The supreme governing body of the FAO is the Conference. The Council is the executive organ of the Conference. It exercises powers delegated to it by the Conference and meets at least three times between regular Conference sessions. The Council comprises 49 member nations each elected by the Conference for a three-year term with one-third of the membership standing down each year.
- ISBN10 9251048797
- ISBN13 9789251048795
- Publish Date 18 February 2003 (first published 31 December 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 September 2016
- Publish Country IT
- Imprint Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Edition Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 116
- Language English