I. INTRODUCTION – PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1.

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable: for decision (CL 123/1; CL 123/INF/1;
CL 123/INF/6)

2.

Election of three Vice-Chairpersons, and Designation of the Chairperson and Members of the Drafting Committee: for decision (CL 123/INF/9;
CL 123/INF/9-Sup.1)

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

3.

State of Food and Agriculture 2002: for discussion (CL 123/2)

4.

Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, June 2002): for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/10)

5.

World Food Summit: five years later (Rome, 10 – 13 June 2002): for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/21)

5.1

Establishment of the Intergovernmental Working Group requested in para 10 of the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/22)

III. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

6.

World Food Programme

6.1

Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board on its Activities in 2001: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/3)

6.2

Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board: for decision
(CL 123/4)

7.

Revision of the Text of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/19)

8.

Convening of Global and Regional Meetings of Food Safety Regulators: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/20)

IV. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

9.

Programme Implementation Report 2000-2001: for discussion and/or decision
(C 2003/8))

10.

Medium Term Plan 2004-2009: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/7)

11.

Reports of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May 2002 and September 2002): for discussion and/or decision
(CL 123/8; CL 123/9)CL 1

11.1

Savings and Efficiencies in Governance

11.2

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

12.

Reports of the Eighty-seventh (Rome, May 2002) and Eighty-eighth (Rome, September 2002) Sessions of the Programme Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/11; CL 123/12)

13.

Reports of the Ninety-eighth (Rome, January 2002), Ninety-ninth (Rome,
May 2002) and Hundredth (Rome, September 2002) Sessions of the Finance Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/13; CL 123/14; CL 123/15)

13.1

Status of Contributions 2002 (CL 123/LIM/1)

13.2

13.3

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

Comparative Study of Staff Recruitment and Geographic Distribution Practices in the United Nations System: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/18)

V. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Reports of the Seventy-third (June 2002) and Seventy-fourth (October 2002) Sessions of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters: for discussion and/or decision (CL 123/5; CL 123/16)

16.1

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions: for decision (CL 123/LIM/2)

16.2

Applications for Membership in the Organization: for decision
(CL 123/17)

VI. OTHER MATTERS

17.

Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 2003-2004: for decision (CL 123/6)

18.

Any Other Matters

Information documents will be tabled on the following subjects*
 

A.

Summaries of the Main Recommendations of Regional Conferences held in 2002
(CL 123/INF/13)

B.

Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees (CL 123/INF/5)

C.

Implementation of Decisions taken at the 121^st and 122^nd Sessions of the Council (CL 123/INF/7) (CL 123/INF/...)

D.

Progress Report on the International Year of Mountains, 2002 (CL 123/INF/15)

E.

Progress Report of the XII World Forestry Congress, Canada, 2003
(CL 123/INF/14)

F.

World Summit on Sustainable Development (CL 123/INF/19)

*

Representatives wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 18. “Any Other Matters” as appropriate.