39th FAO Conference: Webcast Highlights of Key Events
FAO Headquarters
05.06.2015
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FAO's 197 Members will meet from 6-13 June for the 39th biennial FAO Conference, the highest governing body of the Organization. Highlighted key events:
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2015
Afternoon session, TBA (Plenary Hall)
• Close of the Conference
PREVIOUS EVENTS
SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2015
Starting at 09.30 - Conference opening (Plenary Hall)
• Speech by Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy
• Speech by Michele Bachelet, President of Chile
• Lecture by Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil
11:30 -13:00 - Panel on Small Island Developing States (Green Room)
• Participants: Domingos Simões Pereira, Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau; Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime-Minister of Fiji; Ralph Gonzalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines; Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary General of The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
14.30 - Election of the Director-General (Plenary Hall)
SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2015
15:00 - MDG Hunger Progress Awards (Plenary Hall)
• Remarks by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva
• Speech by Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of Mali
Also participating: Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia; Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji; Daniel Ona Ondo, Prime Minister of Gabon; Domingos Simões Pereira, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau; Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of Niger; Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia; Wang Yang Vice Premier of China.
MONDAY 8 JUNE 2015
9.30 - Morning Session (Plenary Hall)
• FAO Director-General’s Policy Statement
• Speech by President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2015
Afternoon session, TBA (Plenary Hall)
• Close of the Conference
PREVIOUS EVENTS
SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2015
Starting at 09.30 - Conference opening (Plenary Hall)
• Speech by Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy
• Speech by Michele Bachelet, President of Chile
• Lecture by Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil
11:30 -13:00 - Panel on Small Island Developing States (Green Room)
• Participants: Domingos Simões Pereira, Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau; Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime-Minister of Fiji; Ralph Gonzalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines; Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary General of The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
14.30 - Election of the Director-General (Plenary Hall)
SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2015
15:00 - MDG Hunger Progress Awards (Plenary Hall)
• Remarks by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva
• Speech by Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of Mali
Also participating: Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia; Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji; Daniel Ona Ondo, Prime Minister of Gabon; Domingos Simões Pereira, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau; Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of Niger; Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia; Wang Yang Vice Premier of China.
MONDAY 8 JUNE 2015
9.30 - Morning Session (Plenary Hall)
• FAO Director-General’s Policy Statement
• Speech by President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina
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