C 2001/1


Conference

Thirty-first Session

Rome, 2-13 November 2001

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

INTRODUCTION
1. Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee (Member Nations)
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session
4. Admission of Observers
   
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: five years later
5. Review of Progress in Implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action
   
PART I - SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS
6. Review of the State of Food and Agriculture
7. FAO Plan of Action on Gender and Development 2002-2007
8. International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
9. Progress in the Revision of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
10. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
   
PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS
11. Programme Implementation Report 1998-99
12. Programme Evaluation Report 2001
13. Programme of Work and Budget 2002-2003 (Draft Resolution)
   
PART III - LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
14. Constitutional and Legal Matters
15. FAO Audited Accounts 1998-99 (Draft Resolution)
16. Scale of Contributions 2002-2003 (Draft Resolution)
17. Payment by the European Community to Cover Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization
18. Other Administrative and Financial Matters
   
PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
19. Applications for Membership in the Organization
20. Election of Council Members and Independent Chairman of the Council
21. Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee
   
PART V - OTHER MATTERS
22. Date and Place of the Thirty-second Conference Session
23. Any Other Matters
  23.1 McDougall Memorial Lecture
  23.2 Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards
  23.3 Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award
  23.4 Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award
  23.5 Margarita Lizárraga Medal
  23.6 In Memoriam
     
  Information Documents will be tabled on the following subjects*
A. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments thereto.
B. Status of Contributions
C. Medium Term Plan 2002-2007
D. International Year of Mountains 2002
   
   
* Delegates wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity
   to do so under Item 23: Any Other Matters.