High-Level Event | Meeting People’s Needs through Sustainable Use of Biodiversity within Agrifood Systems
FAO Headquarters, Rome, 24 February 2025 and UN Web TV
Plenary Room, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 24 February 2025, 17:30-19:00 (GMT+1)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Government of Colombia will co-host a high-level event on Meeting People’s Needs through Sustainable Use of Biodiversity within Agrifood Systems. This event will take place on Monday, 24 February 2025, from 17:30 to 19:00 (GMT+1) at FAO headquarters in the Plenary Hall and will be streamed live on UN Web TV with simultaneous interpretation available in all six official UN languages.
This event is organized on the occasion of the resumed session of the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the CBD, which will take place at FAO headquarters from 25 to 27 February 2025 to address pending decisions from the COP16 meeting held in Cali, Colombia, in October-November 2024.
AGENDA
Meeting People’s Needs through Sustainable Use of Biodiversity within Agrifood Systems | 17:30 - 19:00 GMT+1
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Interpretation will be provided in all UN languages.
Moderator: Mr Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO
17:30-18:05 Opening statements by:
- Dr QU Dongyu, Director-General, FAO
- H.E. María Susana Muhamad González, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and President of COP16, Colombia
- H.E. Martha Carvajalino, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia
- Ms Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary, CBD
18:05-18:10 Video presentation of the Agri-NBSAPs Support Initiative
18:10-18:45 Statements by Ministers and High Level Representatives
- Hon. Rupa B K, Minister of State, Forests and Environment, Nepal
- H.E. Raquel Hilianova Soto Torres, Vice Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Peru
- Mr Hambardzum Matevosyan, Chief Adviser to Prime Minister of Armenia, Head of COP17 Committee
- Ms Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General of the Environment Department, European Commission
18:45-18:55 Discussion/Interventions from the floor
18:55-19:00 Concluding remarks by Mr Godfrey Magwenzi, Deputy Director-General, FAO
The FAO Atrium Digital Exhibit "Biodiversity for Food Security" will open right after the High-level event.
A welcome reception will be offered to delegates on 24 February 2025 on the 8th floor of the FAO building.
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