FAO Conference resolutions

Resolution

20/71

Increase in the number of

Council seats

THE CONFERENCE

Considering

that the number of Member Nations has substantially increased since its Fourteenth Session at which it fixed the number of Council seats in Resolution 12/67,

Noting

the changes that have occurred in the composition of the regional groups established by the

Conference

for the purposes of elections to the Council,

Considering

the desirability of giving the greatest possible number of Member Nations an opportunity to serve on the

Council

and of ensuring balanced geographical representation in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII-3 of the General Rules of the Organization,

Requests

the

Council

In consultation with the

Programme

and

Finance

Committees and the

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

, to examine the advisability of increasing the number of Council seats, taking all aspects of the problem into consideration, especially the admission of new Members to the Organization, as well as the geographical distribution of the seats:

To prepare and submit to the

Conference

at its next regular session a detailed report on the matter, all relevant recommendations and, if appropriate, a suitable draft amendment to Article V.1 of the Constitution of the Organization.

(Adopted,

23 November 1971

)

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