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Director-General updates the Joint Meeting of Programme and Finance Committees on the new Strategic Framework, partnerships, initiatives and results
09/11/2020
9 November 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today addressed the Joint Meeting of the 129th Session of the Programme Committee and the 183rd Session of the Finance Committee, two of FAO’s governing bodies that report to the FAO Council, wh
FAO launches Food Coalition to lift food access, sustainable agri-food systems
05/11/2020
5 November 2020, Rome - The need for concerted action to prevent the COVID-19 international health emergency from triggering a catastrophic world food crisis received a welcome new tool today as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO and Uzbekistan discuss ways to strengthen collaboration
04/11/2020
4 November 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Minister for Agriculture of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodjaev discussed ways to strengthen collaboration between the country and the UN Agency at a virtual meeting today.
The FAO Director-General expre
FAO and IRENA seek to increase renewable energy and drive food system transformation in rural communities
03/11/2020
3 November 2020, Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, and the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco La Camera, have agreed to benefit from potential synergies and
FAO and UN Habitat stress the need for narrowing the gap of inequality between rural and urban areas
30/10/2020
30 October 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Executive Director of UN Habitat Maimunah Mohd Sharif agreed today to renew their commitment to work closely together on rural-urban development issues and find new ways to strengthen linkages bet
FAO’s Hand-in-Hand initiative can help end hunger and poverty in Africa
28/10/2020
27 October 2020, Accra/Harare/Rome - Agriculture ministers from across Africa, representatives from the African Union, the civil society and the private sector, and other partners, recognized the role FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative can play in ending pover
Director-General shares FAO reforms in meeting with retirees
28/10/2020
28 October 2020, Rome - The Director-General QU Dongyu today adressed the 50th Session of the Former FAO and Other UN Staff Association (FFOA), which represents retirees from FAO and other United Nations (UN) institutions, particularly WFP and IFAD.
Qu t
FAO aims to untap Africa's potential to end hunger and malnutrition
27/10/2020
27 October 2020, Rome/Harare - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu says Africa's potential gives him hope that the battle against poverty and hunger can be won. He made the remarks at today's openi
FAO consults its Members to develop the next ten-year Strategic Framework
23/10/2020
23 October 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and senior managers held today a first informal virtual consultation with Members to discuss the outline of FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022-2031.
The meeting had the objective to seek inputs from th
Canada and the U.S. join FAO in commemorating the UN agency’s 75th anniversary
22/10/2020
22 October 2020, Quebec City/Washington, D.C./Rome - Many of the global challenges that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was set up to address are still prevalent today, including chronic undernourishment, high-level participant
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