CL 123/INF/6


Council

Hundred and Twenty-third Session

Rome, 28 October - 2 November 2002

STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE AND VOTING RIGHTS SUBMITTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC) AND ITS MEMBER STATES

I. INTRODUCTION – PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1.

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
MS competence - MS vote

2.

Election of three Vice-Chairpersons, and Designation of the Chairperson and Members of the Drafting Committee
MS competence - MS vote

 

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

3.

State of Food and Agriculture 2002
Mixed competence - EC vote

4.

Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Committee on World Food Security
Mixed competence - MS vote

5.

World Food Summit: five years later (Rome, 10 – 13 June 2002)

5.1

Establishment of the Intergovernmental Working Group requested in para 10 of the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later: Mixed competence - MS vote*

 

III. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

6.

World Food Programme

6.1

Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board on its Activities in 2001
Mixed competence - MS vote

6.2

Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board
MS competence - MS vote

7.

Revision of the Text of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
Mixed competence - MS vote

8.

Convening of Global and Regional Meetings of Food Safety Regulators
Mixed competence - MS vote

 

IV. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

9.

Programme Implementation Report 2000-2001
Mixed competence - MS vote)

10.

Medium Term Plan 2004-2009
Mixed competence - MS vote

11.

Reports of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May 2002 and September 2002)
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11.1

Savings and Efficiencies in Governance
Mixed competence - MS vote

11.2

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports
Mixed competence - MS vote

12.

Reports of the Eighty-seventh (Rome, May 2002) and Eighty-eighth (Rome, September 2002) Sessions of the Programme Committee
Mixed competence - MS vote

13.

Reports of the Ninety-eighth (Rome, January 2002), Ninety-ninth (Rome,
May 2002), Hundredth (Rome, September 2002) and Hundred and First (Rome, October 2002) Sessions of the Finance Committee

13.1

Status of Contributions 2002
MS competence - MS vote

13.2

Budgetary Performance 2000-2001
MS competence - MS vote

13.3

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports
MS competence - MS vote

14.

Comparative Study of Staff Recruitment and Geographic Distribution Practices in the United Nations System
MS competence - MS vote

 

V. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

15.

Reports of the Seventy-third (June 2002) and Seventy-fourth (October 2002) Sessions of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
Mixed competence - MS vote

16.
Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:

16.1

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions
MS competence - MS vote

16.2

Applications for Membership in the Organization
MS competence - MS vote

16.3

The Number and Length of Terms of Office of the Director-General, Article VII.1 of the Constitution of FAO
Mixed competence - MS vote

 

VI. OTHER MATTERS

17.

Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 2003-2004
Mixed competence - MS vote

18.

Any Other Matters
Mixed competence - MS vote*

   

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* subject to further information