have long proved insufficient for accommodating the Headquarters staff of the Organization and the World Food Programme, this having necessitated the construction of temporary office accommodation in 1965 and the renting of additional premises since 1969,
Recalling
the solution to the problem of Headquarters accommodation identified by the
Director-General
and supported by the
Council
at its Seventy-ninth Session
CL 79/REP, paras. 197-200.
,
1.
Decides
to establish, under
Article VI.5 of the Constitution, a working party consisting of seven Member Nations, comprising a representative from each of the seven FAO regions
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Near East, North America, Southwest Pacific.
,
2.
Decides
that the Working Party will comprise the following Member Nations:
Australia
Bangladesh
Colombia
Greece
Saudi Arabia
United States of America
Congo
whose representatives should, in consultation with the
Director-General
, act as a delegation for the purpose of meeting the Italian Authorities at the highest level, with a view to requesting, as a matter of urgency, the implementation of both the interim and permanent solutions proposed by the Director-General and endorsed by the
Council
at its Seventy-ninthSession,
3.
Authorizes
the
Director-General
to convene meetings of the Working Party at such times as he may consider necessary or appropriate,
4.
Requests
the Working Party to report to the
Council
at its Eighty-second and Eighty-third Sessions and to the
Conference
at its Twenty-second Session on the progress made and on further steps that may be envisaged in order to achieve with the least possible delay a permanent solution to the accommodation problem.
