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Resolution
17/69
Authority
for the
Director-General
to Undertake Emergency Action for the Control of Livestock Diseases and to Carry out Initial Control Activities against the Desert Locust in Emergencies
The Conference
Having examined
the proposals of the Director-General to establish an Emergency Fund for Initial Control Activities Against the Desert Locust;
Noting
with concern the serious resurgence of the desert locust plague and that the developing countries are facing serious losses as a result thereof;
Recalling
that the
Conference
at its Thirteenth Session by Resolution 35/65 had authorized the Director-General, after consultation with the
Chairman of the Finance Committee
or another member of that Committee designated by him, and in the light of the recommendations of an Advisory Panel of technical experts, notwithstanding the provisions of Financial Regulation 6.3 to withdraw up to $ 500 000 from the Working Capital Fund, to finance initial emergency measures for the control of outbreak of livestock diseases under emergency circumstances, which constitute a potential epizootic threat to livestock of other countries;
Decides
to authorize the Director-General to withdraw up to $750 000 from the Working Capital Fund;
(i)
to finance initial emergency measures for the control of outbreak of livestock diseases under emergency circumstances which constitute a potential epizootic threat to livestock of other countries;
(ii)
to finance initial control activities against the desert locust in emergencies, provided that not more than $ 500 000 may be withdrawn in any one biennium for either the initial emergency measures for the control of outbreaks of livestock diseases, or for initial control activities against the desert locust, and that no expenditure will be incurred until the Director-General has consulted with the Chairman of the Finance Committee or another member of that Committee designated by him, and with the appropriate Advisory Panel referred to in this resolution;
Decides
that the Advisory Panel established by the
Director-General
under Article VI. 4 of the Constitution pursuant to Resolution 35/65, and comprising three experts of acknowledged competence in epizootiology and three alternates, each being a national of a different Member Nation, be maintained;  
Requests
the
Director-General
to establish, under Article VI. 4 of the Constitution, an Advisory Panel comprising three experts of acknowledged competence in desert locust control with three alternates, each being a national of a different Member Nation; 
Requests
further the
Director-General
to report to the
Council
or to the
Finance Committee
, whichever meets first, immediately after funds have been withdrawn from the Working Capital Fund in accordance with this resolution; and
Decides
that
this resolution shall supersede Resolution 35/65 adopted at its Thirteenth Session.
(Adopted
24.XI.69
)