Programme for the Ceremony
on the Occasion of World Food Day
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
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 video feature on the World Food Day/TeleFood theme,
“The Right to Food”
10.40
Address by the Director-General
11.00
Address by His Excellency Horst Köhler
President of the Federal Republic of Germany
11.20
Address by His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President of the United Republic of Tanzania
11.40
Piano Recital by Maestro Giovanni Bellucci
12.00
Address by His Excellency Paolo De Castro
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies of the Italian Republic
12.15
The Most Reverend Monsignor Renato Volante,
the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to FAO,
reads a message from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
12.20
The Director-General awards the World Food Day Year 2007 medals
to the three first prize winners of the World Food Day poster competition
organized by the United Nations Women’s Guild
12.25
Screening of a video feature on the FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme
12.30
The Director-General closes the ceremony
