Opening Statements

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  António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
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  Collen Vixen Kelapile, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council
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  Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security
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  QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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  Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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  David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
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  Martin Cole, Chairperson, High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) Steering Committee

Keynote Speech

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  Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center of Sustainable Development at Columbia University

Presentation of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021

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  Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief-Economist, FAO

Forum on the Uptake of the Guidelines

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  Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security
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  Marylaure Crettaz, Co-Lead, Global Programme Food Security / Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Global Cooperation Department
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  Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, FAO
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  Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director for the Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank
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  Mariam Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Water and Food Security, UAE

Third progress report on follow-up to the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)

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  Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO
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  Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO

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  Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
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  Barbara Stinson, President, The World Food Prize Foundation
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  Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security

a) Update of the Rolling Section of the CFS MYPoW 2020-2023

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  Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security

b) CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition

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  Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security
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  Tanja Grén, Co-Chair of the OEWG, Permanent Representative Designate of Finland to FAO, IFAD and WFP
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  Tomas Duncan, Co-Chair of the OEWG, Permanent Representative of Panama to FAO, IFAD and WFP

In order to facilitate the participation of youth in this session, delegations that include youth delegates will be given three minutes extra for the intervention of their youth representative.

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  Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security
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  Martin Cole, Chairperson, HLPE Steering Committee
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  Hannah Wittman, Project Team Leader, HLPE
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  Sefu Sanni, Youth Delegate, CFS Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism
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  Luciano Loman, Youth Delegate, CFS Private Sector Mechanism

Keynote presentation

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  William G. Moseley, Member of the CFS HLPE Steering Committee

Panel discussion

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  Maria Helena M.Q. Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO
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  Ramesh Chand, Union Minister of State, Member of NITI Ayog (India)
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  Carlos Bernardo Cherniak, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Argentina to FAO, IFAD and WFP
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  Fred Yoder, US farmer and Chair, North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance, Representative of the CFS Private Sector Mechanism
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  Emeline Siale Ilolahia, Executive Director, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisation, Representative of the CFS Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism

This session is organized by IFAD.

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  Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand
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  Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President (Strategy and Knowledge Department), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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  Hon. Mary Nzomo, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya
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  Kehkashan Basu, Founder and President, Green Hope Foundation
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  Tontho Uganja, Sustainable Farming Solutions Malawi
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  Ndaya Beltchika, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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  Karmen Ramírez Boscán, Indigenous Woman Initiative, Indigenous Wayuu
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  Jackline Yonga, Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative of Kenya to FAO, IFAD and WFP

Opening Remarks

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  Chris Hegadorn, Secretary, Committee on World Food Security

1 - Setting the Scene

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  Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP
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  Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, UNCBD
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  Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
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  Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
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  Martin Frick, Deputy to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021

2 - Moderated Panel: Actions in Practice

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  Basile van Havre, Director-General for Biodiversity Policy and Partnerships, Environment and Climate Change of Canada & Co-chair of the UNCBD OEWG for the development of a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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  Francis Ogwal, National Environmental Management Authority of Uganda & Co-chair of the UNCBD OEWG for the development of a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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  Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, FAO (Moderator)
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  Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt (tbd)
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  Franz Perrez, Ambassador, Head of International Affairs Division for the Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland
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  Mateusz Ciasnocha, CEO, European Carbon Farmers (CFS Private Sector Mechanism)
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  Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI
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  Paula Gioia, Peasant Farmer, Member of the International Coordination Committee, Via Campesina (CFS Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism)