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Readout of the bilateral meetings between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua and Guatemala and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Jamaica
27/10/2021
27 October 2021, Rome – The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today had bilateral meetings with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, H.E. Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres; the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, H.E. Kamina
FAO begins process of implementing “One Country One Priority Product” Initiative
26/10/2021
October 26, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has started implementing a new initiative helping countries promote their most distinctive agricultural products, in an important step towards transforming agri-food syst
Readout of the bilateral meetings between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, the Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Paraguay and Costa Rica
25/10/2021
25 October 2021, Rome – The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met high-level officials of three Latin American countries: the Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, H.E. Marta Lucía Ramírez; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of P
Readout of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Spilios Livanos, Minister of Rural Development and Food of Greece
25/10/2021
25 October 2021, Rome – Today the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met with H.E. Spilios Livanos, Minister of Rural Development and Food of Greece.
The Minister congratulated the Director-General with his successful and consistent vision of sustainable a
Read-out of the meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Mr Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security
21/10/2021
Today, 21 October 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with Mr Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
The Director-General congratulated Mr Ferrero on his election as the new chair of the CFS, reit
FAO calls for greater RBA collaboration to implement UN Food System Summit outcomes
21/10/2021
Rome – With just nine agricultural seasons to go before 2030, it is crucial to strengthen the joint work by the three Rome-based United Nations agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Developm
Readout of meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile, 77th President of the UN Economic and Social Council
18/10/2021
18 October 2021, Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile, 77th President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), met virtually today.
The meeting reaffirmed the importance of close collaboration between the Food and
Readout of the meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
18/10/2021
18 October 2021, Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) met today to discuss further collaboration between FAO and UNFPA.
The Executive Director thanked the D
FAO’s Women’s Committee celebrates its second birthday
18/10/2021
18 October 2021, Rome – The FAO Women’s Committee today held a special celebratory VirtualiTea to mark the Committee’s second anniversary in the presence of FAO’s Director-General QU Dongyu and Her Excellency Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr, First Vice-Presi
Kunming COP15: Agri-food system transformation is key for biodiversity conservation
12/10/2021
Rome – Reversing biodiversity loss, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing adaptation, strengthening resilience and improving productivity are essential to address poverty and hunger, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organiza
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