About the event:

The event will start at 12:30 hours with an Opening Statement by the Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), followed by a panel discussion that will include the following representatives:

• Latin America and Caribbean: H.E. Mr. Javier Ponce Cevallos, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ecuador
• Africa:  H.E Mr. Allan James Chiyembekeza, Minister for Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi
• Asia and Pacific: H.E. Mr. Phouangparisak Pravongviengkham, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR

The panel will be moderated by Mr. Kostas Stamoulis, Coordinator Strategic Objective 1: Eradication of Hunger, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition, and Director of Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).

The event will last one hour and will close at 14.30 hours. 

Purpose: The side event will showcase FAO's achievements and provide evidence on how the Organization has brought about changes or impacted developing countries and the global community.

Provisional Agenda

Responsible office: 

Strategic Objective 1

Languages: 

Chinese, English, French and Spanish

Website: 

www.fao.org/about/what-we-do/regional-initiatives/en/

Twitter hashtag:

#UNFAO39; #UNFAOresults; #zerohunger