<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Dear all,</font><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The FAO Council, in its meetings on 30 Nov-4 Dec 2020, passed the report of COAG (<a href="http://www.fao.org/3/ne021en/ne021en.pdf" class="">http://www.fao.org/3/ne021en/ne021en.pdf</a>) which is recommending the IYRP to the FAO conference on 12-16 July 2021. You can find the report here (<a href="http://www.fao.org/3/ne381en/ne381en.pdf" class="">http://www.fao.org/3/ne381en/ne381en.pdf</a>), in which it is stated:</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">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:</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">a)</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">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;</span></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">b)</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">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</span></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">c)</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">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.</span></font></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class="">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.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class="">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. </font></p></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The text of Appendix D is attached.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">This is all on the FAO website (<a href="http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/council/cl165/documents/en/" class="">http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/council/cl165/documents/en/</a>).</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Cheers,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Ann</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>