[IYRPsupportgroup] IYRP proposal passed through the FAO Council

[Ann Waters-Bayer]

Dear all,

The FAO Council, in its meetings on 30 Nov-4 Dec 2020, passed the report of COAG (http://www.fao.org/3/ne021en/ne021en.pdf) which is recommending the IYRP to the FAO conference on 12-16 July 2021. You can find the report here (http://www.fao.org/3/ne381en/ne381en.pdf <http://www.fao.org/3/ne381en/ne381en.pdf>), in which it is stated:

19. The Council, recalling the criteria outlined in the FAO Policy on the Proclamation and Implementation of International Years, as adopted by the 144th Session of Council (June 2012), and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution 1980/67 regarding International Years and Anniversaries, endorsed the following:
a)     the draft Conference resolution submitted by the 27th Session of COAG on the observance by the UN System of an “International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists” in 2026, as set out in Appendix D to this Report;
b)     the draft Conference resolution submitted by the 27th Session of COAG on the observance by the UN System of an “International Day of Plant Health” on 12 May every year, as set out in Appendix E to this Report; and
c)     the draft Conference resolution submitted by the 27th Session of COAG on the observance by the UN System of an “International Year of Date Palm” in 2027, as set out in Appendix F to this Report.
20. The Council urged FAO, when proposing international years, to include within the text of the proposal a comprehensive assessment of the presented proposal against the criteria adopted by the ECOSOC and the 38th Session of the Conference in 2013 for the proclamation of international years.

21. The Council requested that the relevant draft resolutions provide that financing of the International Years and Days will be covered by extra-budgetary contributions, including those from the private sector in line with standing FAO policy, giving due consideration to the new Strategy for engagement with the private sector, and that they be submitted to the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference for adoption. 

The text of Appendix D is attached.

This is all on the FAO website (http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/council/cl165/documents/en/ <http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/council/cl165/documents/en/>).

Cheers,
Ann

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