FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

INTRODUCTION

1. The Fifty-Fourth Session of the Council was held in Rome after the close of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference, on 28 November 1969, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Michel Cépède.

2. The Agenda of the Session as adopted is set out in Appendix A.

3. Mr.Bukar Shaib (Nigeria) and Mr.A.T.Johns (New Zealand) were appointed First Vice Chairman and Second Vice Chairman respectively.

APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

Programme and Finance Committees

4. In conformity with the General Rules of the Organization, the Council made the following appointments, the term of office extending from November 1969 to November 1971:

Programme Committee
Chairman:	G. Bula Hoyos (Colombia)
Members:	K. Ando (Japan)
	N. El Ghorfi (Morocco)
	H. J. Kristensen (Denmark)
	A. A. W. Landymore (United Kingdom)
	S. J. Majumdar (India)
	R. W. Phillips (United States of America)
First Alternate:	S.Haidar (Lebanon)
Second Alternate:	A. L. Cardinaux (Switzerland)
Third Alternate:	S. Krolikowski (Poland)

Finance Committee
Chairman:	J. C. Nagle (Ireland)
Members:	V. P. Dhital (Nepal)
	R. Gibb (United States of America)
	A. Löchen (Norway)
	J. Murenga (Kenya)
First Alternate:	G. Weill (France)
Second Alternate:	Miss M. de Barros e Vasconcellos (Brazil)
Third Alternate:	A. Davatchi (Iran)

Committee on Commodity Problems

5. The Council elected the following 34 members of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP), for the period November 1969 to November 1971:

Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ethiopia
France
Germany, Federal Republic of
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
Liberia
Malaysia
Netherlands
New zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Venezuela

Committee on Fisheries

6. The Council elected the following 34 members of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), for the period November 1969 to November 1971:

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

7. The Council elected the following seven Member Nations to membership of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (CCLM):

Australia
Belgium
Costa Rica
France
Morocco
Pakistan
United States of America

Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme (IGC)

8. The Council elected the following four members of the Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme, for a term of office of three years (1 January 1970 to 31 December 1972):

Ghana
Indonesia
Mexico
Netherlands

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Action Arising out of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference

Membership of Council Committees

9. At its Fifteenth Session the Conference recommended that the Council “contemplate the possibility of changing the character of the Committee on Fisheries, whose current members were 34 Member Nations, to convert it into a committee open to all interested nations” ¹. A request was made at the Conference that the Council also consider the possibility of extending the change, if appropriate, to any other subsidiary body composed of a limited number of Member Nations. The Council requested the Programme Committee to study the matter and report the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Council, after consulting as required the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters.

Invitation to the U.S.S.R. to Attend in an Observer Capacity the FAO Technical Conference on Fish Finding, Purse Seining and Aimed Trawling ²

10. The Council authorized the Director-General to invite the U.S.S.R. to attend in an observer capacity the Technical Conference on Fish Finding, Purse Seining and Aimed Trawling (Reykjavik, Iceland, May 1970), should the U.S.S.R. so request.

¹ See Report of the Fifteenth Conference Session, para. 456.
² See C 69/3-Sup. 2, Session FI 832.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Appointment of Alternate Chairman of the FAO Appeals Committee

11. In accordance with Staff Regulation 301.111, the Council appointed His Excellency Brynolf Eng (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Italy) as Alternate Chairman of the FAO Appeals Committee, to replace His Excellency A.D. McIntosh (Ambassador of New Zealand to Italy) who was relinquishing his duties as Ambassador to Italy.

Action Arising out of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference

Organization of Conference Sessions

12. In accordance with the recommendation of the Fifteenth Session of the Conference on the organization of the work of the technical committees of the Conference and of Commission I of the Conference, as recorded in paragraphs 481 to 492 of the report of that session, as well as with Resolution 6/69 “Agenda of the Conference and Shortening of the Sessions”, the Councilrequested the Director-General to prepare the necessary background material for submission to the spring 1970 sessions of the Programme and Finance Committees, in order that the Council at its Fifty-Fifth Session might consider these questions after study by the competent bodies.

CONCLUSION

Date and Place of the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Council

13. The Council decided that its Fifty-Fifth Session should be convened in Rome in November 1970, the precise dates to be determined by the Director-General in consultation with the Independent Chairman of the Council.

APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

I. INTRODUCTORY

Adoption of the Agenda
Election of Vice-Chairmen

II. ELECTION OF COMMITTEES

Election of Chairman, Members and Alternates of the Programme Committee
Election of Chairman, Members and Alternates of the Finance Committee
Election of Members of the Committee on Commodity Problems
Election of Members of the Committee on Fisheries
Election of Members of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
Election of four Members of the UN/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World Food Programme

III. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Constitutional and Legal Matters arising from the Fifteenth Conference Session (if any)

IV. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

Appointment of Alternate Chairman of FAO Appeals Committee
Administrative and Financial Matters arising from the Fifteenth Conference Session (if any)

V. CONCLUDING ITEM

Date and Place of the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Council

APPENDIX B
ANNEXE B
APENDICE B
LIST OF DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS ATTENDING THE FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL
LISTE DES DELEGUES ET OBSERVATEURS PARTICIPANT A LA CINQUANTE-QUATRIEME SESSION DU CONSEIL
LISTA DE DELEGADOS Y OBSERVADORES QUE ASISTEN AL 54^o PERIODO DE SESIONES DEL CONSEJO

Independent Chairman:	Michel Cépède
Président Indépendant:
Presidente independiente:

First Vice-Chairman:	Bukar Shaib (Nigeria)
Premier Vice-Président:
Primer Vice-presidente:

Second Vice-Chairman:	A. T. Johns (New Zealand)
Deuxième Vice-Président:
Segundo Vice-presidente:

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBRES DU CONSEIL
MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO

AFGHANISTAN - AFGANISTAN

Representative	Abdul GHAFOOR President of Research and Extension Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation	Kabul
Alternate	Ehsan YONUS Second Secretary Embassy of Afghanistan	Rome

ALGERIA - ALGERIE - ARGELIA

Représentant	Messaoud AIT CHAALAL Ambassadeur d'Algérie auprès du Gouvernement de la République italienne Représentant Permanent de l'Algérie auprès de la FAO	Rome
Suppléant	Abdelmadjid FASLA Secrétaire à l'Ambassade de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire	Rome
Adjoint	Djillali MEDDAHI Directeur du Centre National Pédagogique agricole	Alger
Adjoint	Omar BENZITOUNI Secrétaire à la Mission Permanente de l'Algérie auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève	Genève

BELGIUM - BELGIQUE - BELGICA

Représentant	R. VAN HAUWERMEIREN Représentant permanent de la Belgique auprès de la FAO	Rome
Suppléant	A. REGNIER Représentant permanent adjoint de la Belgique auprès de la FAO	Rome

BRAZIL - BRESIL - BRASIL

Representative	Paolo Padilha VIDAL Minister Counsellor Embassy of Brazil	Rome
Alternate	Octavio Lafayette SOUZA-BANDEIRA Head of Division of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affaires	Rio de Janeiro
Alternate	Miss Marina de BARROS e VASCONCELLOS First Secretary Embassy of Brazil Permanent Representative of Brazil to FAO	Rome

CANADA

Representative	Frank SHEFRIN Chairman, Canadian Interdepartmental FAO Committee	Ottawa
Alternate	J.E. MONTGOMERY Commercial Counsellor Embassy of Canada	Rome

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE -
REPUBLICA CENTROAFRICANA

Représentant

Dieudonné WALLOT
Premier Conseiller
Ambassade de la République centrafricaine

Rome

CHILE - CHILI

Representante	Eduardo HAMILTON Embajador de Chile en Suecia	Estocolmo
Suplente	José OLIVARES Secretario Ejecutivo de la Oficina de Planificación Agrícola del Ministerio de Agricultura	Santiago
Adjunto	Víctor Hugo OLGUIN Secretario de la Embajade de Chile	Roma

COLOMBIA - COLOMBIE

Representante	Enrique PENALOSA-CAMARGO Embajador Extraordinario en Misión Especial	Bogotá
Suplente	Gonzalo BULA HOYOS Cónsul General de Colombia en Amsterdam	Amsterdam

COSTA RICA

Representante	Edgar RIVERA MARTIN Director en el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería	San José
Suplente	Eladio CARMONA Director de Investigaciones Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería	San José

ETHIOPIA - ETHIOPIE - ETIOPIA

Representative

Bekele DESTA
Acting Director-General
Economic and Technical Assistance Office

Addis Ababa

FRANCE - FRANCIA

Représentant	Bernard TOUSSAINT Conseiller des Affaires étrangères Direction des Nations Unies et des Organisations internationales	Paris
Suppléant	Jean de VAISSIERE Inspecteur général de l'Agriculture	Paris
Suppléant	Gérard WEILL Secrétaire général du Comité interministériel de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation	Paris
Conseiller	Jean-Marc VOELCKEL Conseiller des Affaires étrangères Direction des Nations Unies et Organisations internationales	Paris
Conseiller	Max de CALBIAC Premier Secrétaire Ambassade de France Représentant permanent de la France auprès de l'OAA	Rome

GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF - ALLEMAGNE, REP. FEDERALE D' ALEMANIA, REP. FEDERAL DE

Representative	Fritzwerner PIRKMAYR Ministerialdirigent Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Bonn
Alternate	Georg SCHUTZ Ministerialrat Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry	Bonn
Adviser	Eberhard LUEHE Oberregierungsrat, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to FAO	Rome

INDIA - INDE

Representative	B.R. PATEL Secretary Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Community Development	New Delhi
Alternate	S.J. MAJUMDAR Additional Secretary Ministry of Agriculture	New Delhi
Associate	T.N. SARAF Counsellor (Agriculture) Embassy of India Permanent Representative of India to FAO	Rome

INDONESIA - INDONESIE

Representative	S.W. SADIKIN Director-General of Agriculture Executive Chairman, Nation FAO Committee	Djakarta
Alternate	Soegeng AMAT Agricultural Attaché Embassy of Indonesia Permanent Representative of Indonesia to FAO	Rome
Associate	T. HUTAGALUNG Directorate General Foreign Economic Relations Department of Foreign Affairs, Member, National FAO Committee	Djakarta

IRAQ - IRAK

Representative

Fakhri AL-QAISI
Minister Plenipotentiary
Embassy of Iraq
Permanent Representative of Iraq to FAO

Rome

JAPAN - JAPON

Representative	Kyo ANDO Counsellor Embassy of Japan Permanent Representative of Japan to FAO	Rome
Alternate	Satoshi OHARA Special Assistant to Deputy Vice-Minister (Internation Affairs), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Tokyo
Associate	Jiro HASHIGUCHI Technical Official International Cooperation Division, International Affairs Department Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Tokyo
Associate	Yoshikazu KANEKO Official, Specialized Agencies Division, United Nations Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Tokyo

NEPAL

Representative

Vishnu Prasad DHITAL
Secretary, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Kathmandu

NEW ZEALAND - NOUVELLE-ZELANDE - NUEVA ZELANDIA

Representative	A. T. JOHNS Director-General of Agriculture	Wellington
Alternate	J. G. McARTHUR Counsellor, Embassy of New Zealand	Rome
Associate	E. R. WOODS Assistant Trade Commissioner and Second Secretary, Embassy of New Zealand	Rome

NIGERIA

Representative	Bukar SHAIB Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Lagos
Alternate	J. A. EWEKA Agricultural Attaché Permanent Representative of Nigeria to FAO	Rome

NORWAY - NORVEGE - NORUEGA

Representative	Hans Kristian SEIP Director-General of Forestry Ministry of Agriculture	Oslo
Alternate	Torbjörn K. CHRISTIANSEN Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy	Rome
Associate	Arne LOCHEN Secretary-General, National Nutrition Council (FAO Committee)	Oslo

PAKISTAN - PAQUISTAN

Representative	Ali HASSAN Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Agriculture and Works	Islamabad
Alternate	M. I. K. KHALIL Agricultural Counsellor, Embassy of Pakistan Permanent Representative of Pakistan to FAO	Rome
Associate	Ahmed BARKAT Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Agriculture	Islamabad

PERU - PEROU

Representante

Carlos GAMARRA VARGAS
Consejero, Embajada del Perú
Representante Permanente del Perú ante la FAO

Roma

PHILIPPINES - FILIPINAS

Representative

Jose ALEJANDRINO
Ambassador of the Philippines in Italy
Permanent Representative of the Philippines to FAO

Rome

POLAND - POLOGNE - POLONIA

Representative	S. KROLIKOWSKI Chairman, Polish National FAO Committee	Warsaw
Alternate	Wiltold ZAREMBA Senior Adviser, Committee for Economic Cooperation with the Foreign Countries, Council of Ministers	Warsaw
Associate	Mrs. Ewa RASZEJA - TOBJASZ Professor, Committee for EconomicCooperation with Foreign Countries, Council of Ministers	Warsaw
Associate	Mrs. K. PIOTROWSKA-HOCHFELD Department of International Organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Warsaw
Associate	Czeslaw MUSZALSKI First Secretary, Embassy of the Polish People's Republic Deputy Permanent Representative of Poland to FAO	Rome

ROMANIA - ROUMANIE - RUMANIA

Représentant	Eugen BUCIUMAN Directeur des Relations internationales, Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Sylviculture, Secrétaire du Comité national roumain de la FAO	Bucarest
Suppléant	Ion DUMITRU Premier Secrétaire Ambassade de la République Socialiste de Roumanie	Rome

SAUDI ARABIA - ARABIE SAOUDITE - ARABIA SAUDITA

Representative

Abdulmahsin SUDEARY
Director General of Training Department

Riyadh

TANZANIA - TANZANIE

Representative	Godfriend Jacob KILEO Director of Natural Resources	Dar-es-Salaam
Alternate	Boniface TENESI Senior Agricultural Officers Ministry of Agriculture	Dar-es-Salaam

TURKEY - TURQUIE - TURQUIA

Representative	Reha AYTAMAN Counsellor Embassy of Turkey Permanent Representative of Turkey to FAO	Rome
Alternate	Vecdet ERKUN Head, Technical Advisory Board for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture	Ankara
Associate	Ergul GOKÇEN Director of Section, Department of International Economic Organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Ankara

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC - REPUBLIQUE ARABE UNIE - REPUBLICA ARABE UNIDA

Representative	Abdel Fattah Ali EL MOURSI Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture	Cairo
Alternate	Ahmed Amin YOUSEFF Director-General, Foreign Relations Department Ministry of Agriculture	Cairo
Associate	Ahmed Mahmoud RASSEM Director, International Organizations and Conferences Division, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Agriculture	Cairo

UNITED KINGDOM - ROYAUME-UNI - REINO UNIDO

Representative

A. A. W. LANDYMORE
Counsellor (Agriculture)
British Embassy
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to FAO

Rome

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE - ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Representative	Andrew J. MAIR Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs Department of Agriculture	Washington, D.C.
Alternate	Ralph W. PHILLIPS Director, International Organizations Staff Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs Department of Agriculture	Washington, D.C.
Alternate	Robert ROSSOW Counsellor for FAO Affairs Permanent Representative of the United States of America to FAO	Rome
Adviser	Paul J. BYRNES Office of Economic and Social Affairs Bureau of International Organization Affairs Department of State	Washington, D.C.
Adviser	Rulon GIBB Director, Program Development Division Foreign Agricultural Service Department of Agriculture	Washington, D.C.
Adviser	Carter H. HILLS First Secretary for FAO Affairs, Office of FAO Affairs Embassy of the United States of America, Rome	Rome

UPPER VOLTA - HAUTE-VOLTA - ALTO VOLTA

Représentant

Léopold Wantissé SIRY
Directeur, Direction du Développement Rural,
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage

Ouagadougou

URUGUAY

Representante	Carlos PEREZ DEL CASTILLO Embajador y Subdirector del Departamento Económico Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores	Montevideo
Suplente	Jorge C. ELENA Subdirector, Oficina de Programación y Política Agropecuaria	Montevideo

ZAMBIA - ZAMBIE

Representative	D. H. LUZONGO Director of Agriculture Ministry of Rural Development	Lusaka
Alternate	R. N. KATEKA Chief, Marketing Officer Ministry of Rural Development	Lusaka

OBSERVERS FROM MEMBER NATIONS NOT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

OBSERVATEURS D'ETATS MEMBRES NE SIEGEANT PAS AU CONSEIL

OBSERVADORES DE LOS ESTADOS MIEMBROS QUE NO SON MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO

ARGENTINA - ARGENTINE

José VALLEGA
Consejero Agrícola
Embajada de Argentina

Roma

AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIE

M. W. OAKLEY First Assistant Secretary Department of Primary Industry	Canberra
R. C. BOLDUAN Agricultural Attaché Embassy of Australia	Rome

CUBA

Fernando LOPEZ MUINO
Ministro Consejero, Embajada de Cuba
Representante Permanente Alterno de Cuba ante la FAO

Roma

DENMARK - DANEMARK - DINAMARCA

H. J. KRISTENSEN
Acting Counsellor Ministry of Agriculture

Copenhagen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE - REPUBLICA DOMINICANA

Pedro L. PADILLA TONOS
Ministro Plenipotenciario
Embajada de la República Dominicana
Representante Permanente de la República Dominicana ante la FAO

Roma

EL SALVADOR

Federico MELENDEZ PRIETO
Ministro Consejero (Asuntos Económicos)
Embajada de la Repúblic de El Salvador
Representante Permanente de El Salvador ante la FAO

Roma

FINLAND - FINLANDE - FINLANDIA

Antti LASSILA
Second Secretary
Embassy of the Republic of Finland
Permanent Representative of Finland to FAO

Rome

GHANA

J. H. SACKEY
Counsellor
Embassy of Ghana

Rome

HUNGARY - HONGRIE - HUNGRIA

Károly KARCSAI Secretary-General of the Hungarian National FAO Committee	Budapest
László VEKONY Counsellor for Agriculture Permanent Representative of the Hungarian People's Republic to FAO	Rome

IRELAND - IRLANDE - IRLANDA

M. J. BARRY Deputy-Secretary Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	Dublin
S. P. CUFFE Assistant Principal Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	Dublin

JAMAICA - JAMAIQUE

Anthony HILL
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the European Office of the United Nations

JORDAN - JORDANIE - JORDANIA

Khalil LUBANI Under-Secretary Ministry of Agriculture	Amman
Salah JUM'A Ambassador Permanent Representative of Jordan to FAO	Rome

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) - COREE (REPUBLIQUE DE) - COREA (REPUBLICA DE)

Eung Jin CHUN Planning Coordinator Office of Fishery	Seoul
Ju In SONG Agricultural Attaché Embassy of the Republic of Korea Permanent Representative of Korea to FAO	Rome

LEBANON - LIBAN - LIBANO

Sultan HAIDAR
Directeur Général du Bureau de la Production animale
Ministère de l'Agriculture

Beyrouth

MADAGASCAR

Alfred BOTRALAHY Chargé d'Affaires Ambassade de la République Malagasy Représentant permanent de la République Malagasy auprès de la FAO	Rome
Georges SOLOFOSON Représentant adjoint de Madagascar auprès de la FAO	Rome

MALAYSIA - MALAISIE - MALASIA

Hun CHEOK LOOI
First Secretary, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Embassy of Malaysia

Rome

MALTA - MALTE

István MOSKOVITS
Counsellor (Agriculture)
Permanent Representative of Malta to FAO

Rome

MEXICO - MEXIQUE

Arturo L. de ORTIGOSA Ministro Consejero Representante Alterno de México ante la FAO	Roma
Juan Luis CIFUENTES LEMUS Subdirector de Asuntos Biológico-Pesqueros de la Secretaría de Industria y Comercio	México

MOROCCO - MAROC - MARRUECOS

Nor EL-GHORFI
Ambassadeur du Maroc
Représentant permanent du Maroc auprès de la FAO

Rabat

NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE - PAYS-BAS, ROYAUME DES - PAISES BAJOS, REINO DE LOS

F. DEELEMAN Director Division for Agricultural Aid to Developing Countries Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	The Hague
A. S. TUINMAN Counsellor Embassy of the Netherlands Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to FAO	Rome

NICARAGUA

Bosco MATAMOROS HUECK
Agregado Cultural
Embajada de Nicaragua

Roma

SENEGAL

Babacar DIOP Directeur de la Société Sénégalaise d'armement de pêche	Dakar
Medoune DIENE Directeur des Services agricoles	Dakar
A. Louis GUEYE Ministre Plénipotentiaire Ambassade de la République du Sénégal Représentant permanent du Sénégal auprès de la FAO	Rome

SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE SOMALIE -
REPUBLICA DEMOCRATICA SOMALI

Sido Roble SIMBA
Commercial Counsellor
Embassy of the Somali Democratic Republic

Rome

SPAIN - ESPAGNE - ESPANA

Antonio FERNANDEZ y GONZALEZ
Agredgado Agrónomo,
Embajada de España
Representante Permanente de España ante la FAO

Roma

SUDAN, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE - SOUDAN, REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU -
SUDAN, REPUBLICA DEMOCRATICA DEL

Sid AHMED SULIMAN
Agricultural Attaché
Embassy of Sudan

Rome

SWEDEN - SUEDE - SUECIA

Carl-Henrik LAGERFELT
Head of Section,
Ministry of Agriculture

Stockholm

SWITZERLAND - SUISSE - SUIZA

Paul HOHL Chef de section à la Division de l'Agriculture Département fédéral de l'Economie publique	Berne
Alfred CARDINAUX Attaché agricole Représentant permanent de la Suisse auprès de la FAO	Rome

THAILAND - THAILANDE - TAILANDIA

Sawaeng KULTHONGKHAM
Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture

Bangkok

TOGO

Peter Primus KLUGA
Spécialiste d'Alimentation et de Nutrition
Institut des Sciences et Techniques
Alimentaires et de Nutrition

Lomé

TUNISIA - TUNISIE - TUNEZ

Hamadi BEN SLIMANE Sous-Directeur Chargé de Mission au Ministère de l'Agriculture	Tunis
Mohamed JARRAYA Chef de Division Ministère de l'Agriculture	Tunis

VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF - VIET-NAM, REPUBLIQUE DU - VIETNAM, REPUBLICA DEL

Nguyen VIET-DA
Deuxième Secrétaire
Ambassade de la République du Viet-Nam
Représentant Permanent Suppléant du Viet-Nam auprès de la FAO

Rome

YUGOSLAVIA - YOUGOSLAVIE

Zoran LAZAREVIC
First Secretary
Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs

Belgrade

PERMANENT OBSERVERS FOR THE HOLY SEE

OBSERVATEURS PERMANENTS DU SAINT-SIEGE

OBSERVADORES PERMANENTES DE LA SANTA SEDE

Right Rev. Monsignor L.G. LIGUTTI Permanent Observer for the Holy See	Rome
Maria GROOTHUIZEN Liaison for Women's Work	Rome

REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES

REPRESENTANTS DES NATIONS UNIES ET INSTITUTIONS SPECIALISEES

REPRESENTANTES DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS Y ORGANISMOS ESPECIALIZADOS

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME ALIMENTAIRE MONDIAL
PROGRAMA MUNDIAL DE ALIMENTOS

Thomas C.M. ROBINSON Deputy Executive Director	Rome
G. PEISSEL Director, Division of External Relations and General Services	Rome

OBSERVERS FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

OBSERVATEURS DES ORGANISATIONS NON GOUVERNEMENTALES

OBSERVADORES DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES NO GUBERNAMENTALES

WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
FEDERATION SYNDICALE MONDIALE
FEDERACION SINDICAL MUNDIAL

Giuseppe CASADEI
Représentant permanent à Rome

Rome

APPENDIX C
LIST OF DOCUMENTS

CL 54/1	Provisional Agenda
CL 54/2	(No document issued)
CL 54/3	(No document issued)
CL 54/4	Appointment of Alternate Chairman of the FAO Appeals Committee

CL 54/INF Series
CL 54/INF/1	Nomination Form for Programme Committee
CL 54/INF/2	Nomination Form for Finance Committee
CL 54/INF/3	Nomination Form for Committee on Commodity Problems
CL 54/INF/4	Nomination Form for Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
CL 54/INF/5	Nomination Form for Committee on Fisheries
CL 54/INF/6	Nomination Form for IGC of the World Food Programme (FAO Membership)

CL 54/LIM Series
CL 54/LIM/1	Nomination Date for Election to Membership on Council Committees and IGC
CL 54/LIM/2	Election of Members of Standing Committees of the Council and Four Members of the IGC
CL 54/LIM/2-Add. 1	Election of Members of the Committee on Fisheries

CL 54/OD Series
CL 54/OD/1	Order of the Day

CL 54/PV Series
CL 54/PV-1	First and Second Verbatim Records of the Council

CL 54/PV-2

MEMBERS OF FAO COUNCIL

The composition of the Council until 27 November 1969 was as follows:

Independent Chairman: Maurice Gemayel

Afghanistan³
Algeria³
Australia¹
Belgium³
Brazil³
Canada³
Central African Republic²
Chile¹
Colombia³
Costa Rica³
Ethiopia²
France¹
Germany, Fed. Rep. of²
India¹
Indonesia²
Iraq³
Japan²
Mali¹
Nepal²
Nigeria³
Pakistan¹
Peru²
Philippines²
Poland³
Romania²
Somalia¹
Sweden¹
Turkey²
Uganda¹
United Arab Republic¹
United Kingdom¹
United States of America³
Uruguay²
Zambia³

The composition of the Council from 28 November 1969 is as follows:

Independent Chairman: Michel Cépède

Afghanistan³
Algeria³
Belgium³
Brazil³
Canada³
Central African Republic²
Chile⁴
Colombia³
Costa Rica³
Ethiopia²
France⁴
Germany, Fed. Rep. of²
India⁴
Indonesia²
Iraq³
Japan²
Nepal²
New Zealand⁴
Nigeria³
Norway⁴
Pakistan⁴
Peru²
Philippines²
Poland³
Romania²
Saudi Arabia⁴
Tanzania⁴
Turkey²
United Arab Republic⁴
United Kingdom⁴
United States of America³
Upper Volta⁴
Uruguay²
Zambia³

¹ Term of office until conclusion of fifteenth session of the Conference, November 1969.
² Term of office until 31 December 1970.
³ Term of office until conclusion of sixteenth session of the Conference, November 1971.
⁴ Term of office until 31 December 1972.

COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES

28 November 1969 – November 1971

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Chairman:
G. Bula Hoyos (Colombia)

Members:
K. Ando (Japan)
N. El Ghorfi (Morocco)
H.J. Kristensen (Denmark)
A.A.W. Landymore (United Kingdom)
S.J. Majumdar (India)
R.W.Phillips (United States of America)

First Alternate:
S. Haidar (Lebanon)

Second Alternate:
A.L. Cardinaux (Switzerland)

Third Alternate:
S. Krolikowski (Poland)

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Chairman:
J.C. Nagle (Ireland)

Members:
V.P. Dhital (Nepal)
R.Gibb (United States of America)
A. Löchen (Norway)
J.Murenga (Kenya)

First Alternate:
G. Weill (France)

Second Alternate:
Miss M. de Barros e
Vasconcellos (Brazil)

Third Alternate:
A. Davatchi (Iran)

COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS

Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ethiopia
France
Germany, Federal Republic of
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
Liberia
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Venezuela

COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Korea, Rep. of
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay

COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Australia
Belgium
Costa Rica
France
Morocco
Pakistan
United States of America

OTHER COMMITTEES

UN/FAO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

The composition of IGC until 31 December 1969 was as follows:

Argentina
Australia
Canada *
Chile *
Colombia *
Denmark
France *
Germany Fed. Rep. of *
India *
Ireland
Jamaica *
Korea, Rep. of *
Netherlands *
New Zealand *
Niger
Nigeria *
Pakistan
Peru
Sweden
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America *

The composition of IGC from 1 January 1970 is as follows:

Argentina
Australia
Canada *
Chile *
Denmark
France *
Germany, Fed. Rep. of *
Ghana *
India *
Indonesia *
Ireland
Jamaica *
Mexico *
Netherlands *
New Zealand *
Niger
Pakistan
Peru
Sweden
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America *

* Elected by FAO Council

FAO MEMBER NATIONS

(as at 1 March 1970)

Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Barbados
Belgium
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Ceylon
Chad
Chile
Cambodia
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Dahomey
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Southern Yemen
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Viet-Nam, Republic of
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia

FAO ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

(as at 1 March 1970)

Bahrain
Qatar