Committee on World Food Security

Making a difference in food security and nutrition

50th Plenary Session
of the Committee on World Food Security

10-13 October 2022 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

Statements, Speeches and Presentations

Keynote Speakers
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General Csaba Kőrösi, 77th President of the UN General Assembly Lachezara Stoeva, ECOSOC President QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General Alvaro Lario, IFAD President David Beasley, WFP Executive Director Bernard Lehman, CFS HLPE-FSN Chairperson
National and Regional Statements
African Regional Group European Union (27 Member States) G77 + China Australia Angola Brazil Canada Dominican Republic Finland France Germany Indonesia Kiribati Maldives Mexico Norway Republic of Korea Switzerland Thailand United Kingdom United States
Other Stakeholders
CGIAR CSIPM IFRC OHCHR UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food WFO WHO
Presentations
Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist

National and Regional Statements and Explanations
Belarus Russian Federation United States of America Venezuela
Other Stakeholders
CSIPM

Keynote Speakers
Sima Sami Iskandar Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women Josefa Sacko, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department, IFAD Luz Haro Guanga, RED LAC Uwintije Goretti, Twaguke Murama
National Statements
Cross-regional statement on GEWGE workstream European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia Brazil Costa Rica Finland France Germany Indonesia Japan Kiribati Norway Philippines South Africa Spain Switzerland Thailand United Kingdom United States of America
Other Stakeholders
Holy See OHCHR PSM UNPFII

a) Critical, Emerging and Enduring Issues for Food Security and Nutrition
Presentation
Jennifer Clapp, HLPE-FSN Vice-Chairperson
National Statements
European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia France Japan Switzerland Thailand United States of America
Other Stakeholders
tbd
b) Update of the Rolling Section of the CFS MYPoW 2020-2023
National Statements
European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia Indonesia Spain Switzerland United States of America
Other Stakeholders
tbd
c) Theme of the HLPE Report 2024
National Statements
European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia Japan Philippines Switzerland United States of America
Other Stakeholders
tbd

Presentations:
Carlo Cafiero, HLPE-FSN Project Team Leader
National statements:
African Regional Group, delivered by Ghana, Kenya, Liberia and the Central African Republic European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia Brazil France Norway Philippines Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America
Other stakeholders:
FAO

Keynote speakers:
Ambassador Pio Wennubst, Rapporteur of the CFS Youth Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Rome-based Agencies
National statements:
European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia Brazil Indonesia France Norway Philippines Republic of Korea Russian Federation South Africa Switzerland Thailand United States of America
Other stakeholders:
CSIPM - Part 1 CSIPM - Part 2 Holy See

Keynote speakers and panelists:
Inji Doggui Hanini, Executive Director, Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency, Tunisia Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, Food and Agriculture Transformation Lead, WBA Jeremy Coller, Chairman, Coller Capital Nadjirou Sall, Secretary General of the Western Africa Peasants’ and Farmers Network (ROPPA) / CSIPM Deo Temba, Executive Director & Founder, Grande Demam, PSM
National statements:
African Regional Group, delivered by South Africa, Algeria, Mozambique, and Republic of the Congo European Union and its 27 Member States, delivered by Czechia Dominican Republic Egypt France Norway Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America
Other stakeholders:
tbd

National pathway presentations:
Cambodia Tanzania Yemen
Other stakeholders:
WFP WHO