APPENDIX A

AGENDA FOR THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee
2. ACTIVITIES OF FAO
3. Preparations for the Twenty–fifth 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 (Recommendations to the Conference)
   3.2 Election of the Nominations Committee
4. Report of the Fifty–seventh Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (Rome, 12–16 June 1989)
3. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
5. Programme of Work and Budget 1990-91 and Medium-Term Objectives
6. Reports of the Fifty-eighth Session of the Programme Committee; the Sixty-sixth Session of the Finance Committee, and their Joint Session (Rome, 13–29 September 1989) including:
   6.1 Financial Position of the Organization
   6.2 Appointment of the External Auditor
   6.3 Other Financial Matters
   6.4 Personnel Matters
   6.5 Matters Relating to UNDP
   6.6 Other Matters Arising Out of the Reports
7. Conclusions of the Review of Certain Aspects of FAO's Goals and Operations
8. Second Report on Unscheduled and Cancelled Sessions in the 1988–89 Biennium
4. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
9. Report of the Fifty-third Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, 16-18 October 1989) including:
   9.1 Immunity of the Organization from Legal Process in Italy
   9.2 Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and Convention on Assistance in the case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency: Accession by FAO
10. European Commission for the Control of Foot–and–Mouth Disease: Amendment to the Constitution
11. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:
    11.1 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions
    11.2 Invitations to International Non-Governmental Organizations which do not have Status with FAO
    11.3 Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme Committee
5. OTHER MATTERS
12. Any Other Business
    - International Conference on Nutrition
13. Date and Place of the Ninety-seventh Session of the Council