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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 3
3 In appointing the staff the Director-General shall, subject to the paramount importance of securing the highest standards of efficiency and of technical competence, pay due regard to the importance of selecting personnel recruited on as wide a geographical basis as is possible.
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4 Each Member nation undertakes, insofar as it may be possible under its constitutional procedure, to accord to the Director-General and senior staff diplomatic privileges and immunities and to accord to other members of the staff all facilities and immunities accorded to non-diplomatic personnel attached to diplomatic missions, or alternatively to accord to such other members of the staff the immunities and facilities which may hereafter be accorded to equivalent members of the staffs of other public international organizations.
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The seat of the Organization shall be determined by the Conference.
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1 There shall be such regional offices as the Director-General with the approval of the Conference may decide.
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2 The Director-General may appoint officials for liaison with particular countries or areas subject to the agreement of the government concerned.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 Each Member nation shall communicate periodically to the Organization reports on the progress made toward achieving the purpose of the Organization set forth in the Preamble and on the action taken on the basis of recommendations made and conventions submitted by the Conference.
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2 These reports shall be made at such times and in such form and shall contain such particulars as the Conference may request.
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3 The Director-General shall submit these reports, together with analyses thereof, to the Conference and shall publish such reports and analyses as may be approved for publication by the Conference together with any reports relating thereto adopted by the Conference.
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4 The Director-General may request any Member nation to submit information relating to the purpose of the Organization.
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5 Each Member nation shall, on request, communicate to the Organization, on publication, all laws and regulations and official reports and statistics concerning nutrition, food and agriculture.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 In order to provide for close cooperation between the Organization and other public international organizations with related responsibilities, the Conference may, subject to the provisions of Article XIII, enter into agreements with the competent authorities of such organizations defining the distribution of responsibilities and methods of cooperation.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 2
2 The Director-General may, subject to any decisions of the Conference, enter into agreements with other public international organizations for the maintenance of common services, for common arrangements in regard to recruitment, training, conditions of service, and other related matters, and for interchanges of staff.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 The Organization shall, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the following paragraph, constitute a part of any general international organization to which may be entrusted the coordination of the activities of international organizations with specialized responsibilities.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 2
2 Arrangements for defining the relations between the Organization and any such general organization shall be subject to the approval of the Conference. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article XX, such arrangements may, if approved by the Conference by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, involve modification of the provisions of this Constitution: Provided that no such arrangements shall modify the purposes and limitations of the Organization as set forth in this Constitution.
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The Conference may approve arrangements placing other public international organizations dealing with questions relating to food and agriculture under the general authority of the Organization on such terms as may be agreed with the competent authorities of the organization concerned.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 The Organization shall have the capacity of a legal person to perform any legal act appropriate to its purpose which is not beyond the powers granted to it by this Constitution.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 2
2 Each Member nation undertakes, insofar as it may be possible under its constitutional procedure, to accord to the Organization all the immunities and facilities which it accords to diplomatic missions, including inviolability of premises and archives, immunity from suit, and exemptions from taxation.
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3 The Conference shall make provision for the determination by an administrative tribunal of disputes relating to the conditions and terms of appointment of members of the staff.
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In this Constitution the term “agriculture” and its derivatives include fisheries, marine products, forestry, and primary forestry products.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
Any question or dispute concerning the interpretation of this Constitution or any international convention adopted thereunder shall be referred for determination to an appropriate international court or arbitral tribunal in the manner prescribed by rules to be adopted by the Conference.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 Subject to the provisions of Article XXV, the Director-General shall submit to the Conference an annual budget covering the anticipated expenses of the Organization. Upon approval of a budget the total amount approved shall be allocated among the Member nations in proportions determined, from time to time, by the Conference. Each Member nation undertakes, subject to the requirements of its constitutional procedure, to contribute to the Organization promptly its share of the expenses so determined.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 2
2 Each Member nation shall, upon its acceptance of this Constitution, pay as its first contribution its proportion of the annual budget for the current financial year.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 3
3 The financial year of the Organization shall be July 1 to June 30 unless the Conference should otherwise determine.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
Any Member nation may give notice of withdrawal from the Organization at any time after the expiration of four years from the date of its acceptance of this Constitution. Such notice shall take effect one year after the date of its communication to the Director-General of the Organization subject to the Member nation’s having at that time paid its annual contribution for each year of its membership including the financial year following the date of such notice.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 Amendments to this Constitution involving new obligations for Member nations shall require the approval of the Conference by a vote concurred in by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the Conference and shall take effect on acceptance by two-thirds of the Member nations for each Member nation accepting the amendment and thereafter for each remaining Member nation on acceptance by it.
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2 Other amendments shall take effect on adoption by the Conference by a vote concurred in by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the Conference.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 1
1 This Constitution shall be open to acceptance by the nations specified in Annex I.
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2 The instruments of acceptance shall be transmitted by each government to the United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture, which shall notify their receipt to the governments of the nations specified in Annex I. Acceptance may be notified to the Interim Commission through a diplomatic representative, in which case the instrument of acceptance must be transmitted to the Commission as soon as possible thereafter.
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3 Upon the receipt by the Interim Commission of twenty notifications of acceptance the Interim Commission shall arrange for this Constitution to be signed in a single copy by the diplomatic representatives, duly authorized thereto, of the nations who shall have notified their acceptance, and upon being so signed on behalf of not less than twenty of the nations specified in Annex I this Constitution shall come into force immediately.
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4 Acceptances the notification of which is received after the entry into force of this Constitution shall become effective upon receipt by the Interim Commission or the Organization.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
The United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture shall convene the first session of the Conference to meet at a suitable date after the entry into force of this Constitution.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
Pending the adoption by the Conference of any rules regarding languages, the business of the Conference shall be transacted in English.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
The temporary seat of the Organization shall be at Washington unless the Conference should otherwise determine.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 (a)
The following exceptional arrangements shall apply in respect of the financial year in which this Constitution comes into force: (a) the budget shall be the provisional budget set forth in Annex II to this Constitution; and (b) the amounts to be contributed by the Member nations shall be in the proportions set forth in Annex II to this Constitution: Provided that each Member nation may deduct therefrom the amount already contributed by it toward the expenses of the Interim Commission.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 (a)
(a) the budget shall be the provisional budget set forth in Annex II to this Constitution; and
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26 (b)
(b) the amounts to be contributed by the Member nations shall be in the proportions set forth in Annex II to this Constitution: Provided that each Member nation may deduct therefrom the amount already contributed by it toward the expenses of the Interim Commission.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
On the opening of the first session of the Conference, the United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture shall be deemed to be dissolved and its records and other property shall become the property of the Organization.
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Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippine Commonwealth, Poland, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
The provisional budget for the first financial year shall be a sum of 2,500,000 U.S. dollars, the unspent balance of which shall constitute the nucleus of a capital fund.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
This sum shall be contributed by the Member nations in the following proportions:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
Done at Quebec, Canada, this sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, in the English language, in a single copy which will be deposited in the archives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and of which authenticated copies will be transmitted by the Director-General to the governments of the nations enumerated in Annex I to this Constitution and of Members admitted to the Organization by the Conference in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
In witness whereof we have appended our signatures:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
[Here follow the signatures on behalf of the Governments of Australia, the Kingdom of Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mexico, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippine Commonwealth, Poland, the Union of South Africa, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia.]
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act — F-26
[Note: A number of amendments to the Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have been adopted at FAO Conferences.]
Food Day in Canada Act — F-27.3 Preamble
Preamble Whereas Canada’s national sovereignty is dependent on the safety and security of our food supply;
Food Day in Canada Act — F-27.3
Whereas strengthening connections from farms to tables of Canadian cuisine contributes to our nation’s social, environmental and economic well-being;
Food Day in Canada Act — F-27.3
Whereas supporting local farmers contributes to a sustainable Canadian food system;
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And whereas the people of Canada will benefit from a food day in Canada to celebrate local food as one of the most elemental characteristics of all of the cultures that populate this nation;
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Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Food Day in Canada Act — F-27.3 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Food Day in Canada Act .
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Food Day in Canada 2 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the Saturday before the first Monday in August is to be known as “Food Day in Canada”.
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act — F-27.5 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act .
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Department continued 2 (1) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is continued under the name of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development over which the Minister of Foreign Affairs, appointed by commission under the Great Seal, is to preside. Minister (2) The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in this Act referred to as the “Minister”, holds office during pleasure and has the management and direction of the Department in Canada and abroad.
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Minister for International Trade 3 A Minister for International Trade is to be appointed by commission under the Great Seal to hold office during pleasure and to assist the Minister in carrying out his or her responsibilities relating to international trade.
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Minister for International Development 4 A Minister for International Development is to be appointed by commission under the Great Seal to hold office during pleasure and to assist the Minister in carrying out his or her responsibilities relating to international development, poverty reduction and humanitarian assistance.
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Use of departmental services and facilities 5 A minister appointed under section 3 or 4 is to act with the concurrence of the Minister in carrying out his or her responsibilities and is to make use of the services and facilities of the Department.
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Committees to advise and assist 6 The Governor in Council may establish advisory and other committees to advise or assist the Minister or to exercise and perform any powers, duties and functions that the Governor in Council specifies and may fix the remuneration and expenses to be paid to the members of the committees so established.
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Deputy head 7 The Governor in Council may appoint an officer called the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to hold office during pleasure and to be the deputy head of the Department.
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Additional deputy heads 8 (1) The Governor in Council may appoint three Associate Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, each of whom is to have the rank and status of a deputy head of a department and is, under the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, to exercise and perform any powers, duties and functions, as a deputy of the Minister and otherwise, that the Minister specifies. Deputy Ministers for International Trade and for International Development (2) The Governor in Council may designate one of the Associate Deputy Ministers appointed under subsection (1) to be Deputy Minister for International Trade and one to be Deputy Minister for International Development.
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Coordinator, International Economic Relations 9 The Governor in Council may designate or appoint a person in the federal public administration as the Coordinator, International Economic Relations who is to have the rank and status of a deputy head of a department and is, subject to the direction of the Governor in Council, to exercise and perform any powers, duties and functions, as a deputy of the Minister and otherwise, that the Minister specifies.
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Powers, duties and functions of Minister 10 (1) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to the conduct of the external affairs of Canada, including international trade and commerce and international development. Powers, duties and functions of Minister (2) In exercising and performing his or her powers, duties and functions under this Act, the Minister is to (a) conduct all diplomatic and consular relations on behalf of Canada; (b) conduct all official communication between the Government of Canada and the government of any other country and between the Government of Canada and any international organization; (c) conduct and manage international negotiations as they relate to Canada; (d) coordinate Canada’s international economic relations; (e) foster the expansion of Canada’s international trade and commerce; (f) foster sustainable international development and poverty reduction in developing countries and provide humanitarian assistance during crises; (g) coordinate the direction given by the Government of Canada to the heads of Canada’s diplomatic and consular missions; (h) have the management of Canada’s diplomatic and consular missions; (i) administer the foreign service of Canada; (j) foster the development of international law and its application in Canada’s external relations; and (k) carry out any other duties and functions that are by law assigned to him or her. Supply management (2.1) In exercising and performing the powers, duties and functions set out in subsection (2), the Minister must not make any commitment on behalf of the Government of Canada, by international trade treaty or agreement, that would have the effect of (a) increasing the tariff rate quota , within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff , applicable to dairy products, poultry or eggs; or (b) reducing the tariff applicable to those goods when they are imported in excess of the applicable tariff rate quota. Programs (3) The Minister may develop and carry out programs related to the Minister’s powers, duties and functions for the promotion of Canada’s interests abroad, including (a) the fostering of the expansion of Canada’s international trade and commerce; and (b) the fostering of sustainable international development and of poverty reduction in developing countries and the provision of humanitarian assistance during crises. 2013, c. 33, s. 174 “10” 2025, c. 1, s. 1
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Regulations 11 (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister and the Treasury Board, make regulations prescribing (a) documents issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration for travel purposes for which fees are payable; and (b) the amount of the fees and the time and manner of their payment. Cost recovery (2) The fees are to be prescribed with a view to the recovery of the costs incurred by Her Majesty in right of Canada in providing consular services. Additional to other fees (3) The fees are to be paid in addition to any other fees payable under section 19 of the Financial Administration Act in respect of the same documents. 2013, c. 33, s. 174 "11", c. 40, s. 175
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Agreements 12 The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into agreements with the government of any province or any agency of a province respecting the carrying out of programs related to the Minister’s powers, duties and functions.
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Minister for International Trade 13 Subject to section 5, the Minister for International Trade is to promote the expansion of Canada’s international trade and commerce by (a) assisting Canadian exporters in their international marketing initiatives and promoting Canadian export sales; (b) improving the access of Canadian produce, products and services to external markets through trade negotiations; (c) fostering trade relations with other countries; and (d) contributing to the improvement of world trading conditions.