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Director-General

Dr Jacques Diouf

Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The Conference of member nations, FAO's governing body, elects the Director-General to head the agency.

The current Director-General, Dr Jacques Diouf of Senegal, was elected on 8 November 1993 and began his first six-year term in January 1994. After completing a second term, Dr Diouf was re-elected to a third six-year term, which began in January 2006.

In this section, you will find the Director-General's recent and past speeches as well as his curriculum vitae.

Dr Jacques Diouf: curriculum vitae

Opinion articles by the Director-General
Collected here are selected opinion articles written by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf which have appeared in the international press.

Turning the tide against water
scarcity (in italiano)
March 2007
Fame: alle radici del problema
(only in Italian)
June 2006
Revitalizing the rural world: the beginning of the end of poverty
(February 2006)
How to Stop Bird Flu
October 2005
(in italiano)
A mandate to end world hunger
October 2005
UN Reform – the Specialized
Agenciesmust change too
September 2005
(in italiano)
The logical way to protect ourselves from bird flu
September 2005
(in italiano)
World Summit 2005 -- Fight poverty
at the core
September 2005
(in italiano)

Director-General's statements
The statements, speeches and messages of FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf on special occasions at headquarters and at international meetings and events are collected here:

All FAO Directors-General