C 2003/13

Conference

Thirty-second Session

Rome, 29 November – 10 December 2003

ADMISSION TO THE SESSION OF REPRESENTATIVES AND OBSERVERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS


1. In accordance with Rule XVII-1 of the General Rules of the Organization (GRO), the Director-General has invited the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies listed in Appendix A to send their representatives to the Thirty-first Session of the Conference.

2. In accordance with Rule XVII-2 GRO, the Director-General has invited the Intergovernmental Organizations with which FAO has concluded an agreement providing for representation to send observers (Appendix B).

3. In accordance with Rule XVII-3 GRO, and with paragraph 19(a) of the "FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations" (Basic Texts Vol II, Section P), the Director-General has invited the International Non-Governmental Organizations in consultative status with FAO to send observers (Appendix C).

4. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of Intergovernmental Organizations with which FAO has concluded an agreement not providing for representation to send observers (Appendix D).

5. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, and with paragraph 21(a) of the "FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations" (Basic Texts Vol II, Section P), the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of International Non-Governmental Organizations in specialized consultative status with FAO to send observers (Appendix E).

6. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, and with the discretional powers recognized in paragraph 25 of the "FAO Policy concerning Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations" (Basic Texts Vol II, Section P), the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of International Non-Governmental Organizations in liaison status with FAO to send observers (Appendix F).

7. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO, the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of Intergovernmental Organizations with which FAO has not concluded an agreement to send observers (Appendix G).

8. In accordance with Rule XVII-4 GRO the Director-General has provisionally invited, subject to the approval of the Conference, a number of International Non-Governmental Organizations without formal relations with FAO to send observers (Appendix H).

 

APPENDIX A - UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE

UNITED NATIONS

United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations University (UNU)
World Food Programme (WFP)


SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
World Trade Organization (WTO/OMC)
World Tourism Organization (WTO)

  

APPENDIX B - INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH FAO HAS AN AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR REPRESENTATION INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


African Development Bank Group (ADB)
African Union (AU)
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)
Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Arab Region (INFOSAMAK)
Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOPESCA)
Council of Europe (COE)
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Cooperation Services for Fishery Products in Africa (INFOPECHE)
Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Asia and Pacific Region (INFOFISH)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
International Office of Epizootics (IOE)
Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO)
League of Arab States (LAS)
Organization for the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East (CARDNE)

 

APPENDIX C - INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH FAO INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW)
Caritas Internationalis (CI)
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches (WCC)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
International Council of Women (ICW)
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCRCS)
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco & Allied Workers Associations (IUF)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Family Organization (WFO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)
World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (WUCWO)
World Veterans Federation (WVF)

 

APPENDIX D - INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH FAO HAS CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT NOT PROVIDING FOR REPRESENTATION PROVISIONALLY INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


African Oil Palm Development Association (AFOPDA)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
Cocoa Producers’ Alliance (CPA)
Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Communauté économique et monétaire d'Afrique centrale (CEMAC)
Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP)
Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN)
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)
International Coffee Organization (ICO)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
International Grains Council (IGC)
International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)
International Jute Study Group (IJSG)
International Olive Oil Council (IOOC)
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)
International Pepper Community (IPC)
International Sericultural Commission (ISC)
International Sugar Organization (ISO)
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF)
Organización Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Pesquero (OLDEPESCA)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC)
Secretaría de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA)
South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP)
South East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
WARDA-the Africa Rice Center (WARDA)

 

APPENDIX E - INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SPECIALIZED CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH FAO PROVISIONALLY INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration (ETC Group)

Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa (AAASA)

Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (CIPAC)

Consumers International (CI)

CropLife International (CLI)

European Association for Animal Production (EAAP)

Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA)

International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

International Association of Horticultural Producers (IAHP)

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)

International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR)

International Dairy Federation (IDF)

International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE)

International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ)

International Fishmeal and Fishoil Organization (IFFO)

International Foundation for Science (IFS)

International Seed Federation (ISF)

International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFOST)

International Union of Soil Science (IUSS)

International Water Association (IWA)

International Movements of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth (MIJARC)

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

World Association for Animal Production (WAAP)

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

World Federation of Agriculture and Food Workers (WFAFW)

World Veterinary Association (WVA)

World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA)

  

APPENDIX F - INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN LIAISON STATUS WITH FAO PROVISIONALLY INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


African Regional Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA)

Association of Interbalkan Women's Cooperation Societies (AIWCS)

American Fisheries Society (AFS)

Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)

Association of Faculties of Agriculture in Africa (AFAA)

Caribbean Agricultural Association (CACRA)

Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS)

Committee of Agricultural Organizations in the EEC (COPA)

European Aquaculture Society (EAS)

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA)

European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)

Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)

Food for the Hungry International (FHI)

Global Aquaculture Alliance Inc. (GAA)

Greenpeace International (GREENPEACE)

Heifer Project International (HPI)

Institut International Jacques Maritain (IIJM)

International Alliance of Women (IAW)

International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC)

International Catholic Rural Association (ICRA)

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS)

International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH)

International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW)

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International Meat Secretariat (IMS)

International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP)

International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)

International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO)

Latin American Association of Developing Financing Institutions (ALIDE)

Pesticide Action Network-Regional Centres (PAN-RC)

 

APPENDIX G - INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH FAO HAS NOT CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT PROVISIONALLY INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


Central European Initiative (CEI)
Community of Sahel-Saharian States (CEN-SAD)
Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique centrale (CEEAC)
Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR)
Nordic Gene Bank (NGB)
Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA)
Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (UEMOA)

 

APPENDIX H - INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT FORMAL RELATIONS WITH FAO PROVISIONALLY INVITED TO THE CONFERENCE


CARE International
European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development (CONCORD)
Consortio Latinoamericano sobre Agroecologia y Desarollo (CLADES)
Coordination Paysanne Européenne (CPE)
Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN)
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP)
International Fish Meal and Fish Oil Organization (IFFO)
International Human Rights Organisation for the Right to Feed Oneself (FIAN)
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture (IPSA)
International NGO/CSO Planning Committee (IPC)
Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs agricoles de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ROPPA)
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future