A.INTRODUCTION
The key policy recommendations contained herein emerged from the FAO Technical Committees held in 2016 and 2017, notably:
- 25th Session Committee on Agriculture (COAG) (Rome, Italy 26 – 30 September 2016)
- 32nd Session Committee on Fisheries (COFI) (Rome, Italy, 11-15 July 2016)
- 23rd Session Committee on Forestry (COFO) (Rome, Italy, 18-22 July 2016)
- 71st Session Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP)
(Rome, Italy, 4-6 October 2016)
- 16th Regular Session Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) (Rome, Italy, 30 January-3 February 2017)
as well as the FAO Regional Conferences held in 2016, notably:
- 34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
(Mexico City, Mexico, 29 February-3 March 2016)
- 29th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa
(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 4-8 April 2016)
- 33rd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific
(Putrajaya, Malaysia, 7-11 March 2016)
- 13th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe
(Antalya, Turkey, 4-6 May 2016)
- 33rd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East
(Rome, Italy, 9-13 May 2016)
The Technical Committees of FAO and the FAO Regional Conferences conduct periodic general reviews of the issues within their respective sector, which are of an international character and appraise such problems and their possible solutions with a view to concerted action by Member Nations, FAO and other intergovernmental bodies, and report on them to the FAO Conference. A comprehensive description of FAO’s Governance Structure, including the FAO Conference, as well as the role of the Independent Chairperson of the FAO Council, is contained in Annex 1.
During their last sessions, the Technical Committees discussed issues of relevance for the HLPF, both in dedicated items on the 2030 Agenda and in thematic items that identify emerging global challenges in their respective sectors and recommended effective actions towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. This submission also reflects the recommendations of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, an FAO Statutory Body. The Regional Conferences focus their work on the specific challenges of the respective Region, therefore, their recommendations are clustered in a way that reflects a regional perspective.
In line with the cycle of Governing Body sessions at FAO (please refer to Annex I) the reports of the Technical Committees, FAO Regional Conferences, as well as the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, on policy and regulatory matters from which the recommendations below are drawn, will be submitted to the 40th Session of the FAO Conference scheduled from 3 to 8 July 2017 for review and endorsement. The inputs have been validated by the Chairpersons of the aforementioned bodies and have been collated corporately by FAO.
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