Global Dialogue
Agenda | |
Date: 22 September 2021, 2:30 pm - 5.15 pm (Central European Summer Time) | |
2:30 pm – 2:35 pm 5 minutes | Moderator: Dr Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, FAO |
15 minutes | High-level remarks Dr Qu Dongyu, Director-General, FAO Mr Antón Leis García, Director, AECID |
2:50 pm – 3:20 pm 30 minutes | Opening remarks Hon. Jorge Pizarro Soto, Senator and President of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, PARLATINO Hon. Nguyen Tuong Van, Secretary General of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Hon. Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament and Representative of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition |
3:20 pm – 4:00 pm 40 minutes | Session 1: In the context of Covid-19 and in relation to food security and nutrition which topics are being discussed in your region at parliamentary level? Hon. Jihad Al-Fathel, Vice President of the Parliamentary Networks for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa and the Arab World (ASSECAA) and Member of the Shura Council in the Kingdom of Bahrain Hon. Kraisid Tontisirin, Senator of Thailand Hon. Jairo Flores, General Coordinator of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean and Member of the Parliament of Guatemala Hon. Angelique Ngoma, President of the Cooperation and Development Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) and Member of the Parliament of Gabon Hon. Marlene Mortler, Member of the European Parliament and Member of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition |
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm 10 minutes | Keynote speaker H.E. Beatriz Argimón, Vice President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and President of the General Assembly and the Senate |
4:10 pm – 4:50 pm 40 minutes | Session 2: Which measures related to food security and nutrition are being discussed and adopted in your Parliaments to tackle the challenges posed by the Covid-19 and to boost the recovery from the crisis? Hon. Elena Diego, President of the International Cooperation Commission and Senator of Spain Hon. Teresa Calix, Regional coordinator of the Mesoamerican Parliamentary Front and Member of the Parliament of Honduras Hon. Shandana Gulzar Khan, Chairperson of National Assembly' Special Committee on Agricultural Products, Pakistan Hon. Melissa Hurtado, Vice-Chairperson of the Agriculture Committee, Senate of California |
4:50 pm – 5:05 pm 15 minutes | Plenary discussion |
5:05 pm – 5:10 pm 5 minutes | Final considerations Dr Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, FAO |
5:10 pm – 5:15 pm 5 minutes | Closing Ms Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, FAO |
