APPENDIX J
DRAFT CRITERIA FOR CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS, AND FUNCTIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES OF THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE

1. Criteria for the Formulation of Resolutions

Resolutions should be confined essentially to the following formal matters:

1. Amendments to the Constitutions, the General Rules of the Organization, and the Financial Regulations.

2. Approval or confirmation of conventions or agreements and of amendments thereto.

3. Establishment of bodies under Article VI of the Constitution and adoption or amendment of the statutes of such bodies.

4. Adoption of the Programme of Work and Budget for the ensuing biennium.

5. Decisions regarding financial matters such as the Working Capital Fund, the scale of contributions, and the adoption of audited accounts.

6. Major programme and policy matters.

7. Recommendations to Member Nations or to international organizations.

8. Matters relating to the appointment of the Director-General and the Chairman of the Council.

9. Tributes and commemorations of special importance to FAO.

2. Functions of the Resolutions Committee

1. The Resolutions Committee shall examine all draft resolutions, whatever their origin, unless determined otherwise by the General Committee.

2. The Resolutions Committee shall endeavour to keep the number of resolutions to a minimum, and to ensure that resolutions conform to the criteria set forth above. It shall also draw attention to any significant constitutional, programme or budgetary implications of draft resolutions proposed for adoption.

3. The Resolutions Committee may make editorial or similar amendments not affecting the substance of draft resolutions. The Committee may recommend such other amendments as it may deem appropriate. With the consent of the sponsors, the Committee may amend draft resolutions moved from the floor in the course of the Conference session.

3. Operating Procedures of the Resolutions Committee

1. Meetings of the Resolutions Committee shall be convened, as often as necessary, by its Chairman or by the General Committee. Except as provided in paragraph (e) below, meetings of the Committee shall be held in private. The Committee shall maintain close liaison with the General Committee on both substantive and procedural matters.

2. Draft resolutions shall be transmitted to the Resolutions Committee before they are submitted to a Commission or a Plenary meeting of the Conference for discussion and approval.

3. If a draft resolution does not meet the criteria set forth above, the Resolutions Committee will suggest that the substance be incorporated into the narrative text of the Conference report.

4. If the Resolutions Committee has doubts regarding the likelihood of agreement on the substance of a draft resolution, the Committee may decide that the substance be debated in the appropriate forum, and that after this debate and a decision on the substance, the draft resolution be returned to the Resolutions Committee for consideration.

5. The Resolutions Committee may invite the sponsors of a draft resolution to participate in its deliberations and, subject to the consent of such sponsors, may make such amendments to draft resolutions as it may deem appropriate.

6. The Resolutions Committee may delegate its Chairman or one or more of its members to attend the debate where a draft resolution is discussed, either to explain the Committee's views and reasons for any proposed changes, or to follow the debate so as to be able to inform the Committee of the background when the text of the draft resolution is submitted to the Committee.

7. The Resolutions Committee shall submit reports on all draft resolutions which have been referred to it, and such reports shall be circulated as Conference documents. Amendments to draft resolutions recommended by the Committee in its reports shall be deemed to be amendments within the meaning of Rule XI-3 GRO and, if necessary, shall be considered by the appropriate Commission or at a Plenary meeting on the day on which the relevant report is circulated.

COUNCIL

(from 1 January 1975)

Independent Chairman: Gonzalo Bula Hoyos

Argentina²
Australia¹
Brazil³
Bulgaria²
Burundi³
Canada³
Chile¹
China²
Colombia³
Congo²
Dahomey¹
Denmark¹
Egypt¹
Ethiopia¹
France¹
Gabon³
Gambia³
Germany, Fed. Rep. of²
Guinea²
India¹
Indonesia²
Italy¹
Japan²
Jordan³
Kuwait¹
Lebanon³
Lesotho¹
Mexico³
Netherlands³
Pakistan¹
Panama²
Peru²
Philippines²
Spain³
Sri Lanka²
Sudan¹
Thailand²
Trinidad and Tobago³
Tunisia³
United Kingdom¹
United States of America³
Yugoslavia²

¹ Term of office until conclusion of Eighteenth Session of the Conference, November 1975.
² Term of office until 31 December 1976.
³ Term of office until conclusion of Nineteenth Session of the Conference, November 1977.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

(November 1973 – November 1975)

Chairman:
R.W. Phillips (United States of America)

Members:
W.A.F. Grabisch (Germany, Fed. Rep. of)
C. Nagata (Japan)
K. Prasad (India)
B. Shaib (Nigeria)
A.S. Tuinman (Netherlands)
J.C. Vignaud (Argentina)

First Alternate:
E. Buciuman (Romania)

Second Alternate:
H.J. Kristensen (Denmark)

Third Alternate:
S. Juma'a (Jordan)

FINANCE COMMITTEE

(November 1973 – November 1975)

Chairman:
F. Shefrin (Canada)

Members:
S. Barkat Ahmad (Pakistan)
Soegeng Amat (Indonesia)
Miss M. de Barros e Vasconcellos (Brazil)
P.J. Byrnes (United States of America)

First Alternate:
C-H. Lagerfelt (Sweden)

Second Alternate:
K.G.W. Frost (United Kingdom)

Third Alternate:
vacant

COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

(November 1973 – November 1975)

Algeria
Finland
France
Italy
Philippines
Switzerland
Venezuela

UN/FAO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME 1975

*Argentina¹
*Canada³
  Chile²
*France²
*Germany, Fed. Rep. of²
  Hungary³
*India³
*Indonesia¹
  Ireland²
  Japan¹
  Malawi²
  Mauritania³
*Netherlands¹
  Norway¹
  Pakistan¹
*Saudi Arabia³
*Senegal²
  Sudan¹
  Sweden³
*Switzerland²
*Tunisia¹
  Turkey³
  United Kingdom²
*United States of America³

* Elected by FAO Council.
¹ Term of office until 31 December 1975.
² Term of office until 31 December 1976.
³ Term of office until 31 December 1977.

FAO MEMBER NATIONS

(as at 20 June 1975)

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Dahomey
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Rep. of
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of South Viet-Nam
Romania
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen, People's Dem. Rep. of
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia