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the proposed constitutional amendments submitted by France to the and to the of the Organization at its Hundred and Thirty-sixth Session, held in , from 15 to 19 June 2009, as contained in document CL 136/LIM/2;

that the , at its Hundred and Thirty-sixth Session, took note of the proposed constitutional amendments and mandated the Contact Group of the Committee on World Food Security ( ) to further discuss these amendments and advise, through the , the Conference in November to take a decision on the said amendments, in light of the outcome of the discussions of the Contact Group of the CFS ;

further that the gave notice of the proposed amendments to FAO Members in accordance with Article XX, paragraph 4 of the Constitution;

that the , at its Thirty-fifth session, held in from 14 to 17 October 2009, approved document CFS 2009/2 Rev. 1 “Reform of the Committee on World Food Security”;

also that the , at its Eighty-ninth session, has reviewed again the proposed amendments to the Constitution in the light of document CFS 2009/2 Rev. 1 “Reform of the Committee on World Food Security” and the proposed amendments to other Basic Texts of the Organization regarding the status of the and decided to forward the proposed amendments for approval by the , at its Thirty-sixth session to be held in from 18 to 23 November 2009;

the text of the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the in its Eighty-ninth Session;

further that there is a need to harmonize the proposed amendments to the Constitution for the reform of the with the proposed amendments to the Constitution for the implementation of Resolution 1/2008 “Adoption of the Immediate Plan of Action (IPA) for FAO Renewal (2009-11)”;