FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Regional Office
for Europe and Central Asia (REU)

Rural Development and Commodity Mix - The case of Transition Economies in Europe and Central Asia – Panel Discussion will be organized by FAO during the International Green Week in Berlin, 18 January 2008

Andorra and Montenegro join FAO
17 November 2007, Rome
The FAO Conference today welcomed Andorra and the Republic of Montenegro as new members and the Faroe Islands as an associate member, bringing the total number of FAO members to 192.

Launch of the FAO Biotechnology website in Russian
Запуск Интернет-сайта ФАО по биотехнологии на русском языке
In collaboration with its Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, FAO has now launched the Russian version of the website, which includes updated information on FAO’s work and international developments regarding agricultural biotechnologies and their products, as well as on related policy and regulatory issues surrounding research and application of agricultural biotechnologies.
See http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp?lang=ru or contact biotech-website@fao.org for more information or with comments.

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia to open in Budapest
Agreement also sets up FAO Shared Services Centre

27 March 2007, Budapest/Rome - FAO and the Government of Hungary today signed an agreement to open two new FAO offices in Budapest, Hungary. The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the FAO Shared Services Centre will join the Organization’s Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, which has operated in Budapest since 1996.