FAO Conference resolutions

Resolution

7/2015

Assessment of the Independent

Review of FAO

Governance Reforms

THE CONFERENCE

Recalling

Resolution 1/2008, by which the Immediate Plan of Action (IPA) for FAO Renewal was approved including IPA Action 2.74, which called upon the 39

Session of Conference to assess the workings of the governance reforms, including the role and functioning of the Regional Conferences with an independent review as an input to this process;

Recognizing

the role of the

Council

in following the assessment of the governance reforms and the oversight role of the

Independent Chairperson of the Council

;

Welcoming

the Final Report of the Independent Review of FAO Governance Reforms (C 2015/25);

Recognizing

the active participation of Members through informal consultations by the regional groups and Informal meetings of the Open Ended Working Group convened in order to formulate responses to the Recommendations and Suggestions made by the independent review;

Noting

the views of the

Council

at its 151

Session (

Rome

, 23-27 March 2015 ):

Endorses

the actions proposed in the Assessment of the Independent Review of FAO Governance Reforms (C 2015/26 Rev.1) in response to the Recommendations and Suggestions contained in the Independent Review of FAO Governance Reforms (C 2015/25), and decides that the actions foreseen in this document be implemented by the competent Governing Bodies of the Organization;

Decides

to close IPA Action 2.18 on the Council’s role in recommending the budget level as clarified in document C 2015/26 Rev.1;

Decides

to suspend IPA Action 4.4 on the size and composition of the

Council

, until the Members consider that there is sufficient consensus to achieve a satisfactory solution;

Decides

to suspend IPA Action 2.100 on desirable qualifications for the office of

Director‑General

pending further consultation among Members to reach consensus on this issue;

Requests

that a report on the implementation of all actions foreseen in document C 2015/26 Rev.1 be presented to the 40

Session of the Conference in 2017.

(Adopted on

13 June 2015

)

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