Programme of the Day (Rome)

:: Programme for the Ceremony on the Occasion of World Food Day

10.15	Assembly of guests in the Green Room
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, “Agriculture and Intercultural Dialogue”
10.40	Address by the Director-General
10.55	Address by His Excellency Giovanni Alemanno Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies of the Italian Republic
11.10	The Most Reverend Monsignor Renato Volante, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to FAO, reads a message from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
11.15	The Director-General awards the World Food Day Year 2005 medals to the three first prizewinners of the World Food Day poster competition organized by the United Nations Women’s Guild
11.20	The Director-General introduces the newly appointed FAO Ambassadors
11.25	Brief interventions by newly-appointed FAO Ambassadors
11.30	Musical Presentation
11.40	The Director-General closes the ceremony