World Food Day 2004

Programme for the ceremony on the occasion of World Food Day

Friday, 15 October 2004

10.15	Assembly of guests in the Plenary Hall
10.30	The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations opens the ceremony
10.35	Screening of a video feature on the World Food Day/TeleFood theme, "Biodiversity for Food Security"
10.40	Address by the Director-General
10.55	Address by His Excellency Ferenc Màdl President of the Republic of Hungary
11.10	Address by the Honourable Terensio Delfino Under-Secretary of State, Ministry for Agricultural and Forestry Policies of the Italian Republic
11.20	The Most Reverend Monsignor Renato Volante, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to FAO, reads a message from His Holiness Pope John Paul II
11.25	Statement by a Farmer Leader, Mr. Mamadou Cissokho, Honorary President of the Network of Peasant Organizations and Producers of West Africa and of the National Council of Senegal for Dialogue and Rural Cooperation
11.30	The Director-General awards a special FAO Medal to Mr. Edouard Saouma, former FAO Director-General
11.35	Mr. Edouard Saouma gives his acceptance statement
11.45	The Director-General awards the World Food Day Year 2004 medals to the three first prizewinners of the World Food Day poster competition, organized by the United Nations Women's Guild
11.50	The Director-General introduces the newly appointed FAO Ambassadors
12.00	Brief interventions by newly appointed FAO Ambassadors
12.15	Musical Presentation
12.30	The Director-General closes the ceremony