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| High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy |
Rome, 3-5 June 2008 |
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High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy Rome, 3-5 June 2008 |
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| Concluding Press Conference, 5 June 2008
Concluding Press Conference by FAO Director-General, Mr Jacques Diouf, flanked by Henri Djombo, Chair Committee of the Whole (Congo), Minister of Forestry and Environment, Jim Marurai, Prime Minister, Cook Islands and Denzil L. Douglas, Prime Minister, Saint Kitts and Nevis. The following is the entire Press conference with statements by the listed personalities, and questions and answers in English and French.
Duration 64min.47sec. | 
| |  | Press Conferences of Forums, 4-5 June 2008 | 1. Results of the Civil Society Forum: Antonio Onorati, global focal point for the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty. With others on the podium (Iran, Brazil, Canada, Sri Lanka).
Duration: 20min |
| 2. Briefing on the outcome of the CSO/NGO Forum Peter Kenmore, Chief Plant Protection Service, together with ROPPA (West Africa) and other NGO/CSO representatives
Duration: 20min |
| 3. Briefing on the outcome of the Private Sector Forum, Jim Butler, Deputy Director-General:
Duration: 49min.13sec. |
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| Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Press Conference, 4 June 2008
An unprecedented partnership among key players in agricultural development aims to significantly boost food production in Africa’s "breadbasket regions." The Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) at the FAO High-Level Conference on World Food Security.
Duration 53min.2sec. |
| |  | Press Conferences of Roundtables, 4-5 June 2008 | 1. Briefing on the outcome of Roundtable 1, Hafez Ghanem, FAO Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Department: High food prices, causes, consequences and solutions.
Duration: 40min.57sec |
| 2. Briefing on the outcome of Roundtable 2, Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director-General, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department: Climate change and food security:
Duration: 34min.16sec. |
| 3. Briefing on the outcome of Roundtable 3, Jim Butler, Deputy Director-General: Transboundary pests and diseases:
Duration: 28min.58sec. |
| 4. Briefing on the outcome of Roundtable 4, Astrid Agostini: Bioenergy and Food security:
Duration: 20min. |
| |  | Ban Ki-moon's Press Conference, 4 June 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP,WB | | 1. UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Duration: 8min.6sec. |
| 2. FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf
Duration: 2min.53sec. |
| 3. The President of the World Bank, R. Zoellick
Duration: 4min.12sec. |
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| What can FAO expect from the June Summit's outcome on World Food Security.
Interview with FAO's Assistant Director-General of the Natural Resources Management and Environment Department and Secretary of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, Mr Alexander Müller. (Interview by Charmaine Wilkerson, FAO)
Duration 8min.9sec. |
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