Contents -
A. Agenda for the twenty-fourth session of
the conference
B. List of delegates and observers
C.
List of documents
D. Statement by the director-general
E. Statement of the computation of
contributions for 1988 and 1989
F. Scale of contributions 1988-89
G. Assessed contributions of member nations
A. Agenda for the twenty-fourth session of the conference
Introduction - Procedure of the session
Part I - Major trends and policies in food and agriculture
Part II - Activities and programmes of the organization
Part III - Constitutional and administrative matters
Part IV - Appointments and elections
Part V - Other matters
Introduction - Procedure of the session
1. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee
3. Adoption of Agenda
4. Arrangements for the Session and Allocation of Agenda Items
5. Admission of Observers
Part I - Major trends and policies in food and agriculture
6. World Food and Agriculture Situation
6.1 State of Food and Agriculture
6.2 Progress of the Campaign against Locusts and Grasshoppers
6.3 World Food Day7. Feasibility Study on Expanding the Provision of Agricultural Inputs as Aid-in-Kind
8. Progress Report on International Agricultural Adjustment
9. Second Progress Report on WCARRD Programme of Action, Including the Role of Women in Agricultural Development
10. Agriculture: Toward 2000 (an updated and revised version of the FAO study of prospects for world agriculture up to the end of the century submitted to the Conference in 1979)
11. Progress Report on the Implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
Part II - Activities and programmes of the organization
12. Consideration of Review of Certain Aspects of FAO's Goals and Operations, including the Need for Reform in the Programme Budget Process
13. Programme of Work and Budget 1988-89 and Medium-Term Objectives
14. Review of the Regular Programme, including Evaluation of Special Action Programmes
15. Impact of Financial Problems on Regular Programme Activities in 1986-87
16. Review of Field Programmes
17. Implementation of the Strategy and Programmes of Action approved by the 1984 FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development
18. Follow-up to Tropical Forestry Action Plan and International Conference on Trees and Forests SILVA 1986
19. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
20. Relations and Consultations with International Organizations
20.1 Preparation and Follow-up of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Africa
20.2 Other Recent Developments in the UN System of Interest to FAO
20.3 Relations with Intergovernmental and International Non-governmental Organizations
Part III - Constitutional and administrative matters
A. Constitutional and Legal Matters
21. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments thereto
22. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters
22.1 Procedure for the Election of the Chairmen and Members of the Programme Committee and Finance Committee
22.2 Immunity of the Organization from Legal Process
B. Administrative and Financial Matters
23. Audited Accounts
24. Scale of Contributions 1988-89
25. Other Administrative and Financial Matters
25.1 Status of Contributions
25.2 Replenishment and Level of the Working Capital Fund
25.3 Replenishment of the Special Reserve Account
25.4 Other Measures to deal with Budgetary Uncertainties
25.5 Headquarters Accommodation
25.6 Personnel Matters
Part IV - Appointments and elections
26. Election of Council Members
27. Appointments
27.1 Appointment of the Director-General
27.2 Appointment of the Independent Chairman of the Council
27.3 Appointment of Member Governments' Representatives to the Staff Pension Committee
28. Date and Place of the Twenty-fifth Conference Session
29. Any other Matters
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