17/ 5
2023
19/5
2023
High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework
Hybrid Event, 17/05/2023 - 19/05/2023
The High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 will take place from 18-19 May 2023 at the United Nati...
11/ 5
2023
UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Middle-income Countries
Hybrid Event, 11/05/2023
'Accelerating the achievement of the SDGs in middle-income countries, with a focus on the environmental dimension'
8/ 5
2023
12/5
2023
FAO at the 18th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
Hybrid Event, 08/05/2023 - 12/05/2023
At its 18th session, the United Nations Forum on Forests will discuss the implementation of and progress on the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030. The interlinkages betwee...
5/ 5
2023
FAO Chief Economist briefing from New York – FAO Food Price Index for April 2023
Virtual Event, 05/05/2023
5 May 2023 @ 12 PM (EDT) | Tune in to the briefing to journalists by the FAO Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, on the latest FAO Food Price Index update for the month of April 2023.
2/ 5
2023
4/5
2023
FAO at the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs
Hybrid Event, 02/05/2023 - 04/05/2023
The eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) will be held from 3 to 4 May 2023. The Forum will be convened by the President of ECOSOC Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva who has appointed two co-chairs – H.E.
25/ 4
2023
27/4
2023
FAO at the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023
Hybrid Event, 25/04/2023 - 27/04/2023
The 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum is convened by the President of ECOSOC and co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in collaboration with the United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth Developm...
18/ 4
2023
4th SIDS Solutions Dialogue: A joint initiative of the FAO Liaison Offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs
Hybrid Event, 18/04/2023
FAO reaffirms its commitment to climate action on agriculture and food security, with a focus on the transformation of agrifood systems.
17/ 4
2023
20/4
2023
FAO at the 2023 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum
Hybrid Event, 17/04/2023 - 20/04/2023
The global economic outlook remains fragile amid a highly challenging environment. Countries are facing difficult economic policy trade-offs and recent shocks are threatening to further reverse progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Both immediate and longer-term measures are urgently needed to effectively finance responses to multiple overlapping crises while scaling up es...
17/ 4
2023
28/4
2023
FAO at the 22nd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
17/04/2023 - 28/04/2023
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal...
13/ 4
2023
FAO Chief Economist press briefing | Launch of FAO Report on The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems
Virtual Event, 13/04/2023
The new FAO report provides a comprehensive picture of the status of women not only in agriculture, but across agrifood systems.
22/ 3
2023
24/3
2023
FAO at the UN 2023 Water Conference
New York (United States), Hybrid Event, 22/03/2023 - 24/03/2023
From 22 to 24 March 2023 the world will come together in New York during the UN 2023 Water Conference. The Conference is convened by the UN General Assembly and co-hosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Tajikistan.
6/ 3
2023
17/3
2023
FAO at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67)
New York (United States), Hybrid Event, 06/03/2023 - 17/03/2023
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. CSW...
3/ 3
2023
FAO Chief Economist briefing from New York – FAO Food Price Index for February 2023
Virtual Event, 03/03/2023
3 March 2023 @ 12 PM (EST) | Tune in to the briefing to journalists by the FAO Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, on the latest FAO Food Price Index update for the month of February 2023.
3/ 3
2023
FAO Chief Economist briefing from New York – FAO Food Price Index for February 2023
Virtual Event, 03/03/2023
Friday, 3 March @ 12 PM (EST) | Tune in to the UN press briefing to journalists by the FAO Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, on the latest FAO Food Price Index update for the month of February 2023.
15/ 12
2022
World Soil Day 2022
New York (United States), Hybrid Event, 15/12/2022
4/ 11
2022
FAO Senior Economist, Mr Upali Galketi Aratchilage, briefing from New York – FAO Food Price Index for October 2022
Virtual Event, 04/11/2022
The war in Ukraine is not only affecting food security in the country, but also forcing massive displacement, with likely serious impacts to food production and agriculture-based livelihoods, a key source of income in rural areas of Ukraine.
14/ 10
2022
Press briefing from New York on the food insecurity situation in Somalia – FAO Representative in Somalia, Etienne Peterschmitt, to brief reporters
Virtual Event, 14/10/2022
Unprecedented levels of drought in Somalia, alongside skyrocketing food prices, conflict, and COVID-19 have forced over a million people – predominantly women and girls – from their homes, their lands, their entire way of being and into camps.
7/ 10
2022
FAO Chief Economist briefing from New York – FAO Food Price Index for September 2022
Virtual Event, 07/10/2022
The war in Ukraine is not only affecting food security in the country, but also forcing massive displacement, with likely serious impacts to food production and agriculture-based livelihoods, a key source of income in rural areas of Ukraine.
5/ 8
2022
Press briefing from New York: FAO Chief Economist to brief on the FAO Food Price Index for July 2022
Hybrid Event, 05/08/2022
Friday, 5 August | 12:00 PM (EST) Tune in live here The war in Ukraine is not only affecting food security in the country, but also forcing massive displacement, with likely serious impacts to food production and agriculture-based livelihoods, a key sou
6/ 7
2022
Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022
New York (United States), Hybrid Event, 06/07/2022
The 2022 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report will, as usual, present the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including updated estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets.