DG's speeches:
Ceremony:
Press releases:
United Nations press releases:
World Food Day Observance at the United Nations Headquarters on 18 October 2004:
World Food Day messages received at the Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York (LONY):
- Message from Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations
- Message from Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator United Nations Development Programme
- Message from H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and Chairman of the G77
- Message from H.E. Mr. Yashar Aliyev, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States
- Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Teruneh Zena, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Deputy Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations On behalf of the African Member States of the United Nations
- Message from H.E. Mr. Koichi Haraguchi, Permanent Representative Japan to the United Nations on behalf of the Asian Group
- Message from Prof. Omotayo R. Olaniyan, Permanent Observer Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations
- Message by Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countires, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
- Message from Mr. Ian Johnson, Chairman Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- Message from Prof. Dr Adel El-Beltagy, Director General International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- Message from Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze, Director General Africa Rice Center (WARDA) and Chairman, Center Directors Committee Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- Message from Dr. Stephen Hall, Director-General The WorldFish Center, Malaysia
- Message from Dr. Carlos Seré, Director-General International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
- Message from Dr. Emile Frison, Director General International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
- Message from Dr Ronald P. Cantrell, Director General International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
- Message from Mr. Eugen Brand, Director General International Movement ATD Fourth World
- Message from Anne Sophie Fournier, Executive Director Action Against Hunger (AAH) USA
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World Food Day Observance at the United Nations Headquarters on 17 October 2003:
- Mr. Julian R. Hunte, President of the 58th Session of the General Assembly
- Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General (Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary-General (ECOSOC) read the Secretary-General message)
- His Excellency, Gert Rosenthal, President of ECOSOC
- Mr. Mohamed Bennouna, Permanent Representative of Morocco, Chairman of the Group of 77
- Mrs. Nane Annan
- His Excellency, Marcello Spatafora, Permanent Representative of Italy at the UN, on behalf of the European Union
- His Excellency, Stanislas Kamanzi, Permanent Representative of Rwanda, Chairman of the African Group
- His Excellency, Rastam Mohd Isa, Permanent Representative of Malaysia, Chairman of the Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement
- His Excellency, Amadou Kébé, African Union
- Mr. Poul Nielson, Member of the European Commission, Brussels
- His Excellency, Wang Guangya, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
FAO - Media Advisory
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
DG's speeches:
Press releases:
World Food Summit: five years later: Securing enough food from limited water supplies
International Year of Mountains: Issues: Mountain waters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Dr. Johnannes Rau, President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
His Excellency Ambassador George McGovern, USA Ambassador to the Food Agencies in Rome
DG's speeches:
"Presentation of highlights of World Food Day activities in selected FAO member countries" by Ms. Carleen Gardner, Assistant Director-General, Department of General Affairs and Information.
Speech by Federal President Johannes Rau to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marking World Food Day - Germany President's Page
Press releases:
"A Millennium Free from Hunger"
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Owen Seymour Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
H.E. Harri Holkieri, President, UN General Assembly and former Prime Minister of Finland
DG's speeches:
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1999 - Youth Against Hunger - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
His Excellency Rudolf Schuster, President of the Slovak Republic
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, President, Swaminathan Research Foundation and former Chairman of the FAO Council and former Director-General of the International Rice Research Institute
DG's speeches:
Press releases:
1998 - Women Feed the World - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Senator Rino Serri, Under-Secretary of State, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
DG's speeches:
Press releases:
1997 - Investing in Food Security - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
His Majesty Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
His Excellency René Préval, President of Haiti
DG's speeches:
1996 - Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Henri Konan Bédié, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Dr.Ivan L. Head, O.C., Professor of South-North Relations, University of British Columbia and former President, International Development Research Centre
DG's speeches:
1995 - Food for All - Posters
WFD Ceremony:
H.E. Mr. Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada
1994 - Water for Life - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, President of the Republic of Chile
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
H.E. the Rt. Hon. James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1993 - Harvesting Nature's Diversity - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Jacques Chirac, Mayor of Paris and former Prime Minister of the French Republic
1992 - Food and Nutrition - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Ms. Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
1991 - Trees for Life - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Mr. William H. McKnight, Minister of Agriculture of Canada
1990 - Food for the Future - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
Mr. Enrique Barón Crespo, President of the European Parliament
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Mr. K. de la Garza, Chairman, Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives of USA
1989 - Food and the Environment - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Ruud F.M. Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Mr. Clayton Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture of USA
1988 - Rural Youth - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Mário Soares, President of the Portuguese Republic
1987 - Small Farmers - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Giovanni Goria, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar; United Nations Secretary-General
1986 - Fishermen and Fishing Communities - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Ms. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of the Republic of Iceland
1985 - Rural Poverty - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Francesco Cossiga, President of the Republic of Italy
Keynote speakers at the ceremony for the 40th anniversary of FAO:
Mr. F. Mitterrand, President of the Republic of France
President Soeharto of the Republic of Indonesia
1984 - Women in Agriculture- Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Sandro Pertini, President of the Republic of Italy
H.E. Mr. Abdou Diouf, President of the Republic of Senegal
Keynote Speakers at WFD Observance in New York:
Professor J.K. Galbraith, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Harvard University
1983 - Food Security - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
H.E. Mr. Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden
1982 - Food Comes First - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
His Royal Highness Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud, Special Envoy for the U.N. Children's Fund and President of the Arab Gulf Programme for the U.N. Development Organizations
1981 - Food Comes First - Posters
WFD Ceremony at FAO Headquarters:
Mr. Willy Brandt, Chairman of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues
