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C 2005/REP 0071-6944 ISSN REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE OF FAO Thirty-third Session Rome, 19-26 November 2005 C 2005/REP REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE OF FAO Thirty-third Session Rome, 19-26 November 2005 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2005 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product 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 or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. ISBN 92-5-105439-8 All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. 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Applications for such permission should be addressed to the Chief, Publishing Management Service, Information Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy or by e-mail to [email protected] © FAO 2005 COUNCIL (until 31 December 2006) Independent Chairperson of the Council: Mohammed Saeid Noori-Naeini Algeria 2 Eritrea 2 Panama 1 Angola 1 France 3 Peru 1 Armenia 1 Germany 1 Philippines 1 Australia 3 India 3 Republic of Korea 1 Bangladesh1 Indonesia 3 Romania 1 Bolivia 2 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 Saudi Arabia 3 Brazil 2 Italy 3 Slovenia 2 Cameroon 2 4 Japan 1 Sweden 3 Canada 2 Lebanon 3 Thailand 1 Cape Verde 2 Madagascar 3 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Chile 1 Mali 2 Uganda 1 China1 Malta 2 United Arab Emirates 2 Congo 1 Mexico 2 United Kingdom 3 Côte d'Ivoire 3 Netherlands 2 United States of America 2 Cuba 2 Nigeria 3 Zambia 3 Egypt 3 Oman 2 El Salvador 3 Pakistan 3 1 Term of office until 31 December 2006. 2 Term of office until the conclusion of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Conference, November 2007. 3 Term of office until 31 December 2008. 4 Replaced the Democratic Republic of the Congo until November 2007. COUNCIL (as from 1 January 2007) Independent Chairperson of the Council: Mohammed Saeid Noori-Naeini Algeria 1 Gabon 3 Pakistan 2 Australia 2 Germany 3 Panama Bangladesh 3 India 2 Republic of Korea 3 Bolivia 1 Indonesia 3 Saudi Arabia 2 Brazil 1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 Slovenia 1 Cameroon 1 4 Italy 2 South Africa 3 Canada 1 Japan Sweden 2 Cape Verde 1 Lebanon 2 Thailand 3 Chile 3 Madagascar 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1 China 3 Malaysia 3 Ukraine 3 Côte d'Ivoire 2 Mali 1 United Arab Emirates 1 Cuba 1 Malta 1 United Kingdom 2 Egypt 2 Mexico 1 United States of America 1 El Salvador 2 Moldova 3 Uruguay 3 Eritrea 1 Netherlands 1 Zambia 2 Ethiopia 3 Nigeria 2 France 2 Oman 1 1 Term of office until the conclusion of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Conference, November 2007. 2 Term of office until 31 December 2008. 3 Term of office until the conclusion of the Thirty-fifth Session of the Conference, November 2009. 4 Replaced the Democratic Republic of the Congo until November 2007. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (November 2005 – November 2007) Chairperson Members United Kingdom (M. Wyatt) Afghanistan (A.R. Ayazi) Jamaica (F.B. Zenny) Australia (Ms J. Barfield) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (A.A. Zaied) Canada (J. Melanson) Nigeria (G. Lombin) Dominican Republic (M. A. Caamaño) Philippines (R.S. Recide) India (G. Nair) South Africa (Ms V.B. Titi) FINANCE COMMITTEE (November 2005 – November 2007) Chairperson Members Pakistan (A.A. Khawaja) Côte d’Ivoire (A. Bakayoko) Paraguay (Ms A.M. Baiardi Quesnel) Denmark (S. Skafte) Peru (R. Seminario) Germany (E.W. Hein) Qatar (A.I. Al Abdulla) Italy (A. Zodda) United States of America (J.M. Cleverley) Japan (S. Yokoi) Zimbabwe (Ms V. Takaendesa Mutiro) COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS (November 2005 – November 2007) Belgium Philippines Czech Republic Syrian Arab Republic Gabon United States of America Guatemala WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD 2006 Term of office expiring Elected by FAO Council Elected by ECOSOC 31 December 2006 Angola (A) France (D) 2 Bangladesh (B) India (B) Guatemala (C) 1 Denmark (D) Netherlands (D) Pakistan (B) Syrian Arab Republic (B) Russian Federation (E) United States of America (D) Senegal (A) 31 December 2007 Canada (D) Australia (D) Congo (A) China (B) Germany (D) Cuba (C) Haiti (C) Ethiopia (A) Niger (A) Norway (D) Kuwait (B) 3 Tunisia (A) 31 December 2008 Algeria (A) Indonesia (B) Austria (D) Japan (D) Colombia (C) Mexico (C) Slovenia (E) Ukraine (E) Switzerland (D) United Kingdom (D) United Republic of Tanzania (D) 4 Zimbabwe (A) 1 Guatemala replaced Nicaragua. 2 France replaced Greece. 3 Kuwait replaced Thailand. 4 Occupies rotating seat for the period 2006-2008. FAO MEMBERS (189) (at 26 November 2005) Afghanistan Gambia Norway Albania Georgia Oman Algeria Germany Pakistan Angola Ghana Palau Antigua and Barbuda Greece Panama Argentina Grenada Papua New Guinea Armenia Guatemala Paraguay Australia Guinea Peru Austria Guinea-Bissau Philippines Azerbaijan Guyana Poland Bahamas Haiti Portugal Bahrain Honduras Qatar Bangladesh Hungary Romania Barbados Iceland Rwanda Belarus India Saint Kitts and Nevis Belgium Indonesia Saint Lucia Belize Iran, Islamic Republic of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Benin Iraq Samoa Bhutan Ireland San Marino Bolivia Israel Sao Tome and Principe Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Botswana Jamaica Senegal Brazil Japan Serbia and Montenegro Bulgaria Jordan Seychelles Burkina Faso Kazakhstan Sierra Leone Burundi Kenya Slovakia Cambodia Kiribati Slovenia Cameroon Korea, Republic of Solomon Islands Canada Kuwait Somalia Cape Verde Kyrgyzstan South Africa Central African Republic Lao People’s Democratic Republic Spain Chad Latvia Sri Lanka Chile Lebanon Sudan China Lesotho Suriname Colombia Liberia Swaziland Comoros Libya Sweden Congo, Democratic Republic of Lithuania Switzerland Congo, Republic of Luxembourg Syria Cook Islands Madagascar Tajikistan Costa Rica Malawi Tanzania, United Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Malaysia Thailand Croatia Maldives The former Yugoslav Cuba Mali Republic of Macedonia Cyprus Malta Timor-Leste Czech Republic Marshall Islands Togo Democratic People’s Republic Mauritania Tonga of Korea Mauritius Trinidad and Tobago Denmark Mexico Tunisia Djibouti Micronesia, Federated States of Turkey Dominica Moldova, Republic of Turkmenistan Dominican Republic Monaco Tuvalu Ecuador Mongolia Uganda Egypt Morocco Ukraine El Salvador Mozambique United Arab Emirates Equatorial Guinea Myanmar United Kingdom Eritrea Namibia United States of America Estonia Nauru Uruguay Ethiopia Nepal Uzbekistan European Community Netherlands Vanuatu (Member Organization) New Zealand Venezuela Fiji Nicaragua Viet Nam Finland Niger Yemen France Nigeria Zambia Gabon Niue Zimbabwe ISBN 92-5-105439-8 ISSN 0071-6944 978 9 2 5 1 0 5 4 3 9 0 TR/M/J6321E/1/11.05/1000 C 2005/REP iii Table of Contents Paragraphs INTRODUCTION 1 - 9 TWENTY-FOURTH MCDOUGALL MEMORIAL LECTURE 1 PRESENTATION OF THE B.R. SEN AWARDS 2 - 4 PRESENTATION OF THE A.H. BOERMA AWARD 5 PRESENTATION OF THE EDOUARD SAOUMA AWARD 6 - 7 PRESENTATION OF THE MARGARITA LIZÁRRAGA MEDAL 8 IN MEMORIAM 9 INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 10 - 47 ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS 10 - 11 APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL COMMITTEE AND CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE 12 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION 13 - 33 Establishment of Commissions and Appointment of their Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Drafting Committees 15 - 19 Resolutions Committee of the Conference 20 - 22 Right of Reply 23 Verbatim Records 24 Verification of Credentials 25 - 26 Voting Rights (Resolutions 1/2005 and 2/2005) 27 - 33 ADMISSION OF OBSERVERS 34 - 37 Applicants for Membership 34 Admission of Observers from Non-Member Nations 35 Liberation Movements 36 Intergovernmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations 37 THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (Resolutions 3/2005 and 4/2005) 38 - 47 iv C 2005/REP SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS 48 - 72 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRARIAN REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 48 - 52 PROGRESS REPORT OF THE FAO PLAN OF ACTION ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT 2002-2007 53 - 64 UNITED NATIONS/FAO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME 65 - 72 PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS 73 - 102 PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION REPORT 2002-2003 73 - 76 PROGRAMME EVALUATION REPORT 2005 77 - 78 PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET 2006-2007 79 - 100 PWB Documentation 79 - 83 Main Decisions Required (Resolution 5/2005) 84 - 86 Views on the Reforms 87 - 91 Preferences on the Budget Level 92 - 95 Other Comments (Resolutions 6/2005 and 7/2005) 96 - 100 PERFORMANCE OF THE SPLIT ASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENT 101 INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO 102 LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS 103 - 121 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) AND THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) 103 AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTES OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION 104 RESTRICTION OF ATTENDANCE BY THE “GENERAL PUBLIC” TO MEETINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION (Resolution 8/2005) 105 - 107 SECURITY EXPENDITURE FACILITY – AMENDMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL REGULATIONS 108 - 109 AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2002-2003 (Resolution 9/2005) 110 SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 2006-2007 (Resolution 10/2005) 111 - 112 PAYMENT BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TO COVER ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF ITS MEMBERSHIP