15/10/2004

World Food Day Ceremony

While FAO Members States were celebrating World Food Day in their countries, the observance of the Day at Organization's Headquarters, in Rome, was attended by Guest of honour, His Excellency, Ferenc Mádl, President of the Republic of Hungary, Italian and Vatican authorities, world artists as FAO goodwill Ambassadors in the fight against hunger and representatives of world non governmental organisations and civil society.

Excerpts from statements in their original languages:

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

• Extrait du discours du Directeur général de la Fao, M. Jacques Diouf

• Director General de la FAO, Jacques Diouf (fragmento)

• His Excellency Ferenc Màdl President of the Republic of Hungary (excerpt)

• Discorso dell'onorevole Terensio Delfino, Sottosegretario per il Ministero Italiano dell'Agricoltura e delle Foreste (estratto)

• El reverendo Monseñor Renato Volante, observador permanente de la Santa Sede ante la FAO, lee el mensaje de Su Santidad Juan Pablo II (fragmento)

• Les paysans à l'honneur: extrait de l'intervention remarquée à la tribune de la FAO, à Rome, ce 15 octobre 2004, de M. Mamadou Cissokho, Président honoraire du Réseau des Organisations paysannes et des Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, et du Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux du Sénégal

• Extrait du discours "Justice et solidarité pour l'avenir de l'Humanité" de M. Edouard Saouma, ancien Directeur général de la FAO (1976-1993)

• Discorso di accettazione dell'incarico di Ambasciatrice di buona volontà della Fao della signora Carla Fracci, una delle più grandi ballerine classiche del XX secolo. Attualmente è Direttrice del Corpo di Ballo del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma