CL 127/LIM/3


Council

Hundred and Twenty-seventh Session

Rome, 22 November - 27 November 2004

CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2005-2006


1. At its Sixty-sixth Session (June 1975) the Council, after concluding that the number of Sessions and their programming was a fundamental problem, requested that "an annotated schedule for the next biennium of Sessions of the Council itself and those Bodies which report to the Council should be submitted to the Sixty-eighth Council Session for approval, after adoption by the Conference of the Programme of Work and Budget and that this schedule should be reviewed at subsequent Sessions of the Council as required".1

2. Appendix A gives for information the Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and Other Main Sessions for 2005-2006. The Council is now requested to approve the Calendar for 2005, and to note the Calendar for 2006.

3. The Council at its Hundred and Thirtieth Session in November 2005 will be given the Provisional Calendar for 2006-2007 to approve the Calendar for 2006.

Harmonizing Schedules of FAO, IFAD and WFP
Governing Body Sessions

4. The Secretariats of FAO, IFAD and WFP, in an endeavour to harmonize the sessions of the respective Governing Bodies which require the participation of Permanent Representatives in Rome, established an Inter-Agency Working Group on Meeting Programming to prepare a calendar of main sessions on a two-year rolling basis.

5. Appendix B gives for information the Revised FAO/IFAD/WFP Calendar of Governing and Other Bodies 2004-2005 prepared jointly by the Working Group in an effort to avoid overlapping. The dates for each organization are subject to the approval of the respective Governing Bodies.

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1 CL 66/REP, para. 301.

 

Appendix A

PROVISIONAL CALENDAR OF FAO GOVERNING BODIES
AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2005-2006

 

2005

2006

JANUARY

  

24 ARC

30/1-3/2

FEBRUARY

    

MARCH

26 COFI
COFI MM
COFO MM
17 COFO

7 – 11
12
14
15-19

28 NERC
80 CCLM

12 - 16
27 - 28

APRIL

78 CCLM
65 CCP
19 COAG

4 - 5
11-13
13-16

29 LARC

24 - 28

MAY

109 PC
93 FC
31 CFS

9 - 13
9- 13
23-26

95 PC
111 FC
28 APRC

8 - 12
8 - 12
15- 19

JUNE

128 CL

20 - 25

25 ERC

7 - 9

JULY

    

AUGUST

    

SEPTEMBER

110 FC
94 PC
79 CCLM

19 - 23
19 - 23
28 - 29

32 CFS
92 PC
105 FC

18 - 22
25- 29
25 -29

OCTOBER

WFD

17 (Mon)

81 CCLM
WFD

2 - 3
16 (Mon)

NOVEMBER

129 CL
33 C
130 CL

16-18
19 -26
28

131 CL

20 - 25

DECEMBER

    
       

Eid Al-Adha:

21 Jan 05

Eid Al-Adha:

11 Jan 06

Easter:

27 Mar 05

Easter:

16 Apr 06

Ramadan:

4 Oct - 2 Nov 05

Ramadan:

24 Sept – 23 Oct 06

Eid Al-Fitr:

3 Nov 05

Eid Al-Fitr:

24 Oct 06

       

APRC

Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

ERC

Regional Conference for Europe

ARC

Regional Conference for Africa

FC

Finance Committee

C

Conference

LARC

Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

CCLM

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

 MM

Ministerial Meeting

CCP

Committee on Commodity Problems

NERC

Regional Conference for the Near East

CFS

Committee on World Food Security

PC

Programme Committee

CL

Council

WFD

World Food Day

COAG

Committee on Agriculture

WFD

World Food Day

COFI

Committee on Fisheries

 

 

COFO

Committee on Forestry

    

 

Appendix B

PROVISIONAL FAO/IFAD/WFP CALENDAR OF GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER MAIN SESSIONS 2005-2006

2005

2006

JANUARY

WFP

31/1 – 04/02

24 ARC

30/1 – 3/2

FEBRUARY

IFAD/GC

14 - 18

IFAD/GC
WFP

13 – 17
20 - 24

MARCH

26 COFI
COFI MM
COFO MM
17 COFO

7 - 11
12
14
15 - 19

28 NERC
80 CCLM

12 - 16
27 - 28

APRIL

78 CCLM
65 CCP
19 COAG
IFAD/EB

4 - 5
11 – 13
13 – 16
18 - 22

IFAD/EB
29 LARC

10 - 13
24 - 28

MAY

IFAD/VII (1)
109 FC
93 PC
31 CFS

2 - 6
9 - 13
9 - 13
23 - 26

95 PC
111 FC
28 APRC

8 - 12
8 - 12
15 - 19

JUNE

WFP
128 CL

6 - 10
20 - 25

25 ERC
WFP

7 – 9
12 - 16

JULY

IFAD/VII (2)

11 - 15

  

AUGUST

    

SEPTEMBER

IFAD/VII (3)
IFAD/EB
110 FC
94 PC
79 CCLM

1 - 2
12 - 16
19 – 23
19 - 23
28 - 29

IFAD/EB
32 CFS
112 FC
96 PC

11 – 15
18 - 22
25 - 29
25 - 29

OCTOBER

WFD

17 (Mon)

81 CCLM
WFD

2 - 3
16 (Mon)

NOVEMBER

WFP
129CL
33 C
130 CL

7 – 11
16 – 18
19 – 26
28

WFP
131 CL

6 - 10
20 - 25

DECEMBER

IFAD/EB
IFAD/VII (4)

12 - 15
16

IFAD/EB

11 - 15

       

Eid Al-Adha:

21 Jan 05

Eid Al-Adha:

11 Jan 06

Easter:

27 Mar 05

Easter:

16 Apr 06

Ramadan:

4 Oct - 2 Nov 05

Ramadan:

24 Sept - 23 Oct 06

Eid Al-Fitr:

3 Nov 05

Eid Al-Fitr:

24 Oct 06

       

APRC

Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

COFO

Committee on Forestry

ARC

Regional Conference for Africa

ERC

Regional Conference for Europe

C

Conference

FC

Finance Committee

CCLM

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

IFAD/EB

IFAD Executive Board

CFS

Committee on World Food Security

IFAD/GC

IFAD Governing Council

CCP

Committee on Commodity Problems

LARC

Regional Conference for Latin America

COAG

Committee on Agriculture

  

and the Caribbean

CL

Council

WFD

World Food Day

NERC

Regional Conference for the Near East

WFP

World Food Programme Executive Board

PC

Programme Committee

    

COFI

Committee on Fisheries