Resolution
18/77
Authentic chinese text of the FAO
constitution
The Conference
,
Considering
that a Chinese text of the Constitution should be equally authoritative with the texts in Arabic, English, French and Spanish;
Noting
the proposal made by the
Council
at its Seventy-First Session that Article XXII of the Constitution be amended to that effect,
Noting
further that the Chinese text of the Constitution, as reproduced in the 1976 Chinese edition of the Basic Texts of FAO, had been circulated to Member Nations by the
Director-General
,
Decides
that:
1.
Article XXII of the Constitution shall be amended as follows:"
The Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish texts of this Constitution shall be equally authoritative
";
2.
The authoritative Chinese text of the Constitution shall be the text reproduced in the 1976 Chinese edition of the Basic Texts.
(Adopted
28 November 1977
)