I. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

II. WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SITUATION

III. ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WFP

IV. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

V. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

VI. OTHER MATTERS

1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable: for decision (CL 115/1- Rev.1; CL 115/INF/1; CL 115/INF/6)

2. Election of three Vice-Chairmen, and Designation of the Chairman and Members of the Drafting Committee: for decision (CL 115/INF/9)

3. Statement by the Director-General (CL 115/INF/5)

4. State of Food and Agriculture 1998: for discussion (CL 115/2)

5. Report of the Twenty-fourth Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome, June 1998): for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/11)

5.1 Follow-up to the World Food Summit (CL 115/INF/19)

5.2 Other Matters Arising out of the Report

6. Negotiations on the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/13)

7. World Food Programme

7.1 Second Annual Report of the WFP Executive Board: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/14)

7.2 Election of Six Members to the WFP Executive Board: for decision (CL 115/15)

8. FAO Strategic Framework 2000-2015: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/8; CL 115/10; CL 115/12; CL 115/19)

9. Programme Implementation Report 1996-97: for discussion and/or decision (C 99/8;CL 115/8; CL 115/10; CL 115/19)

10. Reports of the Joint Meetings of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (May 1998 and September 1998): for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/4;CL 115/19)

10.1 Savings and Efficiencies in Governance (CL 115/5)

10.2 Arrangements for Consideration of JIU Reports

10.3 Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

11. Reports of the Seventy-ninth (Rome, May 1998) and Eightieth (Rome, September 1998) Sessions of the Programme Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/7; CL 115/8)

12. Reports of the Eighty-ninth (Rome, May 1998), and Ninetieth (Rome, September 1998) Sessions of the Finance Committee: for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/9; CL 115/10)

12.1 FAO Audited Accounts 1996-97 (C 99/5)

12.2 Status of Contributions 1998 (CL 115/LIM/1)

12.3 Format of the External Audit Opinion (CL 115/5)

12.4 Other Matters Arising out of the Reports

13. Regional Distribution of Council Seats: for discussion (CL 115/INF/18)

14. Report of the Sixty-eighth Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (September 1998): for discussion and/or decision (CL 115/5)

15. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters, including:

15.1 Date for Nominations to the Office of Director-General: for decision (CL 115/6)

15.2 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions: for decision
(CL 115/LIM/2)

15.3 Applications for Membership in the Organization: for decision (CL 115/18)

16. Date and Place of the Hundred and Sixteenth Session of the Council: for decision
(CL 115/ INF/15)

17. Procedure for Selecting Host Countries for the World Forestry Congress: for decision
(CL 115/16)

18. Proclamation of an International Year of Mountains: for discussion and/or decision
(CL 115/INF/10)

19. Appointment of an Alternate Chairman of the Appeals Committee: for decision
(CL 115/17)

20. Any Other Matters

- Tribute to the Memory of Ambassador Di Mottola of Costa Rica

A. Revised Calendar of FAO Governing Bodies and other Main Sessions 1998-99 (CL 115/INF/15)

B. Composition of High Level Panels of External Experts (CL 115/INF/21)

C. Summaries of the Main Recommendations of 1998 Regional Conferences ( CL 115/INF/20)

* Representatives wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 20. "Any Other Matters" as appropriate.