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Report of the Conference of Fao C 2013/REP 6944 0071- ISSN REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE OF FAO Thirty-eighth Session Rome, 15-22 June 2013 COUNCIL (as from 24 June 2013) Independent Chairperson of the Council: Mr Wilfred J. Ngirwa Afghanistan 1 Eritrea 2 Morocco 3 Algeria 1 France 1 Pakistan 1 Angola 3 Gabon 2 Philippines 2 Argentina 3 Germany 2 Poland 1 Australia 1 Guinea 1 Portugal 2 Bangladesh 2 Hungary 3 Republic of Korea 2 Brazil 3 India 1 Russian Federation 3 Cameroon 1 Indonesia 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Canada 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3 South Africa 3 Chile 2 Iraq 3 Thailand 2 China 2 Italy 1 Togo 1 Congo 2 Japan 2 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Cuba 3 Jordan 2 Turkey 3 Denmark 1 Liberia 3 United Kingdom 2 Ecuador 1 Madagascar 3 United States of America 3 Egypt 1 Mexico 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2 El Salvador 2 1 Term of office: 1 December 2011 – 30 June 2014 2 Term of office: 1 July 2012 – end of 39th Session of Conference (June 2015) 3 Term of office: end of 38th Session of Conference (June 2013) – 30 June 2016 COUNCIL (from 1 July 2014) Independent Chairperson of the Council: Mr Wilfred J. Ngirwa Afghanistan 3 Eritrea 1 Mexico 2 Algeria 3 France 3 Morocco 2 Angola 2 Gabon 1 Pakistan 3 Argentina 2 Germany 1 Philippines 1 Australia 3 Hungary 2 Portugal 1 Bangladesh 1 Iceland 3 Republic of Korea 1 Brazil 2 India 3 Russian Federation 2 Cameroon 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2 Saudi Arabia 3 Canada 2 Iraq 2 South Africa 2 Chile 1 Italy 3 Thailand 1 China 1 Japan 1 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Congo 1 Jordan 1 Turkey 2 Cuba 2 Liberia 2 United Kingdom 1 Czech Republic 3 Madagascar 2 United States of America 2 Ecuador 3 Mali 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 Egypt 3 Malaysia 3 Zimbabwe 3 1 El Salvador 1 Term of office: 1 July 2012 – end of 39th Session of Conference (June 2015) 2 Term of office: end of 38th Session of Conference (June 2013) – 30 June 2016 3 Term of office: 1 July 2014 – end of 40th Session of Conference (June 2017) C 2013/REP REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE OF FAO Thirty-eighth Session Rome, 15-22 June 2013 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2013 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 (FAO) 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. 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FAO information products are available on the FAO website (www.fao.org/publications) and can be purchased through [email protected]. Table of Contents Paragraphs Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1-32 McDougall Memorial Lecture ............................................................................................................ 1 Presentation of the B.R. Sen Awards .............................................................................................. 2-3 Presentation of the A.H. Boerma Award ............................................................................................ 4 Presentation of the Edouard Saouma Award ...................................................................................... 5 Presentation of the Jacques Diouf Award .......................................................................................... 6 Presentation of the Margarita Lizárraga Medal .................................................................................. 7 Statement by a Representative of the FAO Staff Bodies ................................................................... 8 In Memoriam ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons ................................................................... 10-11 Appointment of the General Committee and Credentials Committee .............................................. 12 Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session ....................................................... 13-30 Establishment of Commissions and Appointment of their Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Drafting Committees ........................................................................ 15-19 Resolutions Committee of the Conference .................................................................................. 20 Right of Reply .............................................................................................................................. 21 Verification of Credentials ..................................................................................................... 22-24 Voting Rights (Resolutions 1/2013 and 2/2013) ................................................................... 25-30 Admission of Observers .............................................................................................................. 31-32 Intergovernmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations........... 31 Palestine ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Substantive and Policy Matters ..................................................................................................... 33-92 Review of the State of Food and Agriculture .............................................................................. 33-35 Regional Conferences: Regional and Global Policy and Regulatory Matters arising from: ..... 36-41 Report of the 31st Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) (Hanoi, Viet Nam, 12-16 March 2012) ....................................................................................... 36 Report of the 32nd Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC) (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26-30 March 2012) ........................................................................... 37 Report of the 28th Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) (Baku, Azerbaijan, 17-20 April 2012) ......................................................................................... 38 Report of the 27th Regional Conference for Africa (ARC) (Brazzaville, Congo, 23-27 April 2012) ...................................................................................... 39 Report of the 31st Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC) (Rome, Italy, 14-18 May 2012) ................................................................................................... 40 Input from the Informal Regional Conference for North America (Ottawa, Canada, 3-5 April 2012) .............................................................................................. 41 Technical Committees: Global Policy and Regulatory Matters arising from: .......................... 42-53 Report of the 23rd Session of the Committee on Agriculture (21-25 May 2012) .................... 42-43 Report of the 69th Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (28-30 May 2012) .... 44-46 Report of the 30th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (9-13 July 2012) .......................... 47-50 Report of the 21st Session of the Committee on Forestry (24-28 September 2012) ............... 51-53 Reports of the 37th (17-22 October 2011), 38th (Special) (11 May 2012) and 39th (15-20 October 2012) Sessions of the Committee on World Food Security ........................ 54-58 Other Substantive and Policy Matters .................................................................................... 59-92 FAO Policy on Gender Equality and the UN System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (SWAP) ............................................................ 59-71 Interim Report on the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System ......................................................... 72-74 United Nations/FAO World Food Programme ................................................................................ 75 Report of the 14th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (15-19 April 2013) .................................................................................. 76-78 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (Resolution 3/2013) ......................................................................................................................... 79 Preparations for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) ..............................
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