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FAO News and Highlights 1999
- AIDS: Not just a health
issue
(28 December 1999) - A view from space helps
Azerbaijan plan for the future
(8 December 1999) - Thousands move to
Caribbean beat at TeleFood '99 concert in Jamaica
(3 December 1999) - A pioneer project gives
independence and hope to rural disabled in
Thailand
(3 December 1999) - Agriculture: a major item
on the agenda at the WTO Ministerial Conference in
Seattle
(30 November 1999) - FAO Conference ends,
membership reaches 180
(29 November 1999) - Conference sets FAO's
2000-2001 budget at US$650 million
(19 November 1999) - FAO Conference continues:
Director-General re-elected, new member countries
welcomed
(15 November 1999) - The State of Food and
Agriculture 1999: Hunger declining, but unevenly
(15 November 1999) - Dr Jacques Diouf wins
second six-year term as Director-General of FAO
(13 November 1999) - FAO Conference begins:
Election of Director-General and 2000-2001 budget on the
agenda
(12 November 1999) - Starting over: FAO
emergency programme helps Kosovar farmers rebuild their
lives
(4 November 1999) - FAO and UNAIDS: Working
together to fight AIDS
(26 October 1999) - World Food Day: FAO
Ambassadors to spread Food for All message
(15 October 1999) - Putting a face on world
hunger: New FAO report assesses food insecurity
(14 October 1999) - High-level consultation
calls for better information on women's role in
agriculture
(11 October 1999) - FAO symposium in Geneva
links agricultural trade to food security
(7 October 1999) - Putting a CAP on the
tropical Bont tick
(6 October 1999) - Raising the visibility of
women farmers: High-level consultation takes place in
Rome
(1 October 1999) - FAO Symposium on trade,
agriculture and food security opens in Geneva
(22 September 1999) - "Cultivating Our
Futures": FAO/Netherlands Conference Gets Under
Way
(10 September 1999) - Communication for
Development Group works to get the message across
(9 September 1999) - Ornamental aquatic life:
what's FAO got to do with it?
(1 September 1999) - Locust alert in
Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation
(2 August 1999) - Funds urgently needed for
assistance programmes in Kosovo, Albania and
Macedonia
(29 July 1999) - Rotterdam Convention
gains momentum at Rome Conference
(27 July 1999) - Codex meeting passes new
international standards for food safety
(9 July 1999) - FAO/WHO commission to set
guidelines for organic foods
(28 June 1999) - USAID helps clean up
pesticides in Ethiopia
(23 June 1999) - Facing the challenges of
the World Food Summit
(15 June 1999) - Sahelian farmer
representatives visit Italy
(14 June 1999) - FAO urges better control
of animal feed contamination
(10 June 1999) - Asian cotton farmers to
learn integrated pest management
(9 June 1999) - How much to rid the world
of rinderpest?
(8 June 1999) - Support planned for
Albanian families hosting Kosovar refugees
(4 June 1999) - Safeguarding farm animal
genetic resources for food security
(1 June 1999) - The value of indigenous
animal breeds
(1 June 1999) - Chinese Web site tracks
animal diversity
(1 June 1999) - Countries agree to
establish a multilateral system for plant genetic
resources for food and agriculture
(26 May 1999) - Cleaning up the
pesticides nobody wants
(24 May 1999) - Global rice production
looks good for 1999
(20 May 1999) - FAO launches
international appeals for poor farming families in
Albania and Macedonia
(4 May 1999) - "Youth against Hunger" is
the theme for annual celebrations at FAO
(3 May 1999) - The Millenium Bug
threatens food supply systems - developing countries are
also vulnerable, FAO warns
(19 April 1999) - Tough prevention measures
are needed in CIS to halt the spread of animal
disease
(8 April 1999) - Weather-wise farmers
could their improve yields
(29 March 1999)
Field reports show steady progress under the Special Programme for Food Security
(29 March 1999) - On World Water Day, FAO
calls for irrigation for small farmers
(22 March 1999) - Group promoters worldwide
turn to FAO manual
(11 March 1999) - FAO launches new website
to celebrate International Women's Day
(8 March 1999) - Kandy accord affirms
commitment to eradication of rinderpest from Asia
(3 March 1999) - Countries taking action
to save world's declining forests, according to
report
(1 March 1999) - State of fisheries and
aquaculture review on meeting agenda
(15 February 1999) - Meeting gives FAO
go-ahead for new fields of work
(11 February 1999) - New avenues for
agriculture in the third millennium
(22 January 1999) - Countries hit by
Hurricane "Mitch" on long road to recovery
(22 January 1999) - FAO coordinates
agricultural relief network in Burundi
(22 January 1999) - Breeding rabbits for food
and income
(12 January 1999)
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