High-level conference

FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, will host the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy from 3 to 5 June 2008. The Conference will build upon the work initiated at the Expert Meetings and Stakeholder Consultations held between January and April 2008 and recent analysis undertaken by the Organization.

The overall purpose of the High-Level Conference is to address food security issues in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of climate change and energy security. The objective is to assist countries and the international  community in devising sustainable solutions to the food crisis by identifying the policies, strategies and programmes required to safeguard world food security in the immediate, short and longer term. It is also expected to feed into broader inter-agency and intergovernmental processes.

The High-Level Conference is open to invited participants only.

FAO has invited Heads of State and Government and Ministers dealing with agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries, water, energy and environment of all its member countries, as well as heads of UN-system agencies and selected inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.

DATE: 3-5 June 2008
VENUE: FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

SECRETARIAT:
Alexander Julius Müller, Assistant Director-General

Nadia Scialabba, Senior Officer (Environment and Sustainable Development)

Office of the Assistant Director-General
Natural Resources Management and Environment Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: (+39) 06 57051
Cable address: FOODAGRI ROME
Fax: (+39) 06 570 53064
email: cccb-secretariat@fao.org