World Food Day was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's Twentieth General Conference in November 1979. The date chosen - 16 October - is the anniversary of FAO's founding in 1945.

Resolutions on World Food Day

• FAO General Conferences Resolutions

• Resolution 1/79
• Resolution 7/81
• Resolution 5/83
• Resolution 2/87
• Resolution 4/93
• Resolution 1/95
• Resolution 3/97
• United Nations General Assembly Resolution 35/70
• The Fiftieth Anniversary Declaration on Food and Agriculture
• A Declaration On the FAO’s 60th Anniversary -
Ensuring Humanity's Freedom from Hunger

Archive of WFD Web sites

• 2012 - Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world (About, Events calendar, Multimedia, fund-raising campaign for the Horn of Africa, Hunger Run, World Food Day poster contest 2012)
• 2011 - Food prices - from crisis to stability (About, Director-General's Message, Events calendar, Run for Food, Press/Publicity, 60th Anniversary, Schools, fund-raising campaign for the Horn of Africa)
• 2010 - United against Hunger (About, Director-General's Message, Address by the Director-General, Events calendar, Run for Food, Multimedia, Press/Publicity)
• 2009 - Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis (About, Director-General's Message, Address by the Director-General, Events calendar, Run for Food, Multimedia, Press/Publicity)
• 2008 - World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy  (About, Director-General's message, UN Secretary-General's message, Events calendar, Multimedia)
• 2007 - The Right to Food  (view poster)
• 2006 - Investing in agriculture for food security (view poster)
• 2005 - Agriculture and intercultural dialogue (view poster)
• 2004 - Biodiversity for Food Security (view poster)
• 2003 - Working together for an International Alliance Against Hunger (view poster)
• 2002 - Water: source of Food Security (view poster)
• 2001 - Fight Hunger to Reduce Poverty (view poster)
• 2000 - A Millennium Free from Hunger (view poster)
• 1999 - Youth Against Hunger (view poster)
• 1998 - Women Feed the World (view poster)
• 1997 - Investing in Food Security (view poster)
• 1996 - Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition (view poster)
• 1995 - Food for All (view poster)
• 1994 - Water for Life (view poster)
• 1993 - Harvesting Nature's Diversity (view poster)
• 1992 - Food and Nutrition (view poster)
• 1991 - Trees for Life - (view poster)
• 1990 - Food for the Future (view poster)
• 1989 - Food and the Environment (view poster)
• 1988 - Rural Youth (view posters)
• 1987 - Small Farmers (view poster)
• 1986 - Fishermen and Fishing Communities (view poster)
• 1985 - Rural Poverty (view poster)
• 1984 - Women in Agriculture (view poster)
• 1983 - Food Security (view poster)
• 1982 - Food Comes First (view poster)
• 1981 - Food Comes First (view poster)