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FAO Director-General and WTO Director-General to strengthen constructive collaboration
07/10/2019
7 October 2019, Geneva - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, at WTO headquarters in Geneva.
The two principals explored ways to further strengthen their collaboration and agreed
FAO Director-General and ITU Secretary-General agree to set up new action plan
07/10/2019
7 October 2019, Geneva - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, to sign an addendum to the existing MoU containing an action plan. They discussed areas of future cooperati
Director-General and President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stress the need to unleash the great potential of youth to achieve sustainable development
04/10/2019
4 October 2019, Rome -FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Her Excellency Jeanine Mabunda Lioko, President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to exchange views on further valorizing the country’s huge potential.
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Director-General and Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stress the importance of new special report on climate
03/10/2019
3 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Dr. Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to explore ways to further strengthen exchanges and information sharing.
The IPCC Chair introduced the successf
FAO and OIE to boost great cooperation on common actions
03/10/2019
3 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Dr Monique Eloit, Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OiE), to discuss the longstanding collaboration between the two organizations, which has proved its effici
FAO Director-General and United Nations Executive Secretary for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions agree to strengthen cooperation in the fields of soil and water
01/10/2019
1 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Rolph Payet, United Nations Executive Secretary for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, who congratulated Dr. Qu on his successful election as Director-General of the Food a
FAO Director-General and Lebanese Minister for Agriculture outline the importance of new Hand-In-Hand Initiative
01/10/2019
1 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with H.E. Hassan Lakkis, Minister for Agriculture of Lebanon. They agreed to maintain the constructive relationship established between Lebanon and the Organization and to work more closely t
Director-General and Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture of Germany highlight the importance of a stronger collaboration between Germany and FAO
30/09/2019
30 September 2019, Berlin/Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu had a phone call this morning with H.E. Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture of Germany, to discuss ways to further strengthen the collaboration between Germany and the O
FAO Director-General and Minister for Fish Wealth of Yemen to work closer together to improve the livelihoods of fishermen
30/09/2019
30 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and H.E. Fahd Saleem Kafayen Rafoon, Minister for Fish Wealth of Yemen today agreed to work more closely together to improve the livelihoods of fishermen.
The Minister for Fish Wealth congratulated
Healthy foods are clear priority for Small Island Developing States
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York - Food security and nutrition must be a priority in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which can count on FAO's support in taking "better coordinated and more coherent actions" towards that goal, Director-General Qu Dongyu
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