APPENDIX A

AGENDA FOR THE EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

1. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION
   1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
   2. Election of Three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of Chairman and Members of Drafting Committee
2. ACTIVITIES OF FAO
   3. Preparations for the Twenty-second Session of the FAO Conference, including:
      3.1 Nomination of the Chairman of the Conference, and of the Chairmen of the Commissions of the Conference (Recommendation to the Conference)
      3.2 Election of the Nominations Committee
      3.3 Nomination of the Chairman of the Informal Meeting of Observers of Non-Governmental Organizations
   4. Report of the Fifty-fourth Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (Rome, 3-7 October 1983)
   5. Report of the Fifteenth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (Rome, 10-19 October 1983)
   6. Inter-Agency Relations and Consultations on Questions of Common Interest, including:
      6.1 Recent Developments in the United Nations System of Interest to FAO
      6.2 UN International Development Strategy for the Third Development Decade
      6.3 Joint Inspection Unit Reports:
      1. Work Programme of the Joint Inspection Unit for 1983
      2. Contribution of the UN System to the Conservation and Management of Latin American Cultural and Natural Heritage (JIU/REP/82/5)
      3. Progress Report on the Implementation of Recommendations on Regional Programmes in the Conservation and Management of African Wildlife (JIU/REP/83/3)
   7. Progress Report on the Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign
   8. Proposals for the Establishment of an International Genebank and the Preparation of a Draft International Convention for Plant Genetic Resources
3. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
   9. Programme of Work and Budget 1984-85 and Medium-Term Objectives
   10. Review of the Regular Programme 1982/83
   11. Review of Field Programmes 1982-83
   12. Reports of the Forty-fifth Session of the Programme Committee; the Fifty-second Session of the Finance Committee, and their Joint Session (Rome, 19-30 Septembe 1983), including:
       12.1 Financial Position of the Organization
       12.2 Headquarters Accommodation
       12.3 Actuarial Review of Compensation Plan Reserve Fund
       12.4 Allowances for Chairman of the Appeals Committee
   13. Second Report on Unscheduled Sessions in the 1982-83 Biennium
4. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
   14. Report of the Forty-third Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 3-7 October 1983)
   15. FAO’s Immunity from Legal Process
   16. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:
       16.1 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions
       16.2 Invitations to International Non-Governmental Organizations which do not have Status with FAO
       16.3 Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees
5. OTHER MATTERS
   17. Any Other Business
       17.1 Amendment to Staff Regulations (Dependency Allowance)
   18. Date and Place of the Eighty-fifth Session of the Council