function fwLoadMenus() {
  if (window.fw_menu_0) return;
	var newRoot="";
  	if(typeof codexRoot != 'undefined')
			newRoot = codexRoot;	
	//alert(newRoot);  
  window.fw_menu_0 = new Menu("root",327,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#ffffff","#000000","#cc951c","#ffe88a");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("FAO Home Page","location='http://www.fao.org'");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Nutrition and Consumer Protection","location='http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/'");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Plant Protection and Health","location='http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPP/Default.htm '");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Animal Production and Health","location='http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/index_en.htm '");
  fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health","location='http://www.ipfsaph.org/Biosec/En/default.jsp?language=en'");
   fw_menu_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
  window.fw_menu_1 = new Menu("root",195,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#ffffff","#000000","#cc951c","#ffe88a");
  fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("WHO Home Page","location='http://www.who.int'");
  fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("Chemical Contaminants in Food","location='http://www.who.int/ipcs/food/en/'");
  fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("Food Safety","location='http://www.who.int/foodsafety/en/'");
  fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("Drinking Water Quality","location='http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/en/index.html '");
   fw_menu_1.hideOnMouseOut=true;
   // start MAIN MENU	
    window.fw_menu_2_1 = new Menu("Understanding Codex",73,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    fw_menu_2_1.addMenuItem("English","location='http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y7867e/y7867e00.htm '");
    fw_menu_2_1.addMenuItem("France","location='http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y7867f/y7867f00.htm'");
    fw_menu_2_1.hideOnMouseOut=true;
    window.fw_menu_2_2 = new Menu("Committees and Task Forces",136,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    fw_menu_2_2.addMenuItem("Terms of Reference");
    fw_menu_2_2.addMenuItem("Chairpersons");
    fw_menu_2_2.addMenuItem("Contact Addresses");
     fw_menu_2_2.hideOnMouseOut=true;
      window.fw_menu_2_3_1 = new Menu("Procedural Manual",73,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
      fw_menu_2_3_1.addMenuItem("English","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y2200E/Y2200E00.HTM '");
      fw_menu_2_3_1.addMenuItem("French","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y2200F/Y2200F00.HTM'");
      fw_menu_2_3_1.addMenuItem("Spanish","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y2200S/Y2200S00.HTM'");
       fw_menu_2_3_1.hideOnMouseOut=true;
	
	    window.fw_menu_2_4 = new Menu("Members of the Codex Commission",145,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    //fw_menu_2_4.addMenuItem("by Region","location='"+newRoot+"member_regions.jsp'");
    fw_menu_2_4.addMenuItem("by Region","location='"+newRoot+"../web/members_area.jsp?lang=EN'");
    fw_menu_2_4.addMenuItem("alphabetically","location='"+newRoot+"members.jsp?lang=EN'");
	
		window.fw_menu_2_5 = new Menu("International Organizations",145,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    //fw_menu_2_5.addMenuItem("List","location='"+newRoot+"organizations_list.jsp'");
    fw_menu_2_5.addMenuItem("Search","location='"+newRoot+"organizations.jsp?lang=EN'");
	fw_menu_2_5.addMenuItem("NGO Participation","location='"+newRoot+"ngo_participation.jsp'");
	   
    // window.fw_menu_2_3 = new Menu("Procedural Manual",225,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d","location='"+newRoot+"procedural_manual.jsp'");
    // fw_menu_2_3.addMenuItem("Procedural Manual","location='"+newRoot+"procedural_manual.jsp'");
    // fw_menu_2_3.addMenuItem("Strategic Framework","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y2361e/y2361e00.htm'");
	// fw_menu_2_3.addMenuItem("Strategic Framework 2008-2013","location='ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/Publications/StrategicFrame/Strategic_En.pdf'");
    // fw_menu_2_3.addMenuItem("Strategic Framework","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y2361e/y2361e00.htm'");
    // fw_menu_2_3.hideOnMouseOut=true;
    // fw_menu_2_3.childMenuIcon=newRoot+"images/arrows.gif";
	 
	 window.fw_menu_2_7 = new Menu("Standards Management",350,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    fw_menu_2_7.addMenuItem("Critical Review","location='"+newRoot+"criticalreview_en.jsp'");
	fw_menu_2_7.addMenuItem("Criteria for the Establishment of  Work Priorities","location='"+newRoot+"workpriorities_en.jsp'");
    fw_menu_2_7.addMenuItem("Establishment of Work Priorities applicable to Commodities","location='"+newRoot+"workprioritiescomm_en.jsp'");
	fw_menu_2_7.addMenuItem("Monitoring of Progress of Standards Development","location='"+newRoot+"monitoring_en.jsp'");
	// fw_menu_2_7.addMenuItem("Strategic Framework","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y2361e/y2361e00.htm'");
     fw_menu_2_7.hideOnMouseOut=true;
     fw_menu_2_7.childMenuIcon=newRoot+"images/arrows.gif";
	 
	     window.fw_menu_2_8 = new Menu("Strategic Planning",225,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    fw_menu_2_8.addMenuItem("Strategic Framework 2002-2007","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y2361e/y2361e00.htm'");
	fw_menu_2_8.addMenuItem("Strategic Plan 2008-2013","location='ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/Publications/StrategicFrame/Strategic_En.pdf'");
    // fw_menu_2_8.addMenuItem("Strategic Framework","location='http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y2361e/y2361e00.htm'");
     fw_menu_2_8.hideOnMouseOut=true;
     fw_menu_2_8.childMenuIcon=newRoot+"images/arrows.gif";

    window.fw_menu_4_1 = new Menu("Official Codex Standards",80,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
    fw_menu_4_1.addMenuItem("List","location='"+newRoot+"standard_list.do?lang=en'");
    //fw_menu_4_1.addMenuItem("Search","location='"+newRoot+"standards_search.asp'");
    	//replaced with the next uncommented
	    //fw_menu_4_1.addMenuItem("Search","location='"+newRoot+"../search/search.jsp?lang=en'");
	    //fw_menu_4_1.addMenuItem("Advanced","location='"+newRoot+"../search/advanced.do?lang=en'");
	    
	    fw_menu_4_1.addMenuItem("Search","location='"+newRoot+"../search/advanced.do?lang=en'");
	    
	    
     fw_menu_4_1.hideOnMouseOut=true;
     fw_menu_4_1.childMenuIcon=newRoot+"images/arrows.gif";

   //about Codex start	 
  window.fw_menu_2 = new Menu("root",225,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Understanding Codex","location='ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/Publications/understanding/Understanding_EN.pdf'");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Committees and Task Forces","location='"+newRoot+"committees.jsp'");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem(fw_menu_2_4);
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem(fw_menu_2_5);
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Procedural Manual","location='"+newRoot+"procedural_manual.jsp'");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem(fw_menu_2_7);
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem(fw_menu_2_8);
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Evaluation of the Codex Programme","location='"+newRoot+"evaluation_en.jsp'");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Newsletter","location='"+newRoot+"newsletter.jsp'");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("FAQs","location='"+newRoot+"faq.jsp'");
  // fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Regional Committees websites","location='"+newRoot+"regional.jsp'");
  fw_menu_2.addMenuItem("Contacts","location='"+newRoot+"contacts_en.jsp'");
   fw_menu_2.hideOnMouseOut=true;
   fw_menu_2.childMenuIcon=newRoot+"images/arrows.gif";
 //meetings and events start
  window.fw_menu_3 = new Menu("root",180,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
  fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Forthcoming Codex Meetings","location='"+newRoot+"current.jsp?lang=en'");
  //fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Reports","location='"+newRoot+"reports.jsp?lang=en'");
  //fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Archive Reports","location='"+newRoot+"archives.jsp?lang=en'");
  fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Reports","location='"+newRoot+"archives.jsp?lang=en'");
  fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Circular letters","location='"+newRoot+"circular.jsp'");
  fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Audio recordings","location='"+newRoot+"audio_en.jsp'");
  //fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Electronic Working Group","location='http://waicent.fao.org/testsite/codex_forum/forum.html'");
  fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("Information for delegates","location='ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/Information_for_delegates/Info_leaflet_en.pdf'");
   fw_menu_3.hideOnMouseOut=true;
 //official standards start 
   window.fw_menu_4 = new Menu("root",180,19,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#000000","#000000","#ffe88a","#e3bc1d");
  fw_menu_4.addMenuItem(fw_menu_4_1);
  fw_menu_4.addMenuItem("Pesticide MRLs","location='http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q-e.jsp'");
  fw_menu_4.addMenuItem("Veterinary Drugs MRLs","location='http://www.codexalimentarius.net/vetdrugs/data/index.html'");
  //fw_menu_4.addMenuItem("Veterinary Drugs MRLs","location='http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/vetdrugs/jsp/vetd_q-e.jsp'");
  fw_menu_4.addMenuItem("GSFA Online (Food Additives)","location='http://www.codexalimentarius.net/gsfaonline/index.html?lang=en'");
  fw_menu_4.addMenuItem("Special Publications","location='"+newRoot+"publications.jsp?lang=en'");
  fw_menu_4.addMenuItem("Sales and Marketing","location='http://www.fao.org/icatalog/inter-e.htm'");
   fw_menu_4.hideOnMouseOut=true;
   fw_menu_4.childMenuIcon=newRoot+"images/arrows.gif";
  fw_menu_4.writeMenus();
}