FC 110/INF/1




Finance Committee



Hundred and Tenth Session

Rome, 19 – 23 September 2005

Provisional Timetable

Lebanon Room (Room D-209)



Monday
19 September
09.30 hrs Item 1
    Adoption of Provisional Agenda and Timetable
(docs. FC 110/1; FC 110/1 Add.1 and FC 110/INF/1)
    Item 2
    Programme and Budgetary Transfers in the 2004-05 Biennium
(doc. FC 110/2)
    Item 3
    Financial Highlights and Status of Current Assessments and Arrears (doc. FC 110/3)
    Item 4
    Report on Support Costs Expenditure and Recoveries
(doc. FC 110/4)
  14.30 hrs Item 5
    a) Audited Accounts – FAO Credit Union 2004 (doc. FC 110/5a))
b) Audited Accounts – FAO Commissary 2004 (doc. FC 110/5b))
    Item 6
    Performance of the Split Assessment Arrangement
2004-2005 (doc. C 2005/16)
    Item 16
    Funding of the After Service Medical Coverage Liability
(doc. FC 110/16)
    Item 17
    Acceptance of Local Currency in Payment of Assessed Contributions (doc. FC 110/17)
Tuesday
20 September
09.30 hrs Item 18
    Programme of Work and Budget 2006-2007
(doc. C 2005/3)
    Item 19
    European Commission for Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease – Budget for 2006-2007 (doc. FC 110/19)
    Item 20
    Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) – Budget for 2006-2007
(doc. FC 110/20)
    Item 21
    Approval of the Budgets of the Desert Locust Commissions
(doc. FC 110/21)
  14.30 hrs Item 8
    Report of the External Auditor on the Review of Official Travel in FAO (doc. FC 110/8)
    Item 9
    Report of the External Auditor on the Review of Contracts for Local Services in FAO (doc. FC 110/9)
    Item 10
    Issues for Consideration in the Appointment of an External Auditor of FAO (doc. FC 110/10)
    Item 13
    Internal Controls Reporting (doc. FC 110/13)
    Item 15
    JIU Reports
- Harmonization of the Conditions of Travel throughout the UN System (JIU/REP/2004/10) (doc. CL 129/INF/5) - Procurement Practices within the UN System (JIU/REP/2004/9) (doc. CL 129/INF/9)
 
JOINT MEETING OF THE PROGRAMME AND FINANCE COMMITTEES
(MALAYSIA ROOM, B-227)
 
Wednesday    
21 September 10.00 hrs Item 1
    Adoption of the Agenda (doc. JM 05.2/1)
    Item 2
    Programme of Work and Budget 2006-2007
(doc. C 2005/3)
    Item 3
    Review of Programme Planning and Budgeting: Practices in and Experiences of Other International Organizations
(doc. JM 05.2/3)
    Item 4
    Savings and Efficiencies in Governance: Assessment of Alternative Arrangements for the Meetings of the CCP and COAG (doc. JM 05.2/4)
    Item 4
    Any Other Business
 
HUNDRED AND TENTH SESSION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE (Cont’d)
(LEBANON ROOM, D-209)
 
Thursday
22 September
09.30 hrs Item 22
    Progress Report on Human Resources Action Plan
(doc. FC 110/22)
    Item 25
    Costs of the Medical Insurance Plans (doc. FC 110/25)
    Item 27
    Progress Report on Administrative Information Systems
(doc FC 110/27)
    Item 11
    Utilization of the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (doc. FC 110/11)
    Item 12
    Ongoing Review of the Mandate, Organization and Sustainability of FAO Emergency and Rehabilitation Assistance (no document)
  14.30 hrs Item 26
    Independent Evaluation of FAO’s Decentralization – Further Management Response (doc. PC 94/3 - FC 110/26)
    Item 28
    Translation Services in FAO (doc. FC 110/28)
    Item 29
    Working Methods of the Finance Committee (no document)
    Item 30
    Date and Place of the Hundred and eleventh Session of the Finance Committee
    Item 31
  Any Other Matters
Friday
23 September 09.30 hrs Adoption of the Report of the Joint Meeting
(MALAYSIA ROOM, B-227)
14.30 hrs Adoption of the Report of the Finance Committee
(LEBANON ROOM, D-209)

Items that will be presented to the Finance Committee for information only:

 
OVERSIGHT MATTERS
   
Item 7 Progress Report on Implementation of the External Auditor’s Recommendations
(doc. FC 110/7)
Item 14 FAO Audit Committee (Internal) – Annual Report to the Director-General for 2004 (doc. FC 110/14)
 
HUMAN RESOURCES MATTERS
   
Item 23 Recommendations and Decisions of the International Civil Service Commission and UN Joint Staff Pension Board to the General Assembly (including Changes in Salary Scales and Allowances) (docs. FC 110/23 and FC 110/23-Add.1)
Item 24 Human Resources Issues Raised by the Finance Committee (doc. FC 110/24)