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A.
Budget for the fifth financial year
B.
Scale of contributions, fifth financial year (1950)
C. Amendments to the constitution, rules of procedure, and financial
regulations
D.
Technical assistance for economic development
E. Delegates, representatives, and observers attending the fifth
session of the conference
A. Budget for the Fifth Financial Year (ending 31 December 1950)
B. FAO Scale of Contributions for 1950
C. Amendments to the Constitution, Rules of Procedure, and Financial Regulations
D. Technical Assistance for Economic Development: Analysis of Views Received and Methods Applicable
E. Delegates, Representatives, and Observers Attending the Fifth Session of the Conference
A. Budget for the fifth financial year
(Ending 31 December 1950)
Income
$ |
|
| Amount to be borne by member governments (as per schedule in Appendix B) | 5,000,000 |
| Miscellaneous receipts | 30,000 |
| Work covered by special grants (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Soil Conservation Foundation, etc.) | (ad memoriam) |
| Total | 5,030,000 |
Expenditure
$ |
|
| Ordinary expenditure | 5,000,000 |
| Work covered by special grants | (ad memoriam) |
| Balance of the Budget | 30,000 |
| Total | 5,030,000 |
Budget Summary by Chapters
Chapter |
Budget Estimates 1950 ($) |
| I. Sessions of the Conference | 23,500 |
| Sessions of the Council | 56,500 |
| (Regional Pre-Conference Consultation) | 30,000 |
| TOTAL | 110,000 |
| II. General missions (ad memoriam) | 1,000 |
| III. Office of the Director-General and Policy Staff | 328,970 |
| IV. Administrative management | |
| Administrative and Financial Services | 271,750 |
| Internal Services | 161,230 |
| TOTAL | 432,980 |
| V. General operational expense | |
| Plant and operations | $ 479,490 |
| Internal reproduction, distribution, and sales | 131,995 |
| TOTAL | 611,485 |
| VI. Technical program by divisions | |
| Agriculture Division | $ 494,300 |
| Distribution Division | 294,400 |
| Economics, Marketing, and Statistics Division | 587,685 |
| Fisheries Division | 288,700 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Division | 363,000 |
| Information Division (includes Translation and Library) | 602,595 |
| Nutrition Division | 233,695 |
| Rural Welfare Division | 94,500 |
| TOTAL | 2,958,875 |
| VII. Regional Representatives of the Director-General | |
| European Regional Representative | $ 156,735 |
| Near East Regional Representative | 65,900 |
| Far East Regional Representative | 77,700 |
| Latin-American Regional Representative | 70,000 |
| TOTAL | 370,335 |
| VIII. Prior financial year expenditures charged to current budget (ad memoriam) | 10 |
| IX. Staff Assessment Plan | 1,000 |
| X. Reserves and contingencies | 185,345 |
| TOTAL BUDGET | 5,000,000 |
B. Scale of contributions, fifth financial year (1950)
Member Governments |
Percent |
Amount($) |
| Afghanistan | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Australia | 2.82 | 141,000 |
| Austria | 0.34 | 17,000 |
| Belgium | 1.79 | 89,500 |
| Bolivia | 0.16 | 8,000 |
| Brazil | 2.70 | 35,000 |
| Burma | 0.26 | 13,000 |
| Canada | 4.50 | 25,000 |
| Ceylon | 0.30 | 15,000 |
| Chile | 0.74 | 37,000 |
| China | 4.35 | 217,500 |
| Colombia | 0.54 | 27.000 |
| Costa Rica | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| Cuba | 0.47 | 23,500 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1.39 | 69,500 |
| Denmark | 0.86 | 43,000 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Ecuador | 0.00 | 3,000 |
| Egypt | 1.23 | 61,500 |
| El Salvador | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Ethiopia | 0.17 | 8,500 |
| Finland | 0.20 | 10,000 |
| France | 7.23 | 361,500 |
| Greece | 0.33 | 16,500 |
| Guatemala | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Haiti | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| Honduras | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| Hungary | 0.40 | 20,000 |
| Iceland | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| India | 4.42 | 221,000 |
| Indonesia | 0.61 | 30,500 |
| Iraq | 0.29 | 14,500 |
| Ireland | 0.89 | 44,500 |
| Israel | 0.15 | 7,500 |
| Italy | 2.67 | 133,500 |
| Korea | 0.15 | 7,500 |
| Lebanon | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Liberia | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| Luxembourg | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Mexico | 1.16 | 58,000 |
| Netherlands | 1.59 | 79,500 |
| New Zealand | 0.78 | 39,000 |
| Nicaragua | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| Norway | 0.68 | 34,000 |
| Pakistan | 0.95 | 47,500 |
| Panama | 0.06 | 3,000 |
| Paraguay | 0.05 | 2,500 |
| Peru | 0.41 | 20,500 |
| Philippine Republic | 0.34 | 17,000 |
| Poland | 1.36 | 68,000 |
| Portugal | 0.78 | 39,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.12 | 6,000 |
| Switzerland | 1.77 | 88,500 |
| Syria | 0.18 | 9,000 |
| Sweden | 1.80 | 90,000 |
| Thailand | 0.38 | 19,000 |
| Turkey | 1.42 | 71,000 |
| Union of South Africa | 1.67 | 83,500 |
| United Kingdom | 15.32 | 766,000 |
| United States of America | 27.10 | 1,355,000 |
| Uruguay | 0.35 | 17,500 |
| Venezuela | 0.41 | 20,500 |
| Yugoslavia | 0.64 | 32,000 |
| TOTAL | 100.00 | 5,000,000 |
C. Amendments to the constitution, rules of procedure, and financial regulations
Constitution
ARTICLE III, PARAGRAPH 6
Original Text
6. The Conference shall meet at least once in every year
Amended Text
6. The Conference shall meet at least once in every two years. The Conference may at any session, by a simple majority of the votes east, decide to meet in the following year.
Rules of Procedure
RULE I, PARAGRAPH 1
Original Text
1. In pursuance of Article III, paragraph 6, of the Constitution, the Director-General shall convene the Conference to meet annually in regular session. The regular session of the Conference shall be held at the seat of the Organization in the months of October or November unless it is convened elsewhere or at a different time in pursuance of a decision of the Conference at a previous session, or, in exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Council.
Amended Text
1. The regular session of the Conference shall be held at the seat of the Organization in the months of October or November unless it is convened elsewhere or at a different time in pursuance of a decision of the Conference at a previous session, or, in exceptional circumstances, of a decision by the Council.
RULE VII
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
1. The Conference shall elect a Nominations Committee consisting of 11 delegates.
2. The Nominations Committee shall propose to the Conference nominations for the offices of Chairman and three Vice-Chairmen of the Conference and for the members of the Credentials Committee and for the elected members of the General Committee provided for by Rule X.
NOMINATIONS
1. The Nominations Committee, elected by the Council in pursuance of Rule XXVI, paragraph 1 (e) (vii), shall propose to the Conference nominations for the offices of Chairman and three Vice-Chairmen of the Conference and for the members of the Credentials Committee and for the elected members of the General Committee provided for by Rule X.
RULE XXVI, PARAGRAPH 1 (e)(vii)
(vii) to propose to the Conference nominations for the delegates who are to be member of the Nominations Committee of the Conference;
(vii) to elect a Nominations Committee of the Conference consisting of eleven delegates;
RULE XXXII
1. The seat of the Organization shall be situated at the same place as the headquarters of the United Nations organization. Pending a decision regarding the headquarters of UN, the headquarters of the Organization shall be in Washington.
1. The seat of the Organization shall be at a place selected by the Conference.
Financial Regulations
REGULATION XIV
(The following paragraph is an addition to Regulation XIV. The paragraphs previously numbered 4, 5, and 6 are now numbered 5 6, and 7.)
4. Any savings which accrue during the operations of a financial year may be transferred by the Director-General to the Contingency Reserve Fund at any time; however, the transfer of such savings from the Contingency Reserve Fund shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Regulation.
REGULATION XVII
Original Text
1. The Conference shall, upon the recommendation of the Council, appoint or employ a qualified person, agency, authority, or firm, in no way connected with the Organization, to make, annually, and at such times as may be necessary for special purposes, an independent audit of the funds, assets, and accounts of the Organization.
Amended Text
1. The Conference shall upon the recommendation of the Council appoint or employ a qualified person, agency, authority or firm and in no way connected with the Organization, to make annually, and at such times as may be necessary for special purposes an independent audit of the funds, assets and accounts of the Organization. The Conference may alternatively with or without recommendation of the Council appoint one or more members of any audit panel set up by the United Nations and/or specialized agencies to perform such audit or may delegate to the Council the task of selecting auditors from such panel. The Council may appoint or fill vacancies as required where auditors appointed by the Conference are unable to act and may employ auditors without authority from the Conference for any special task of an urgent nature.
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