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FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC) - Ministerial meeting
12 May 2016, Rome--- A two-day high-level session convened today at FAO headquarters, with the participation of Ministers of agriculture and other related sectors, as well as representatives from observer countries, sister UN agencies, international governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations. The ministerial session discussed priority issues at the regional as well as country level related to agriculture, food security and rural development and reviewed the report of the senior officers' meeting.
(00:00)Statement by Wilfred Ngirwa, Independent Chairperson of the FAO Council (in English); (11:11)Statement by Akram Chehayeb, Minister of Agriculture of Lebanon and Chairperson of the 33rd Session of the Regional Conference for the Near East (in Arabic); (31:34)Statement by Amira Gornass, Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) (in Arabic); (44:48)Statement by the Spokesperson of the Civil Society Consultation (in English).
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FAO
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11709
