Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

40th Anniversary of Country Representations

FAO-Nepal
FAO-Nepal and the national World Food Day (WFD) Committee, chaired by the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture, convened an official ceremony in November 2017. Participants included ministers, donors and UN partners,...
FAO-Viet Nam
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and FAO-Viet Nam marked the 38th World Food Day and celebrated the 40th anniversary of FAO in the country. This year’s World Food Day message “Our actions are our future. A Zero Hunger...
FAO-Guyana
FAO-Guyana’s 40th anniversary celebrations coincided with the 2018 World Food Day Annual Exhibition and Fair, jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO. This is the country’s largest food fair which takes place annually on 16 October...
FAO-Pakistan
FAO-Pakistan aligned its 40th anniversary activities with World Food Day (WFD) 2018, whose official celebrations were held at the National Agriculture Research Council with the participation of the newly appointed Minister for National Food Security and Research, as well...
FAO Representations’ 40th anniversary highlights #ZeroHunger
This year’s World Food Day (WFD) was once again a success, with many celebrations and events staged worldwide. Many decentralized offices contributed to promote both #ZeroHunger and the 40th Anniversary of Country Representations’ global...
40 years of field presence in Europe and Central Asia
FAO celebrated today the 40th anniversary of the Organization’s field presence in Europe and Central Asia with a side event exhibit “Global Goals, Localized Action - Celebrating 40 Years of FAO Field Presence in Europe and Central Asia”, staged...
FAO-Egypt
FAO-Egypt celebrated its 40th anniversary highlighting its achievements and successes over the years while identifying future cooperation prospects with the Government of Egypt. The celebration was attended by a number of ministers, senior government officials, ambassadors, experts, academics and farmers...
40 years of Country Representations in the Near East and North Africa region
FAO celebrated today the 40th anniversary of nine Country Representations in the Near East and North Africa region with the opening of a photo exhibition in the FAO building.
40 years of Country Representations in the Asia-Pacific region
FAO today hailed 40 years of close on-the-ground presence and support to ten of its member countries in Asia and the Pacific.
FAO-Indonesia
FAO-Indonesia celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a photo exhibition on the ten most important FAO programmes in the country of the last seven decades,

Between 2017 and 2019, many of FAO’s Country Representations across the world are celebrating their 40th anniversary. After four decades of fruitful collaboration, FAO’s work today is more than ever aligned with host government priorities in meeting the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through localized action. As a knowledge agency with its feet firmly on the ground, FAO implements programmes and projects in cooperation with members and partners to achieve the shared goal of #ZeroHunger and the other SDGs by 2030.

While FAO had previously provided technical support to member countries without having a permanent presence on the ground, the 1977 opening of the Country Representation in Lebanon on 14 June of that year marked the beginning of FAO’s long-term field presence at national level.

Did you know ?

FAO’s current network of Decentralized Offices covers 152 countries. Within this network, there are 85 FAO Country Representations, many of which were established between 1977 and 1979.
While the opening of the Country Representations in Europe and Central Asia is more recent (1990s-2000s), FAO implemented its first projects in this region in 1977.
FAO has 5 Regional, 11 Sub-regional Offices and 85 Representations: 8 Partnership and Liaison Offices, 36 multiple accreditation offices, 1 Programme Office, 4 National Correspondents, 6 Liaison Offices, 2 Information Offices and 2 other representation arrangements.
FAO’s Partnership and Liaison Offices have been a way to initiate or strengthen the Organization’s presence in countries and to better work with donors and partners.
45 percent of FAO’s staff work in Decentralized Offices.