PART I
Unscheduled Sessions Approved Since 1.10.1968
| INDICATIVE WORLD PLAN | ||||
| No. | Session | Art. of Const. | Category | Attendance |
| IP 801 | Ad Hoc Consultation on Provisional Regional Study for South America under the Indicative World Plan | VI-4 | (2) | MNs in Latin American Region, int.orgs, nat.inst. |
- Recommended by the Tenth FAO Regional Conference for Latin America, held in Kingston, Jamaica, December 1968 to obtain views of Member Governments of region before Fifteenth Session of the Conference. | ||||
| LAND AND WATER DEVELOPMENT DIVISION | ||||
| LA 863 | Ad Hoc Technical Consultation to Review UNDO/FAO Land and Water Use Projects in the Near East | VI-4 | (2) | MNs and AMs in Region, int.orgs. |
| - Necessary to review UNDP/FAO projects in region. (FAO bearing part of cost) | ||||
| PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION | ||||
| PL 862 | Symposium on Pest Resistance to Pesticides | VI-5 | (2) | MNs, AMs and int. orgs. |
- Originally to be held in 1970, but owing to urgency of the problem, the Working Party on Pest Resistance to Pesticides requested the Symposium be held in 1969 if practicable. A formal request was also received from the Government of Australia on 17 September 1968 to hold it in 1969 as a matter of urgency. | ||||
| PL 890 | FAO Committee on the Control of Sunn Pest (3rd session) | VI-4 | (1) | MNs of the Committee, int.orgs. |
- Work in this field recommended by Fourteenth Session of the Conference. Member Governments of infested countries requested a session during the biennium. | ||||
| FISHERIES DEPARTMENT | ||||
| FI 886 | IOFC/IPFC Joint Working Party of Experts on Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Fishery Statistics | VI/XIV | (3) | Individuals selected in personal capacity |
- Recommended by IOFC (1st session, 1 September 1968) and IPFC (13th session, October 1968). | ||||
| FI 887 | IOFC Working Party on Stock Assessment in relation to immediate Problems of Management in the Indian Ocean | V-1 | (3) | Individuals selected in personal capacity |
| - Recommended by IOFC (1st session, September 1968) | ||||
| FI 888 | ACMRR Working Party on Methodology of Survey and Charting of Fishery Resources | V-2 | (3) | Individuals selected in personal capacity and int.orgs. |
- ACMRR defined terms of reference and recommended establishment of the Working Party. ACMRR met in July 1968. | ||||
| FI 889 | IPFC Working Party on Aquaculture | XIV | (3) | Individuals selected in personal capacity and int.orgs. |
- Recommended by the Thirteenth Session of IPFC, October 1968. Also Committee on Fisheries (1st session) noted Director-General's proposal to “much greater use of expert working parties between sessions” of IPFC. | ||||
| COMMODITIES AND TRADE DIVISION | ||||
| CO 856 | Ad Hoc Working Party on International Arrangements for the Stabilization of Tea Prices | VI-6 | (1) | Selected MNs and int.orgs. |
- Recommended by the Third Ad Hoc Consultation on Tea held in January 1969, in view of the urgency of the situation and pending the decision of CCP concerning the establishment of a permanent body. | ||||
| CO 868 | Advisory Working Party on Jute Stabilization Reserves (1st session) | V | (1) | MNs members of Working Party |
- Established as a result of the Sixth Session of the Study Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres Consultative Committee held in Rome 9–11 September 1968. The Working Party will examine the possibilities before the Consultative Committee in connexion with Stabilization reserves and will submit progress report to Consultative Committee. | ||||
| CO 869 | Consultative Sub-Committee of Study Group on Hard Fibres (4th session) | V | (1) | MNs members of Sub-Committee |
- The Second Session of the Sub-Committee decided to hold its Third Session in November 1968 and its Fourth Session in June 1969. The Fourth Session surveyed the world market situation and decided on action to prevent excessive price fluctuation. The Fifth Session is required to plan expert quotas for last half of 1969 and 1970. | ||||
| CO 870 | Working Group on Re-Appraisal of Functions of the Consultative Sub-Committee on Surplus Disposal (CSD) (1st session) | V | (1) | Selected MNs |
- Recommended by Forty-Third Session of Committee on Commodity Problems (CL 51/4 paras 89–97) and by Fifty-First Session of the Council, 7–22 October (para.39 of Report). | ||||
| CO 871 | Working Group on Re-Appraisal of Functions of the Consultative Sub-Committee on Surplus Disposal (CSD) (2nd session) | V | (1) | Selected MNs |
- Recommended by Forty-Third Session of Committee on Commodity Problems (CL 51/4 paras 89–97) and by Fifty-First Session of the Council, 7–22 October 1968 (para.39 of Report). | ||||
| CO 872 | Consultative Sub-Committee of Study Group on Hard Fibres (5th session) | V | (1) | MNs members of the Sub-Committee |
- The Second Session of the Sub-Committee decided to hold its Third Session in November 1968 and its Fourth Session in June 1969. The Fourth Session surveyed the world market situation and decided on action to prevent excessive price fluctuation. The Fifth Session is required to plan expert quotas for last half of 1969 and 1970. | ||||
| CO 873 | Advisory Working Party on Jute Stabilization Reserves (2nd session) | V | (1) | MNs and int. orgs. |
- Established as a result of the Sixth Session of the Study Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres Consultative Committee held in Rome, 9–11 September 1968. The Working Party will examine the possibilities before the Consultative Committee in connexion with Stabilization reserves and will submit progress report to Consultative Committee. | ||||
| CO 874 | Working Party on Cocoa Grading | V | (1) | MNs members of Working Party |
- Recommended by International Standards Organization that another session of the Working Party be held prior to the forthcoming session of ISO late in 1969 to make recommendations concerning grading standards of cocoa. In addition, both cocoa importing and cocoa exporting countries requested that work to be completed on cocoa quality regulations. | ||||
| RURAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION | ||||
| RU 897 | Ad Hoc Consultation of Experts on Agricultural Cooperatives and other Farmers' Associations in Africa | VI-4 | (3) | Individuals selected in personal capacity |
| - Recommended by the Fourteenth Session of the Conference (para.412). | ||||
| STATISTICS DIVISION | ||||
| ST 836 | Sub-Committee of Coins on Agricultural Statistics (IASI/FAO Joint Machinery for Latin America) Statistics on Food Consumption | VI-1 | (3) | 3 experts selected by American MNs jointly nominated by FAO/IASI |
- To discuss food balance sheets derived from utilization balances for agricultural commodities. Essential to hold the session before end of 1969 in order not to delay the agreed timing of the programme of work of the FAO/IASI Sub-Committee on Statistics. | ||||
| NUTRITION DIVISION | ||||
| NU 825 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Amino-Acid Fortification | VI-4 | (3) | Experts selected by FAO |
- Necessary for preparatory study of amino-acid fortification problems prior to the next session of Protein Advisory Group of Experts. | ||||
| NU 826 | Preparatory Meeting for FAO/WHO/UNICEF Protein Advisory Group of Experts | VI-4 | (3) | Selected members of Advisory Group |
| - Necessary to plan for next session of Protein Advisory Group of Experts | ||||
| FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS DIVISION | ||||
| PO 803 | Ad Hoc Committee on Forestry | V | (1) | MNs and AMs in region, int. orgs. |
- Authorized by the Fifty-First Session of the Council, 7–22 October 1968 (para.115) in preparation for Fifteenth Session of the Conference. | ||||
| EUROPEAN REGIONAL OFFICE | ||||
| EU 820 | Executive Committee of the European Commission on Agriculture (40th session) | VI-1 | (1) | Committee members selected by ECA |
- European Commission on Agriculture (ECA) (38th session held in Rome, 1968) entrusted its Executive Committee with numerous enquiries and the preparation of its 1970–74 Programme of Work. This necessitated having three sessions of the Executive Committee in the biennium rather than only one as envisaged in the Supplement to the 1968–69 Programme of Work and Budget. Both sessions are to be held in conjunction with other already planned sessions. | ||||
| EU 821 | Executive Committee of the European Commission on Agriculture (41st session) | VI-1 | (1) | Committee members selected by ECA |
- European Commission on Agriculture (ECA) (38th session held in Rome, 1968) entrusted its Executive Committee with numerous enquiries and the preparation of its 1970–74 Programme of Work. This necessitated having three sessions of the Executive Committee in the biennium rather than only one as envisaged in the Supplement to the 1968–69 Programme of Work and Budget. Both sessions are to be held in conjunction with other already planned sessions. | ||||
| EU 822 | Second Consultation on the Social Development of Rural Populations in Mediterranean Mountain Areas | V | (1) | MNs and int. orgs. |
- Responsibility originally assumed by Italian Government, but they were unable to convene the Consultation. The Director-General approved First Consultation in April 1968 and the Second is necessary to reach final agreement on the outline for a study of Mediterranean Mountain Areas. | ||||
| 1969 | ||||
| FI 850 | Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South-East Atlantic | Member Nations of FAO and non-Member which are Members of the UN, to which a draft convention was sent for comm in accordance with the original proposal of the Second Session of the Committee on Fisheries (paras.48 and 49 of the report) and endorsed by the Forty-Eighth Session of the Council (para.54 of the report) and the Fourteenth Session of the Conference (para.118 of the report), and international organizations. | ||
PART II
Cancellations and Postponements of Approved Sessions in 1968–69
| No. | Session | Reason for postponement or cancellation |
| INDICATIVE WORLD PLAN | ||
| 1968–69 | ||
| IP 802 | Regional Consultation on the Indicative World Plan in Asia and the Far East | Cancelled because of decision that IWP be a major item at the 1968 FAO Regional Conference. |
| IP 803 | Regional Consultation on the Indicative World Plan in Africa | Cancelled for same reason as IP 802 above. |
| IP 804 | Regional Consultation on the Indicative World Plan in Latin America | Cancelled for same reason as IP 802 above (replaced by Ad Hoc Consultation on the IWP Provisional Regional Study for South America (IP 801) in June 1969, as decided by Latin American Regional Conference - unscheduled session). |
| FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN | ||
| 1968 | ||
| FH 819 | Tenth Conference of Representatives of Freedom from Hunger Campaign Committees in the European Region | Cancelled because Ninth Conference originally scheduled for 1968 was postponed to 1969, therefore unnecessary to hold Tenth Conference in same year. |
| FH 820 | Advisory Committee on NGOs (10th session) | Cancelled. It is the Director-General's intention to propose elimination of this Committee. |
| PH 821 | Latin American Regional Conference on Representative of Freedom from Hunger Campaign Committees | Cancelled because of insufficient interest in the Region. |
| SECOND WORLD WOOD CONGRESS | ||
| 1969 | ||
| FC 801 | Second World Food Congress | Postponed until 1970 to enable Fifteenth Session of the Conference to give prior consideration to Indicative World Plan. |
| FC 802 | Preparatory Committee (1st session) | Due to later date of Congress Preparatory Committee will not meet in current biennium. |
| FC 203 | Preparatory Committee (2nd session) | As above. |
| CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| PB 836 | Coder Committee on Edible Ices (1st session) | Cancelled because the Committee's work priorities and criteria need further study. |
| PB 843 | Codex Committee on Poultry Meat (1st session) | Cancelled because Committee has been abolished. |
| PB 844 | Coder Committee on Packing Materials (1st session) | Cancelled because the Committee's work priorities and criteria need further study. |
| CONFERENCE, COUNCIL AND RELATED SESSIONS | ||
| 1969 | ||
| CA 867 | Ad Hoc Committee on Organization (3rd session) | Cancelled because work of Committee completed. |
| CA 868 | Ad Hoc Committee on Organization (4th session) | Cancelled because work of Committee completed. |
| INFORMATION DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| PR 826 | First Ad Hoc Consultation on Information Matters | Cancelled because no longer required in biennium. |
| 1969 | ||
| PR 827 | Farm Broadcasting Seminar for Africa | Cancelled because support from a bilateral source expected for 4 national training seminars in Africa in 1970. |
| ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| AN 860 | FAO/WHO Seminar on Veterinary Public Health in the Far East | Postponed to 1970 by WHO, responsible for organizational arrangements. |
| AN 861 | FAO/WHO Seminar on Brucellosis in the Americas | Cancelled by WHO, responsible for organizational arrangements. |
| AN 862 | FAO/WHO Conference on Tick-borne Diseases | Cancelled by WHO, responsible for organizational arrangements. |
| LAND AND WATER DEVELOPMENT DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| LA 840 | Ad Hoc Consultation on Soil Correlation for Latin America | Cancelled because sufficient information for Soil Map of Latin America was already available. |
| LA 851 | Second FAO Conference on Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use for Africa | Cancelled because sufficient funds were not available. |
| 1969 | ||
| LA 842 | FAO/Fertilizer Industry Advisory Committee of Experts (15th and 16th Sessions) | Cancelled because Committee will meet only once per annum. |
| LA 843 | Conference on Soil Survey and Management in the Near East | Cancelled because two other regional session on similar subject were being held in 1969. |
| PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| PL 815 | Working Party of Experts on Pesticides Residues (Section B session) | Cancelled because session of separate section unnecessary. |
| PL 819 | FAO Working Party of Experts on the Official Control of Pesticides (Section A session) | Cancelled because work of Section A completed. |
| 1969 | ||
| PL 825 | International Conference on Tropical Weed Control | Postponed to 1970 at request of host government. |
| PL 837 | FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticides Residues (Section B session) | Cancelled because session of separate section unnecessary. |
| PL 863 | FAO Working Party of Experts on the Official Control of Pesticides (Section A session) | Cancelled because work of section A completed. |
| FISHERIES DEPARTMENT | ||
| 1968 | ||
| FI 856 | GFCM Economics and Statistics Committee (2nd session) | Cancelled and replaced by session of GFCM Working Party on Fishery Statistics and Biological Sampling (FI 898). |
| 1968 | ||
| FI 875 | GFCM Working Party on Tagging | Cancelled and replaced by session of GFCM Working Party on Utilization and Marketing of Fish and Fishery Products (FI 899). |
| FI 878 | EIFAC Sub-Commission 2 on Fish Culture and Diseases | Cancelled because of difficulties in obtaining working documents from experts on Sub-Commission. |
| 1969 | ||
| FI 852 | COFI Sub-Committee on the Development of Cooperation with International Organizations concerned with Fisheries (3rd session) | Cancelled because second session held in 1969. |
| FI 859 | Technical Conference on Marine Pollution and its Effects on Fishery Resources and Fishing | Postponed on recommendation of the ACMRR. |
| FI 865 | Continuing Working Party on Fishery Statistics in the North Atlantic Area (7th session) | Postponed because sixth session held in 1969. |
| FI 867 | Conference on Productivity of the Indian Ocean | Postponed at request of other sponsoring organizations. |
| FI 868 | Technical Conference on Small Craft Mechanization | Cancelled because of delay in establishing the Small Craft Unit. |
| FI 871 | GFCM Economics and Statistics Committee (3rd session) | Cancelled and replaced by session of GFCM Working Party on Fresh, Brackish and Hypersaline Water Fisheries (FI 897). |
| FI 882 | GFCM Executive Committee (40th session) | Cancelled because two sessions already rescheduled for 1969. |
| COMMODITIES AND TRADE DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| CO 842 | Steering Committee of Study Group on Citrus Fruit (3rd session) | Cancelled because of need to prepare for another consultation requested by the Conference. |
| 1969 | ||
| CO 846 | Study Group on Hard Fibres (4th session) | Cancelled because the third session was being held in 1969. |
| CO 851 | Study Group on Grains (13th session) | Cancelled because the twelfth session was being held in 1969. |
| CO 862 | Study Group on Meat and Poultry (1st session) | Cancelled because Ad Hoc consultation on same subject was being held in 1969. |
| ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| EA 827 | Conference of Experts on Transition from Subsistance to Marketing Agriculture in the South Pacific | Cancelled because sufficient funds were not available to pay for the attendance of required experts. |
| 1969 | ||
| EA 817 | Near East Commission on Agricultural Planning (5th session) | Cancelled because it is proposed to hold a joint session in 1970 with the Near East Commission on Agricultural Statistics (which meets biennially). |
| EA 821 | Conference of Experts on Regional Planning | Cancelled and funds used to finance the Conference of Experts on the Appraisal and Evaluation of Agricultural Development Projects. |
| EA 822 | Conference of Experts on Agricultural Financing | Cancelled because of reemphasis and redefinition of work in Unit. |
| RURAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| RU 845 | Ad Hoc Consultation on Food and Agricultural Education and Extension in the Near East | Cancelled because of pressure of work arising from RU 853 below. |
| RU 854 | Seminar in English-speaking Africa on Intermediate Level Training in Agriculture | Cancelled for programming reasons. |
| RU 879 | (ex EA 836) National Marketing Training Centre (Africa) | Cancelled for programming reasons. |
| 1969 | ||
| RU 853 | World Conference on Agricultural Education and Training | Postponed to 1970 to give adequate time for preparations. |
| RU 865 | Seminar in French-speaking Africa on Intermediate Level Training in Agriculture | Cancelled because of pressure of work arising from RU 853 above. |
| 1969 | ||
| RU 876 | (ex EA 825) Preparatory Consultation on Establishment of Marketing Commission for Africa | Cancelled because preparatory discussions held in 1968 in conjunction with RU 882, Seminar on the Marketing of Tropical Fruit and Vegetables in Africa. |
| RU 883 | (ex EA 844) National Marketing Training Centre (Africa) - Upper Volta | Postponed indefinitely to await host governments national programme for marketing training. |
| RU 884 | (ex EA 845) National Marketing Training Centre (Africa) - Niger | As above. |
| RU 887 | (ex EA 848) National Marketing Training Centre (Africa) - Tanzania | As above. |
| STATISTICS DIVISION | ||
| 1969 | ||
| ST 821 | FAO/ECE/CES Study Group on Food and Agricultural Statistics in Europe (Economic Accounts in Agriculture) | Cancelled in order not to have more than two sessions of this Study Group in 1969. |
| NUTRITION DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| NU 834 | FAO/OIR/NIH Ad Hoc Working Party on Food Consumption Tables | Cancelled because NIH was not in a position to participate in 1968–69. |
| 1969 | ||
| NU 846 | Conference of Experts on Food Technology Training | Cancelled because sufficient funds were not available, following cuts in divisional meeting budget. |
| FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS DIVISION | ||
| 1968 | ||
| FO 854 | Training and Demonstration Course on Cargo Handling and Shipment | Postponed to 1970 at request of the host government which is financing most of the Course. |
| FO 865 | FAO/IUFRO World Conference on Use of Fertilizers in Forest Production | Cancelled because a similar conference was successfully organized in 1968 by Finland. |
| 1969 | ||
| FO 850 | Advisory Committee of Experts on Forestry Education | Cancelled because Committee will meet only once per biennium. |
| FO 867 | EFC Working Party on Torrent Control, Protection from Avalanohes and Watershed Management (9th session) | Postponed to 1970 at request of host government. |
| FO 874 | FAO/ECLA/BTAO Conference on Pulp and Paper Development | Postponed to 1970 at request of ECLA. |
| PO 879 | ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest and Forest Products Statistics | Postponed to 1970 at request of ECE. |
