Rome, Thursday, 27 March 2008 -- As a special initiative to promote the 2008 World Food Day/TeleFood theme, "World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy", FAO Headquarters in Rome hosted the inaugural ceremony for the start of the 21st edition of the European World Harmony Run. FAO Deputy Director-General James Butler, on behalf of FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf, lighted the World Harmony Run Torch. In a symbolic gesture, he relayed it to two of the 'World's Friends of the Run' namely FAO Goodwill Ambassador Gina Lollobrigida and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Kenyan marathon woman Tegla Loroupe.