APPENDIX J

DRAFT COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE
NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (NACA)
AND
THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

The Contracting Parties,

Considering that NACA was formerly a joint FAO/UNDP project;

Considering that the NACA project was established as an independent economic organization by an agreement concluded on 8 January 1988, which entered into force on 11 January 1990;

Considering that Article 15.1 of the NACA Agreement provides that there should be a close working relationship between the Organization and FAO and that, to this end, the Organization should conclude an agreement pursuant to Article XIII of the FAO Constitution;

Recognizing the interest which FAO has in the development of aquaculture, fisheries and fishery resources and the vital role which aquaculture plays in the promotion and better use of fishery resources;

Have agreed as follows:

I.            A close working relationship shall be established and maintained between NACA and FAO.

II.           FAO shall participate in meetings of the Governing Council of NACA as an observer.

III.          FAO shall participate in meetings of the Technical Advisory Committee of NACA as a member.

IV.         The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAPA) will serve as a focal point for liaison between NACA and FAO.

V.           The Contracting Parties may decide by mutual agreement to extend the scope of their cooperation as appropriate.

PROGRAMME COMMUTEE
(November 1991 - November 1993)

¹ Replaced by Robert F. Andrigo as from the Sixty-fifth Session of the Programme Committee, September 1992

²Replaced by Chadli Laroussi as from the Sixty-sixth Session of the Programme Committee, February 1993

FINANCE COMMITTEE
(November 1991 - November 1993)

¹ Replaced by William H. Marsh as from the Seventy-fourth Session of the Finance Committee, September 1992

² Replaced by Marinela R. Castillo as from the Seventy-fifth Session of the Finance Committee, February 1993

³ Replaced by Igor Nikolaus Marincek as from the Seventy-sixth Session of the Finance Committee, May 1993

COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
(November 1991 - November 1993)

WFP COMMITTEE ON FOOD AID POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES (1993)

¹ This seat rotates between B-ll (1992-94) and B-l (1995-97)

FAO MEMBERS (161)
(as at 25 June 1993)