The Council
Having considered:
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(a) The Resolution adopted by the first Caribbean Plant Protection Conference, held at
St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, on 4-7 August 1965, with regard to the establishment
of a Caribbean Plant Protection Commission;
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(b) The recommendation of the Thirteenth Session of the FAO Conference that the Director-General
take steps in consultation with the interested member countries to determine how a
commission might be best established to perform the functions specified in the report
of the first Caribbean Plant Protection Conference;
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(c) Such views as were expressed by Member Nations located in the Caribbean Area;
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(d) The Report of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters (CCLM) on the legal
and constitutional implications of the establishement of such a body;
Considering further that the establishment of a Plant Protection Commission for the
Caribbean Area would promote inter-governmental co-operation in plant quarantine and
assist in preventing the introduction of destructive plant pests and diseases into
that area;
Hereby establishes under Article VI, paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the Organization,
a regional commission to be known as the „Caribbean Plant Protection Commission”,
the statutes of which shall be as follows:
The purpose of the Commission shall be to strengthen intergovernmental co-operation
in plant quarantine in the Caribbean area in order to prevent the introduction of
destructive plant pests and diseases and to preserve the existing plant resources
of that area and to this effect the terms of reference of the Commission shall be
to:
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(a) Keep under constant review outbreaks and movements of plant pests and diseases of
economic importance outside and inside the Caribbean area;
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(b) Review the progress made in the control of plant pests and diseases of crops of major
importance to the Caribbean area;
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(c) Review the current plant quarantine measures adopted by participating governments;
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(d) Propose to the participating governments concerned quarantine measures for approval
and adoption;
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(e) Examine and study problems in plant quarantine and related fields, referred to it
by any participating government;
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(f) Promote arrangements for the training of technical personnel in the field of plant
quarantine.
Memberschip in the Commission shall be open to all Member Nations and Associate Members
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations whose territories are
situated wholly or partly in the Caribbean Area. Membership shall comprise such eligible
Member Nations and Associate Members as have notified the Director-General of the
Organization of their desire to be considered as members.
Any Member Nation of the Organization and any Associate Member that is not a member
of the Commission but has a special interest in the work of the Commission, may, upon
request communicated to the Director-General of the Organization, attend as observer,
sessions of the Commission and of its subsidiary bodies and ad hoc meetings.
Nations which, while not Member Nations or Associate Members of the Organization,
are members of the United Nations may, upon their request, and with the approval of
the Council, be invited to attend in an observer capacity sessions of the Commission,
in accordance with the provisions relating to the granting of observer status to nations
adopted by the Conference of the Organization.
Participation of international organizations in the work of the Commission and the
relations between the Commission and such organizations shall be governed by the relevant
provisions of the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as
by the rules on relations with international organizations adopted by the Conference
or Council of the Organization. All such relations shall be dealt with by the Director-General
of the Organization.
The Commission shall report and make recommendations to the Council through the Director-General,
it being understood that copies of each report, including any conclusions and recommendations,
will be circulated to interested Member Governments and international organizations
for their information as soon as they become available.
The Commission may establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary for the
accomplishment of its task, subject to the availability of the necessary funds in
the relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization; the determination
of such availability shall be made by the Director-General. Before taking any decisions
involving expenditure in connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the
Commission must have before it a report from the Director-General on the administrative
and financial implications thereof.
The Commission may adopt and amend its own Rules of Procedure which shall be in conformity
with the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization and with the statement
of principles governing commissions and committees, adopted by the Conference. The
Rules of Procedure and amendments thereto shall come into force upon approval by the
Director-General subject to confirmation by the Council.
