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Council

Hundred and Seventeenth Session

Rome, 9-11 November 1999

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

I. INTRODUCTION - PROCEDURE OF THE SESSION

   
1. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
2. Election of three Vice-Chairpersons, and Designation of the Chairperson and Members of the Drafting Committee
 

II. ACTIVITIES OF FAO

   
3. Preparations for the Thirtieth Session of the FAO Conference, including:
  3.1 Nominations of the Chairperson of the Conference, and of the Chairpersons of the Commissions of the Conference (Recommendations to the Conference)
  3.2 Election of the Nominations Committee
  3.3 Margarita Lizarraga Medal
4. Outcome of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (Rome, July 1999)
5. Outcome of the Conference on the Multi-Functional Character of Agriculture and Land (Maastricht, September 1999)
6. Regional Representation at the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)
   

III. PROGRAMME, BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

   
7. Programme of Work and Budget 2000-2001
8. FAO Strategic Framework 2000-2015 (Version 4.0)
9. Report of the Joint Meeting of the Programme Committee and the Finance Committee (Rome, September 1999)
10. Report of the 82nd Session of the Programme Committee (Rome, September 1999)
11. Report of the 93rd Session of the Finance Committee (Rome, September 1999)
  11.1 Financial Position of the Organization
  11.2 Scale of Contributions 2000-2001
  11.3 Other Matters Arising Out of the Report
 

IV. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS

   
12. Report of the 70th Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (Rome, September 1999)
13. Amendment to the Staff Regulations
14. Other Constitutional and Legal Matters
  14.1 Invitations to Non-Member Nations to Attend FAO Sessions
  14.2 Applications for Membership in the Organization
 

V. OTHER MATTERS

   
15. Date and Place of the Hundred and Eighteenth Session of the Council
16. Any Other Matters
   

Information Documents will be tabled on the following subjects.*

A. High Level Consultation on Rural Women and Information,
Rome, 4-6 October 1999
B. Progress Report on Preparations for the International Year of Mountains.

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* Representatives wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 16 - Any Other Matters.