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Revision of the General Regulations of the World Food Programme

A/RES/53/223No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 8Adoption of the agenda and organization of work : reports of the General Committee and 12Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1999–2011
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/266
  • 2011A/RES/65/266Revision of the General Regulations of the World Food ProgrammeLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/53/223Revision of the General Regulations of the World Food Programme

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 topic
Election of Members

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs
1
Decides, subject to the concurrence of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, that the members of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme shall be elected on an interim basis for a term of three years from among the States included in the lists set out in the Basic Texts of the World Food Programme, in accordance with the following distribution of seats, it being understood that this allocation of seats creates no precedent for the composition of other United Nations bodies of limited membership:
a
Eight members from the States included in list A, four members to be elected by the Economic and Social Council and four by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
b
Seven members from the States included in list B, four members to be elected by the Economic and Social Council and three by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
c
Five members from the States included in list C, two members to be elected by the Economic and Social Council and three by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
d
Twelve members from the States included in list D, six members to be elected by the Economic and Social Council and six by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
e
Three members from the States included in list E, two members to be elected by the Economic and Social Council and one by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
f
One additional member rotating among the States included in lists A, B and C to be elected by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in accordance with the following pattern of rotation:
i
One State from list A is to be elected to occupy the additional seat every other term out of four, starting from 1 January 2000;
ii
One State from list B is to be elected to occupy the additional seat the second term out of four, starting from 1 January 2003;
iii
One State from list C is to be elected to occupy the additional seat the fourth term out of four, starting from 1 January 2009;
2
Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect one member from the States included in list E for a term of three years beginning on 1 January 2000;
3
Decides that the above-mentioned distribution of seats shall be reviewed two years before the end of one full rotation scheme of four terms, as referred to in paragraph 1 (f) of the present resolution. Such a review shall be in accordance with the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolutions 48/162 and 50/8, taking into account the relevant inputs of the Economic and Social Council and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the result of the review shall enter into force on 1 January 2012;
4
Decides also, subject to the concurrence of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, that the revised General Regulations shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

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