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Conference

Thirtieth Session

Rome, 12-23 November 1999

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
1. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session
4. Admission of Observers
5. Review of the State of Food and Agriculture

 

PART I - SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS
6. Progress on Follow-up to the World Food Summit
7. Gender Mainstreaming in FAO
8. International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
9. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
10. Outcome of the FAO/Netherlands Conference on the Multi-Functional Character of Agriculture and Land (Maastricht, Netherlands, September 1999)
11. Outcome of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC)

 

PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS
12. Programme Implementation Report 1996-97
13. Programme Evaluation Report 1998-99
14. Programme of Work and Budget 2000-2001 (Draft Resolution)
15. Strategic Framework 2000-2015

 

PART III - LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
16. Amendments to the Basic Texts of the Organization
  16.1 General Rules of the Organization (Draft Resolution)
  16.2 Financial Regulations (Draft Resolution)
17. Amendments to the General Regulations and Rules of WFP (Draft Resolution)
18. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters
19. FAO Audited Accounts 1996-97 (Draft Resolution)
20. Scale of Contributions 2000-2001 (Draft Resolution)
21. Payment by the European Community to Cover Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization
22. Other Administrative and Financial Matters
  22.1 After Service Medical Coverage (Draft Resolution)

 

PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
23. Applications for Membership in the Organization
24. Appointment of the Director-General
25. Election of Council Members and Independent Chairman
26. Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee

 

PART V - OTHER MATTERS
27. Date and Place of the Thirty-first Conference Session
28. Any Other Matters
  28.1 McDougall Memorial Lecture
  28.2 Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards
  28.3 Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award
  28.4 Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award
  28.5 Margarita Lizarraga Medal
  28.6 In Memoriam
  Information Documents will be tabled on the following subjects*
A. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments thereto.
B. Status of Contributions

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* Delegates wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 28: Any Other Matters.