Committee on World Food Security

Making a difference in food security and nutrition

52nd Plenary Session
of the Committee on World Food Security

21-25 October 2024 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

Sessions

This year's session will focus on the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition report, the endorsement of those CFS products developed by the Committee during the intersessional period, the update of the CFS Multi-Year Programme of Work for 2024-2027, the report by the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) on "Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation", and other ongoing CFS workstreams and priorities.

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  • SESSION I: ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Opening Statements
  • Alvaro Lario

    Alvaro Lario – President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development

    Delivering Opening Remarks on behalf of Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

  • Bob Rae

    Bob Rae – President of the Economic and Social Council

  • Máximo Torero Cullen

    Máximo Torero Cullen – Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    Delivering Opening Remarks on behalf of QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Cindy McCain

    Cindy McCain – Executive Director of the World Food Programme

  • Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann

    Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann – Chair of the High Level Panel of Experts Steering Committee

  • Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile

    Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile – Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security

The session seeks Plenary endorsement of the Action Plan to Strengthen the Uptake of CFS Policy Products. This will also represent an opportunity to listen to concrete experiences and examples concerning the use and integration of CFS policy products into national policies, programmes and legal frameworks.

Speakers
  • Volker Türk

    Keynote presentation: Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations

  • Michael Fakhri

    Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, United Nations

  • Pedro Arrojo-Agudo

    Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on Water and Sanitation, United Nations

  • Hala Barakat

    Hala Barakat, Habitat International Coalition, Egypt (CSIPM)

  • Mandla Mabunda

    Mandla Mabunda, CEO Masana Dieticians, Kenya (PSM)

  • Benjamin Davis

    Benjamin Davis, Director ESP, FAO

  • Taily Terena

    Taily Terena, International Indian Treaty Council, Brazil (CSIPM Youth Representative)

  • Olawole Olagbaju

    Olawole Olagbaju, CEO Real People Concept, Nigeria (PSM Youth Representative)

  • Sonia Rojas

    Sonia Rojas, Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliamentary Front against Hunger

  • Françoise Uwumukiza

    Françoise Uwumukiza, Member of the 4th Assembly 2017-2022, Rwanda, and the East African Legislative Assembly

  • Mohamed Sefiani

    Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaoen, Representative from the World Organization of United Cities and Local Government

  • Laura Elisa Perez

    Laura Elisa Perez, RTF Observatory in LAC (UNAM, Mexico)

  • Christopher Mbazira

    Christopher Mbazira, Makerere University, Uganda

The session seeks Plenary endorsement of the Action Plan to Strengthen the Uptake of CFS Policy Products. This will also represent an opportunity to listen to concrete experiences and examples concerning the use and integration of CFS policy products into national policies, programmes and legal frameworks.

Speakers
  • Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile
    Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile, Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security
  • Josyline Javelosa
    Josyline Javelosa, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippines, Co-Rapporteur of the CFS Uptake OEWG
  • Klemen Gamboa
    Klemen Gamboa, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Food, Guatemala

This session seeks Plenary consideration and endorsement of the annual update of the rolling section of the CFS 2024-2027 Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPoW).

Speakers
  • Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile
    Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile, Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security
  • SESSION VI: ADDRESSING MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITIES: ENDORSEMENT AND UPTAKE OF THE CFS POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON REDUCING INEQUALITIES FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
  • SESSION VII: PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION ACROSS THE RURAL-URBAN CONTINUUM: STRENGTHENING URBAN AND PERIURBAN FOOD SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE CONTEXT OF URBANIZATION AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION
  • SESSION VIII: PROMOTING DECENT WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS
  • SESSION IX: FORUM ON THE UPTAKE OF THE CFS VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ EMPOWERMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
  • SESSION X: OTHER MATTERS