the recommendation made at its Fifteenth Session to the effect that the
Council
should contemplate the possibility of changing the character of the Committee on Fisheries, whose current membership consists of 34 Member Nations, by converting it into a committee open to all interested nations,
Having considered
the recommendations made by the
Council
at its Fifth-Fifth Session with regard to the change in the structure of the Committee on Fisheries,
Decides
that:
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1.
The
Committee on Fisheries
shall be open to all interested Member Nations for a trial period of four years, at the end of which the structure and composition of the Committee and the method of the appointment of its members shall be reviewed by the
Conference
.
2.
The appointment of the members of the Committee shall be carried out in accordance with the following procedure:
(a)
The members of the Committee on Fisheries provided for in
paragraph 6 of Article V of the Constitution shall be appointed for a period of two years by the session of the Council immediately following the regular session of the Conference;
(b)
The Committee shall be composed of those Member Nations which notify the
Director-General
in writing of their desire to be appointed as members of the Committee in view of their interest in the work of the Committee and their intention to participate actively, for a two-year period, in the efficient discharge of the Committee's mandate;
(c)
The
Director-General
shall determine and communicate to all Member Nations the latest date by which such notifications shall be made and shall submit a list of such notifications to the
Council
not later than on the day set by the Council for the appointment of the members of the Committee.
3.
Members of the Committee should, as far as possible, be represented by their most senior officers responsible for fisheries.
