to be held in 1981,
2. Decides that the conditions of appointment, including the allowances attached to the office of the Independent Chairman of the Council, shall be as follows:
(a) An annual allowance of the equivalent of $10 000 to cover representation expenses and secretarial assistance in the Chairman's home station, on the understanding that the Director-General will provide secretarial assistance when the Chairman attends sessions of the Council or Conference; one half of the allowance shall be payable in US dollars, the balance being payable, in whole or in part, in the currency of the home country of the Chairman, or in Italian Lire, according to his desires;
(b) A per diem allowance at a rate equivalent to that for the Deputy Director-General, while the Chairman is absent from his home station on Council business, the allowance being reduced to $20.00 per diem while the Chairman is in travel status;
(c) Travel expenses, including the above per diem allowance, shall be defrayed by the organization, in conformity with its regulations and existing practice when the Chairman attends sessions of the Council, of the Programme and Finance Committees, of the Conference, or when he is invited by the Council or by the Director-General to travel for other purposes.
(Adopted 28 November 1979)
Appointment of member governments' representatives to the staff pension committee
492. In accordance with Article 6(c) of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, the Conference appointed three members and three alternates to the Staff Pension Committee for the period I January 1980 to 31 December 1981 as follows:
(i) Members
Mayra Ivankovich de Arosemena
Ambassador of Panama to FAO
Permanent Representative of Panama to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of Panama
Rome
Horatio Mends
Minister Counsellor (Agriculture)
Permanent Representative of Ghana to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of Ghana
Rome
Ramadhar
Counsellor (Agriculture)
Deputy Permanent Representative of India to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of India
Rome
(ii) Alternate Members
Sayed Amir Abdalla Khalil
Minister Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative of Sudan to FAO
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan
Rome
Rui de Meira Ferreira
Counsellor
Permanent Representative of Portugal to FAO
Embassy of the Portuguese Republic
Rome
C. Palmer
Agricultural Attaché
Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Rome
C. Date and place of the twenty-first conference session
493. The Conference decided that its Twenty-first Session should be held in Rome from 7 to 26 November 1981.
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