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Setting the tone
12/09/2019
FAO’s Director-General met with senior management to exchange ideas and recommendations on the direction of the Organization
In the first-of-its-kind interactive session, the Director-General Qu Dongyu met with more than 60 senior-level colleagues in Ro
FAO and Belgium discuss collaboration and governance plans
09/09/2019
9 September 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Bruno van Der Pluijm, Secretary General of Belgium’s Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs, today to discuss how to bolster the strong collaboration between Belgium and the Organization.
Peru Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister discusses cooperation with FAO
09/09/2019
9 September 2019, Rome - Peru’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jaime Antonio Pomareda, visited FAO for a meeting with FAO Director-General QU Dongyu with talks focusing on ways to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the Republic of Peru
Director-General heralds new, transparent approach in briefing to FAO Member States
09/09/2019
9 September 2019, Rome – The FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu invited Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives from the agency’s Member States to an informal briefing on Monday where he reviewed some of the changes and reforms made during his first five we
Director-General is invited to World Economic Forum in Davos
06/09/2019
6 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Sean de Cleene, a senior official with the World Economic Forum, today to discuss ways to strengthen collaboration on specific areas of work between FAO and WEF.
De Cleene, a member of
Director-General and Nabarro engage in wide-ranging talk about food systems
06/09/2019
6 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with David Nabarro, winner of the 2018 World Food Prize, to exchange views on the role of food and food systems in development.
“It’s clear he sees it in a very broad way,” Nabarro said
Nobel laureate Yunus points to partnership FAO with boost rural entrepreneurship
04/09/2019
4 September 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, met with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday to discuss global agricultural policies and a joint project that FAO and the Yunus Social Business venture fund are engaged on in Cen
South-South/Triangular Cooperation tops agenda in talks with China’s aid agency
04/09/2019
4 September 2019 - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today met Wang Xiaotao, Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), discussing a range of issues related to future collaboration on multiple levels.
Qu thanked Wang for Chi
FAO Director-General underscores ILO’s valuable work to boost rural economy
29/08/2019
29 August 2019, Yokohama – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and his International Labour Organization counterpart, Guy Ryder, today said that the two UN agencies will seek to find ways to increase joint efforts to support small-scale farmers and expand proj
Togo welcomes FAO’s support to develop agricultural mechanization and capacity building
29/08/2019
29 August 2019, Yokohama – In talks today with the President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, FAO Director-General called for a strengthening of South-South and triangular cooperation to better meet the development needs of African countries.
During their meet
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