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Director-General meets with CEO of World Business Council on Sustainable Development
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Peter Bakker, CEO of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, to discuss points of common interest.
Many of FAO’s priorities are important to WBCSD members, who are keen to
Nature-based solutions to climate change must be scaled up across food systems
11/12/2019
12 December 2019, Madrid - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has highlighted the key role of agriculture in offering nature-based solutions to address climate change.
Queen Letizia of Spain meets with FAO’s Director-General
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid – Queen Letizia of Spain in a meeting today with FAO Director-General QU Dongyu expressed her interest for FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative.
The Queen, who is an FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition, was briefed by the Dir
South-South and Triangular Cooperation: a "game changer" for world's most vulnerable, says FAO Director-General
11/12/2019
12 December, Madrid - Innovative partnerships, investment and technical exchange through South-South and Triangular Cooperation are critical for countries especially in the global South to address climate change and achieve the UN's Sustainable Developmen
Director-General meets with Chair of Solar Impulse Foundation
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Bertrand Piccard, the chair and founder of Solar Impulse Foundation, an initiative that aims to find profitable opportunities to protect the environment to discuss prospective collaboratio
Valencia sees many new opportunities after site is added to FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
10/12/2019
10 December 2019, Madrid – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the Mayor of Valencia Joan Ribó discussed how the recent addition of the Horta of Valencia to FAO’s list of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) can help showcase the multid
Spain and FAO eye more collaboration on rural development
10/12/2019
10 December 2019, Madrid – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in talks that focused on strengthening future collaboration.
During their discussion, which took place on the side-lines of the COP25 climate summit,
FAO Director-General meets Mars Inc. representatives
09/12/2019
9 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with senior representatives of Mars Inc. including David Crean, Vice President, Corporate R&D, Howard Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, and John Cordaro, Special Representative for Fo
FAO Director-General and IFPRI counterpart renew Memorandum of Understanding
09/12/2019
9 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Shenggen Fan, Director-General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for talks that focused on the partnership between the two organizations.The meeting provided a
FAO Council approves structural changes including new offices to support least developed countries
06/12/2019
6 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today praised Member countries and thanked them for their endorsement of his proposals to forge FAO into a more transparent and efficient organization that can play a better and more dynamic role in g
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