Council

I. INTRODUCTION – PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

1.

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable: for decision (CL 127/1-Rev.1;
CL 127/INF/1; CL 127/INF/6; CL 127/LIM/4; CL 127/LIM/6)

2.

Election of three Vice-Chairpersons, and Designation of the Chairperson and Members of the Drafting Committee: for decision

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

3.

State of Food and Agriculture 2004: for discussion (CL 127/2)

4.

Report of the Thirtieth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, September 2004): for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/10)

Intergovernmental Working Group for the Elaboration of a Set of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
(CL 127/10-Sup.1)

5.

Report of the Eighteenth Session of the Committee on Agriculture
(Rome, 9-10 February 2004): for discussion and/or decision (CL127/9)

III. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

World Food Programme

Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board on its Activities in 2003: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/3)

6.2

Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board: for decision
(CL 127/4; CL 127/4-Sup.1)

7.

Outcome of the Second FAO/WHO Forum of Food Safety Regulators
(Bangkok, 12-14 October 2004) and of Regional Meetings on Food Safety: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/18)

8.

Progress Report from the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: for discussion and/or information (CL127/20)

IV. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

9.

Programme Implementation Report 2002-2003: for discussion and/or decision
(C 2005/8; C 2005/8-Corr.1)

10.

Medium Term Plan 2006-2011: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/7)

11.

Report of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May 2004 and September 2004): for discussion and/or decision
(CL 127/8; CL 127/16)

Savings and Efficiencies in Governance

11.2

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

12.

Reports of the Ninety-first (Rome, May 2004) and Ninety-second (Rome, September 2004) Sessions of the Programme Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/11; CL 127/12)

13.

Reports of the Hundred and Sixth (Rome, February 2004), Hundred and Seventh (Rome, May 2004) and Hundred and Eighth (Rome, September 2004) Sessions of the Finance Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/13;CL 127/14; CL 127/15)

13.1

Status of Contributions 2004 (CL 127/LIM/1)

Budgetary Performance 2002-2003

13.3

Results of the Application of the New Methodology for Equitable Geographic Distribution (CL 127/6)

13.4

Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

V. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

Reports of the Seventy-sixth (March 2004) and Seventy-seventh (October 2004) Sessions of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/5; CL 127/21; CL 127/21-Corr.1)

15.1

Invitations to Non-Member Nations to attend FAO Sessions: for decision (CL 127/LIM/2)

15.2

Date for Nominations to the Office of Director-General: for decision (CL 127/19)

15.3

Applications for Membership in the Organization: for decision
(CL 127/17)

VI. OTHER MATTERS

16.

Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 2005-2006: for decision (CL 127/LIM/3)

17.

Any Other Matters

17.1

Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 127/LIM/5)

17.2

Advance Funding for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities: for dicussion  (CL 127/22)

17.3

Independent External Evaluation of FAO for discussion and/or decision
(CL 127/LIM/4; CL 127/LIM/6)

Information documents will be tabled on the following subjects*

A.

Summaries of the Main Recommendations of Regional Conferences held in 2004
(CL 127/INF/13)

B.

Changes in Representation of Member Nations on the Programme and Finance Committees (CL 127/INF/5)

C.

Implementation of Decisions taken at the 125^th and 126^th Sessions of the Council (CL 127/INF/7)

D.

Progress Report on the Implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (CL127/INF/8)

E.

Entry into force of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (CL127/INF/4)

F.

International Year of Rice 2004 (CL127/INF/9)

G.

Preparations for the FAO Ministerial Meeting on Forests (14 March 2005)
(CL 127/INF/14)

H.

Preparations for the FAO Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries (12 March 2005)
(CL 127/INF/15)

I.

The Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS)
Response to the Independent External Evaluation Conducted in 2001-2002
(CL 127/INF/10)

*

Representatives wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 17. “Any Other Matters’’