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Midrand, South Africa. Gathered for the 3rd Session of its Sixth Parliament, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) held a ceremony on 28 June to officially launch the first ever Model law on Food and Nutrition Security in Africa. While not a legally binding document, this model law will provide parliaments and parliamentarians with legislative patterns and serve as a valuable tool to design sound legal and institutional frameworks to achieve sustainable food security and nutrition.  This model law is the tangible fruit of a longstanding partnership and collaboration between the African Union legislative body and the Food and Agriculture...

Parliaments play a crucial role in amplifying the perspectives and needs of individuals. Ensuring that the voices of their constituents are heard in policy decision-making, they are the bridge between parliamentary discussions and on-the-ground realities, helping ensure inclusive and participatory governance. Partnerships with parliaments, parliamentarians and parliamentary networks are of vital importance to FAO’s work helping ensure food security and nutrition (FSN) in every part of the world.  Through our joint efforts with parliamentary networks, FAO has helped steer progress on more than 100 laws related to FSN, with a commitment to driving legislative change that contributes to sustainable development and the...

روما - توفر لوحة المتابعة الجديدة على الإنترنت التي أصدرتها منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (المنظمة) طريقة بديهية وسهلة الاستخدام لتصور الروابط بين مشاريع المنظمة والشركاء في الموارد ومجالات العمل المواضيعية، مما يوفر طريقة سهلة للعامة لفهم الكمية الكبيرة من بيانات المشاريع التي تنشرها المنظمة. ويؤكد إطلاق لوحة المتابعة التزام المنظمة بالشفافية، من خلال السماح للمستخدمين باستكشاف مصدر التمويل، وكيفية توزيعه عبر مجالات مختلفة من عمل المنظمة وكيف تساعد هذه المشاريع في تحقيق المجالات ذات الأولوية ضمن الإطار الاستراتيجي للمنظمة وتعزيز التقدم نحو تحقيق أهداف...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week helped 28 countries to unlock $70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, groundwater management, biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation. “These initiatives will help to increase the resilience of those on the front lines of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation,” said FAO...

Brasília, Brazil, June 10, 2024 - Professionals from different ministries and government bodies of Brazil, United Nations (UN) agencies, and representatives from countries in the region will gather virtually on June 20 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Law 11.947/2009 - the School Feeding Law - considered a milestone for strengthening school feeding programmes in Brazil and in Latin America and the Caribbean. The virtual participation of Brazil's First Lady, Janja Lula da Silva, school feeding ambassador, is also planned.