| "What’s New" on the FAO Web site |
| | What’s New is an innovative information service which displays FAO’s most recently-published online information on a single, unique Web page. What’s New allows Internet audiences to be informed in real-time of the Organization’s newest Web sites, publications, press releases and other valuable material* avoiding the need to constantly revisit individual databases and systems. Updates are available via RSS feeds as well. |
| FAO Publications Catalogue |
| | This Catalogue presents all FAO titles currently available for sale in English, French and Spanish, published by or co-published with FAO. It includes books, periodicals, CD-ROMs and on-line data. |
| David Lubin Memorial Library |
| | Established in Rome at the 1952 FAO Conference, according to the decisions of the 1950 Conference. Named David Lubin Memorial Library by the Conference to honour the founder of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA). The extensive IIA collection formed a solid base for the present-day Library which is considered one of the world's finest collections in food, agriculture and international development. |
| Codex Alimentarius Commission |
| | The main purposes of this Programme are protecting health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade, and promoting coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations
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| Food for the Cities |
| | The task of feeding the world's cities adequately constitutes an increasingly pressing challenge, requiring the co-ordinated interaction of food producers, transporters, market operators and a myriad of retail sellers. It also requires constant improvements in the quality of transport and distribution systems. Not least, it involves a shared understanding among city officials and national and international development agencies of the common problems and the potential solutions faced when seeking to feed cities on a sustainable basis.
Jacques Diouf
FAO Director-General
(FAO: The State of Food and Agriculture 1998)
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| Corporate Document Repository |
| | The FAO Corporate Document Repository houses FAO documents and publications, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format. It enables users to easily access the accumulated knowledge and information produced by FAO directly on the Internet. |
| Contact US |
| | Find herewith the mailing addresses of FAO's headquarters, Regional and Liaison offices. Several Web pages contain a serie of staff responsabilities and e-mail addresses. |
| Governing Bodies |
| | The Governing Bodies ensure that FAO's vision and policies are carried out in an effective and transparent way so that the Organization fully complies with its mandate to help build a world without hunger. |
| Calendar of FAO meetings |
| | Calendar of FAO meetings |
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The FAO Online Library Catalogue has all of FAO's documentary knowledge resources from FAO's founding in 1945. These publications and documents are i
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The FAO Online Library Catalogue has all of FAO's documentary knowledge resources from FAO's founding in 1945. These publications and documents are in paper or electronic formats and may be accessed through the Library Catalogue at http://www.fao.org/library/index.htm
Published: 12/12/07
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Yes, the FAO Library website is at http://www.fao.org/library/index.htm
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In response to concerns about the potential risks posed by hazardous chemicals and pesticides, UNEP and FAO started developing and promoting volu
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In response to concerns about the potential risks posed by hazardous chemicals and pesticides, UNEP and FAO started developing and promoting voluntary information exchange programmes in the mid-1980s. This laid the groundwork for the Rotterdam Convention to be entered into force on 24 February 2004, when it became legally binding for its Parties. More information is available on the PIC Rotterdam Convention's How was it developed? page.
The Rotterdam Convention enables the world to monitor and control the trade in certain hazardous chemicals. It is not a recommendation to ban the global trade or use of specific chemicals, but it is an instrument to provide importing Parties with the power to make informed decisions on which of these chemicals they want to receive and to exclude those they cannot manage safely. More information is available on the PIC Rotterdam Convention page.
Published: 26/04/07
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The FAO Corporate Document Repository (CDR) houses FAO publications and documents, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format.
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The FAO Corporate Document Repository (CDR) houses FAO publications and documents, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format. No subscription is required to access the CDR's content.
More information is available on the CDR Help page.
Published: 08/11/06
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The Basic Texts of FAO are available online. They contain the FAO preamble;
"The Nations accepting this Constitution, being determ
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The Basic Texts of FAO are available online. They contain the FAO preamble;
"The Nations accepting this Constitution, being determined to promote the common welfare by furthering separate and collective action on their part for the purpose of:
- raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples under their respective jurisdictions;
- securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products;
- bettering the condition of rural populations; and thus contributing towards an expanding world economy and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger;
hereby establish the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter referred to as the "Organization" through which the Members will report to one another on the measures taken and the progress achieved in the field of action set forth above."
Published: 12/10/06
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