APPENDIX A
AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTY-FOURTH COUNCIL SESSION

1. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION
1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
2. Election of Two Vice-Chairmen and Designation of Drafting Committee
3. Statement by the Director-General

2. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION
4. State of Food and Agriculture, 1978
   4.1   Developments in Commodity and Trade Matters
5. Report of the Third Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, April 1978)

3. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP
6. Report of the Twelfth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Rome, June 1978)
7. Report of the Fourth Session of the Committee on Forestry (Rome, May 1978)
8. Action Arising out of the Eighth World Forestry Congress (Djakarta, October 1978)
9. Preparations for the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
10. Nutrition

10.1  Report in response to Conference Resolution 8/77 on Nutrition, and Report of the Second Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on Food and Nutrition Policies (Rome, March 1978)
10.2  Food Standards Matters, and the Work of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission

11.   World Food Programme

11.1  Third Annual Report of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes
11.2  Election of Five Members of the CFA

12.¹  Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Matters of Common Interest, including:

12.1  Decisions of the General Assembly on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the UN System
12.2  Developments with Regard to UNDP and WFC
12.3  Action Arising out of the Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
12.4  Joint Inspection Unit Reports

4. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
   
13. ².  Level of the 1980-81 Programme of Work and Budget
14. ¹.  Format of Medium-Term Objectives
15. ¹.  Review of FAO's Language Policy and Practice, with Special Reference to Category 3 Meetings
16. Evaluation of the Technical Cooperation Programme
17. International Food Corps
18. Report on Unscheduled Sessions of FAO Bodies in 1978
19. 1978-79 Calendar Sessions of the Council and of Those Bodies which Report to the Council
20. Financial Matters, including:

20.1  Special Account for the Prevention of Food Losses
20.2  Financial Position of the Organization   20.3  Audited Accounts

21. Other Programme, Budgetary, Financial and Administrative Matters: Work of the Thirty-Fourth and Thirty-Fifth Sessions of the Programme Committee, and Fourty-First and Fourty-Second Sessions of the Finance Committee

5. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

22. Report of the Thirty-Sixth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, September 1978)
23. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:

23.1  Changes in Representation of Members Countries in the Programme and Finance Committees
23.2  Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions
23.3  Amendments to the Statutes of FAO Bodies
23.4  Amendment to Staff Regulations

6. OTHER MATTERS
24. Date and Place of Seventy-Fifth Session of the Council
25. Any Other Business

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¹Item taken up under Item 21.

²The Council decided not to discuss Item 13 at this Session.