FAO Council, 156th Session

24-28 April 2017, Rome, Italy - The FAO Council is the Organization's executive arm, comprised of 49 elected countries. The FAO Council convenes between sessions of the main Conference to provide advice and oversight related to programmatic and budgetary matters.

This will be the last Council session chaired by Wilfred Ngwira, of Tanzania, who has been guiding the proceedings of the governing body since his election to the office of Independent Chairperson at the 2013 Conference.

For more information: www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/882610/icode/