Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations


APRC/06/REP

 

REPORT

Twenty-EIGHth FAO
Regional Conference
for Asia and the Pacific

 

Jakarta, Indonesia
15-19 May 2006

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FAO Member Nations in the Asia Region

Afghanistan Japan Philippines
Bangladesh Kazakhstan Republic of Korea
Bhutan Lao, People’s Democratic Sri Lanka
Cambodia

Republic

Tajikistan
China Malaysia Turkmenistan
Democratic People’s Republic Maldives Thailand

of Korea

Mongolia Timor-Leste
India Myanmar Uzbekistan
Indonesia Nepal Viet Nam
Iran, Islamic Republic of Pakistan  

FAO Member Nations in the Southwest Pacific Region

Australia Nauru Tuvalu
Cook Islands New Zealand United States of America
Fiji Niue Vanuatu
France Palau  
Kiribati Papua New Guinea  
Marshall Islands Samoa  
Micronesia (Federated States of) Solomon Island  
  Tonga  

Date and place of FAO Regional Conferences for Asia and the Pacific

First - Bangalore, India, 27 July – 5 August 1953
Second - Kandy, Ceylon, 20-25 June 1955
Third - Bandung, Indonesia, 8-18 October 1956
Fourth - Tokyo, Japan, 6-16 October 1958
Fifth - Saigon, Republic of Viet Nam, 21-30 November 1960
Sixth - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-29 September 1962
Seventh - Manila, Philippines, 7-21 November 1964
Eighth - Seoul, Republic of Korea, 15-24 September 1966
Ninth - Bangkok, Thailand, 4-15 November 1968
Tenth - Canberra, Australia, 27 August – 8 September 1970
Eleventh - New Delhi, India, 17-27 October 1972
Twelfth - Tokyo, Japan, 17-27 September 1974
Thirteenth - Manila, Philippines, 5-13 August 1976
Fourteenth - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 July – 3 August 1978
Fifteenth - New Delhi, India, 5-13 March 1980
Sixteenth - Jakarta, Indonesia, 1-11 June 1982
Seventeenth - Islamabad, Pakistan, 24 April – 3 May 1984
Eighteenth - Rome, Italy, 8-17 July 1986
Nineteenth - Bangkok, Thailand, 11-15 July 1988
Twentieth - Beijing, China, 23-27 April 1990
Twenty-first - New Delhi, India, 10-14 February 1992
Twenty-second - Manila, Philippines, 3-7 October 1994
Twenty-third - Apia, Western Samoa, 14-18 May 1996
Twenty-fourth - Yangon, Myanmar, 20-24 April 1998
Twenty-fifth - Yokohama, Japan, 28 August-1 September 2000
Twenty-sixth - Kathmandu, Nepal, 13-15 May 2002
Twenty-seventh - Beijing, China, 17-21 May 2004
Twenty-eighth - Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-19 May 2006

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Organization of the Meeting

1-2

Inaugural Ceremonies

3-11

Election of Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur

12-13

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

14

Statement of the Director-General

15-18

Statement of the Independent Chairperson of FAO Council

19

II. MINISTERIAL-LEVEL SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE

20

Matters Arising from the 33 rd Session of the FAO Conference

21-32

General Debate on Food and Agriculture Situation in the Region

33-47

Roundtable on Effects of Trade on Food Security and Poverty Alleviation and Making Trade Work for the Poor and Hungry

48

III. ADJUSTMENT AND RESTRUCTURING IN MAJOR ASIAN ECONOMIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY IN THE REST OF THE REGION

49-63

IV. REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND PROMOTING A LIVELIHOOD APPROACH FOR REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION

64-74

V. REGIONAL STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

75-79

VI. PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE ROTTERDAM, STOCKHOLM AND BASEL CONVENTIONS

80-83

VII.RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FAO’S PROGRAMME ON TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES (TADS)

84-88

BIOENERGY: A DEVELOPMENT OPTION FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

89-93

IX. POST-SESSION TECHNICAL PRESENTATION ON AVIAN INFLUENZA

94-96

X. OTHER BUSINESS

97-101

XI. CONCLUDING ITEMS

 

Proposed Items to be Considered for the Twenty-ninth Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

102-103

Date and Place of the Twenty-ninth Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific

104

Adoption of the Report

105

Closure of the Conference

106-107

APPENDIX A - AGENDA

 

APPENDIX B - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS

 

APPENDIX C - LIST OF DOCUMENTS

 

APPENDIX D - INAUGURAL STATEMENT

 

APPENDIX E - STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

 

APPENDIX F - NOTE ON THE ROUNDTABLE ON EFFECTS OF TRADE ON FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND MAKING TRADE WORK FOR THE POOR AND HUNGRY

 

APPENDIX G - JAKARTA JOINT MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC