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FAO and Peru sign new Memorandum of Understanding
09/12/2021
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru, Oscar Maúrtua de Romaña, today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening collaboration between the UN agency and one of its founding Members.
FAO Director-General highlights importance of mountain tourism at Rome’s Quirinale Palace
09/12/2021
Rome – Mountain tourism needs to be more sustainable and equitable, said the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, at a high-level event hosted by His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic at
Readout of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu’s bilateral meeting with Victor Vasiliev, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation
07/12/2021
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Victor Vasiliev, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, today met to discuss the close collaboration between the Organization and the country. Alexander Yakovenko, Rector of the Diplo
Director-General closes 168th Council, calls for extraordinary efforts leading to extraordinary results
04/12/2021
Rome – The 168th Session of the FAO Council ended today with Members approving documents to help guide the Organization’s future work.
“All your debates and thought-provoking ideas have been appreciated,” Director-General QU Dongyu said in closing remark
Leveraging Mediterranean potential to transform agrifood systems
03/12/2021
Rome –Advantages of the Mediterranean region present many opportunities to transform agrifood systems affected by the climate crisis and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of th
Readout of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu’s meeting with Erica Barks-Ruggles, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, US Department of State
02/12/2021
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu and Erica Barks-Ruggles, Senior Bureau Official (SBO), Bureau of International Organization Affairs, US Department of State, met today and discussed cooperation between FAO and the United States of America (USA).
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Readout of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu’s bilateral meeting with Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon
02/12/2021
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu today met with Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon.
During their discussion, the Director-General confirmed FAO's continued commitment to supporting the agrifood sector in Leban
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriate of Yemen
01/12/2021
Rome--FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriate of Yemen.
The Director-General confirmed FAO's continued commitment to supporting the people of Yemen to resume and increase nutritious foo
FAO in 2022: Time for extraordinary efforts to continue walking the talk
29/11/2021
In 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) must make “extraordinary” efforts to achieve tangible on-the-ground progress towards reducing hunger, making agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable,
Transforming Africa’s agrifood systems requires coordinated policies across sectors
26/11/2021
Rome – To make them more sustainable, the transformation of agrifood systems across Africa needs a “cross-sectoral, holistic, coherent and coordinated policy environment,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said to
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