Technical Committee Meeting
30-31 January 2006
I.INTRODUCTORY ITEMS
1. Opening Ceremony
2. Election of Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of the Rapporteur
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
II. DISCUSSION ITEMS
4. Enhancing the Competitiveness of Agriculture and Natural Resources Management under Globalization and Liberalization to Promote Economic Growth
5. African Seeds and Biotechnology Programme
6. Policy and Regulation of Biotechnology in Food Production
7. Fire in the Agriculture-Forestry Interface
8. Agrarian Reform, Land Policies and the Millennium Development Goals: FAO’s Interventions and Lessons Learned during the Past Decade
9. New Approaches to Information Access under WAICENT
III. OTHER MATTERS
IV. CONCLUDING ITEMS
10. Adoption of the Report of the Technical Committee
11. Closure of the Technical Committee Meeting
Plenary Session
2-3 February 2006
I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS
1. Opening Ceremony
2. Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons and Appointment of the Rapporteur
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
II. STATEMENTS
4. Statement by the Independent Chairman of the FAO Council
5. Statement by the Director General of FAO
6. Opening Address by the President of the Republic of Mali
7. Statement by the Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
8. Statement by the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
9. Statement by the Representative of the Holy See
10. Statement by the Italian Cooperation
III. DISCUSSION ITEMS
12. Matters arising from the Thirty-third Session of the FAO Conference (Rome, 19-26 November 2005)
13. Report on FAO Activities in the region. 2004-2005 with a focus on the Achievement of the World Food Summit (WFS) targets and the Millennium Devlopment Goals
14. Report of the Technical Committee including outcomes of the Discussion Items:
§ Enhancing the Competitiveness of Agriculture and Natural Resources under Globalization and Liberalization to promote Economic Growth
§ African Seeds and Biotechnology Progamme
15. Report of Conclusions of the Fifth FAO-FO/NGO/CSO Regional Consultation
III. OTHER MATTERS
IV. CONCLUDING ITEMS
16. Items to be considered for the 25th Regional Conference for Africa
17. Date and Place of the 25th Regional Conference for Africa
18. Adoption of the Report of the Conference (including the Technical Committee Report)
19. Closure of the Conference
