Decides
to amend
Rule XXXIII of the General Rules of the Organization,
Committee on World Food Security
, as follows:
Rule XXXIII
Committee on World Food Security
1.
The
Committee on World Food Security
provided for in
paragraph 6 of Article V of the Constitution shall be open to all Member Nations of the Organization and all Member States of the United Nations. It shall be composed of those States which notify the
Director-General
in writing of their desire to become Members of the Committee and of their intention to participate in the work of the Committee.
2.
The notifications referred to in paragraph 1 may be made at any time, and membership acquired on the basis thereof shall be for a biennium. The
Director-General
shall circulate, at the beginning of each session of the Committee, a document listing the Members of the Committee.
3.
The Committee shall normally hold two sessions during each biennium. Sessions shall be convened by the
Director-General
, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee, taking into account any proposals made by the Committee.
4.
If required, the Committee may hold additional sessions on the call of the
Director-General
in consultation with its Chairman, or on request submitted in writing to the Director-General by the majority of Members of the Committee.
5.
The Committee shall contribute to promoting the objective of world food security with the aim of ensuring that all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
6.
The Committee shall serve as a forum in the United Nations system for review and follow-up of policies concerning world food security, including food production, sustainable use of the natural resource base for food security, nutrition, physical and economic access to food and other food security related aspects of poverty eradication, the implications of food trade for world food security and other related matters and shall in particular:
a)
examine major problems and issues affecting the world food situation and the steps being proposed or taken to resolve them by Governments and relevant international organizations, bearing in mind the need for the adoption of an integrated approach towards their solution;
b)
examine the implications for world food security of other relevant factors, including the situation relating to the supply and demand of basic food stuffs and food aid requirements and trends, the state of stocks in exporting and importing countries and issues relating to physical and economic access to food and other food security related aspects of poverty eradication; and
c)
recommend such action as may be appropriate to promote the goal of world food security.
7.
The Committee shall serve as the forum in the UN system for the monitoring of the implementation of the Plan of Action adopted by the World Food Summit in accordance with the relevant commitment of the Summit.
8.
The Committee shall report to the
Council
of the Organization and tender advice to the
Director-General
, and relevant international organizations as appropriate, on any matter considered by the Committee, it being understood that copies of its reports, including any conclusions, will be transmitted without delay to interested governments and international organizations.
9.
The Committee shall provide regular reports to the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC)
, through the
Council
of the Organization.
10.
Any recommendation adopted by the Committee affecting the programme or finance of the Organization or concerning legal or constitutional matters shall be reported to the
Council
with the comments of the appropriate subsidiary committees of the Council. The reports of the Committee, or relevant extracts therefrom, shall also be placed before the
Conference
.
11.
The Committee shall draw on the advice, as necessary, of the
Committee on Commodity Problems
and its subsidiary bodies, the
Committee on Agriculture
and other technical committees of the
Council
as appropriate, and the
Executive Board of the World Food Programme
. In particular, it shall take full account of the responsibilities and activities of these and other intergovernmental bodies responsible for aspects of food security, in order to avoid overlapping and unnecessary duplication of work.
12.
The Committee shall invite relevant international organizations to participate in the work of the Committee and the preparation of meeting documents on matters within their respective mandates in collaboration with the secretariat of the Committee.
13.
In order to ensure the effective discharge of its functions, the Committee may request the Members to furnish all information required for its work, it being understood that where so requested by the governments concerned, the information supplied shall be kept on a restricted basis.
14.
The
Director-General
or his representative shall participate in all meetings of the Committee and may be accompanied by such officers of the staff of the Organization as he may designate.
15.
The Committee shall elect, from among its Members, its
Chairman
and the other officers. It may adopt and amend its rules of procedure, which shall be consistent with the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization.
16.
The Committee may decide to establish subsidiary or ad hoc bodies where it considers that such action would expedite its own work, without duplicating the work of existing bodies. A decision to this effect may be taken only after the Committee has examined a report by the
Director-General
on the administrative and financial implications.
17.
When establishing subsidiary or ad hoc bodies, the Committee shall define their terms of reference, composition, and, as far as possible, the duration of their mandate. Subsidiary bodies may adopt their own rules of procedure, which shall be consistent with those of the Committee.