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Resolution
10/73
PARTICIPATION OF
NON-MEMBER STATES
IN FAO
BODIES
AND
MEETINGS
THE CONFERENCE
,
Having examined
the amendments to the FAO Basic Texts proposed by the
Council
at its Sixtieth Session,
Noting
that the present provisions of the Basic Texts allow for the participation of Non-Member States in FAO bodies and meetings only if those States are members of the United Nations,
Recognizing
that this restriction may lead to difficulties in certain fields of the Organization's activities in which the greatest possible degree of universality is desirable,
Noting
that the legislative texts of a number of United Nations bodies and Specialized Agencies concerning participation of Non-Member States extend eligibility to all States that are members either of the United Nations or of any of the Specialized Agencies,
Considering
that this wider criterion would be also appropriate for the purpose of the relevant provisions of FAO,
1.
Decides
to amend Article XIV, paragraph 3(b), of the Constitution as follows: '' 
3.
Conventions, agreements, and supplementary conventions and agreements shall:
(a)
...
(b)
contain provisions concerning the Member Nations of the Organization, and such nonmember States as are members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency which may become parties thereto and the number of acceptances by Member Nations necessary to bring such convention, agreement, supplementary convention or agreement into force, and thus ensure that it will constitute a real contribution to the achievement of its objectives. In the cases of conventions, agreements, supplementary conventions and agreements establishing commissions or committees, participation by non-member States of the Organization that are members of the
United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency shall in addition be subject to prior approval by at least two thirds of the membership of such commissions or committees;
"
2.
Decides
to replace all references to "
Nations ... members of the United Nations
" by the term "
States ... members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the
International Atomic Energy Agency
" in Rules XXIX.9, XXX.10, XXXI.9 and XXXII.12 (b) of the General Rules of the Organization, in paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of Section B of the Principles relating to the granting of observer status in respect of Nations, and in paragraph 12 of Section A of the Principles and Procedures on Conventions and Agreements;
3.
Invites
the standing committees of the
Council
as well as bodies established under Articles VI and XIV of the Constitution to similarly amend at the earliest appropriate occasion those provisions of the applicable Conventions and Agreements or Rules of Procedure that contain clauses restricting eligiblity only to Non-Member States that are Members of the United Nations .
(Adopted
26 November 1973
)