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

Statements, Speeches and Presentations

Speeches
Coordinated policy responses to the food crises
  • Alvaro Lario – President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • Bob Rae – President of the Economic and Social Council
  • Máximo Torero Cullen – FAO Chief Economist, on behalf of QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General
  • Cindy McCain – Executive Director of the World Food Programme
  • Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann – Chair of the High Level Panel of Experts Steering Committee
Presentation of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
  • Máximo Torero Cullen – Chief Economist, delivering on behalf of QU Dongyu, Director-General of the FAO
  • Sara Savastano – IFAD Director of Research and Impact Assessment Division
  • Arif Husain – WFP Chief Economist and Director of Analysis, Planning and Performance
  • Hilal Elver – Steering Committee Member, High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
  • Christopher Ian Brett – World Bank Lead Agribusiness Specialist
  • Francesco Branca – WHO Director, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
Briefing about ongoing international initiatives against hunger and poverty
  • Wellington Dias – Minister for Development and Social Assistance, Family and the Fight against Hunger, Brazil
  • Martha Viviana Carvajalino Villegas – Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Colombia
  • Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki – African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems
  • Brieuc Pont – Special Envoy on Nutrition, France
  • Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma Osorio – Ambassador at Large for Global Food Security, Spain
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders
Presentations

Speeches
  • Volker Türk – UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
  • Michael Fakhri – UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
  • Pedro Arrojo-Agudo – UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Water and Sanitation
  • Laura Elisa Perez – Right to Food Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Taily Terena – International Indian Treaty Council, Brazil (CSIPM Youth Representative)
  • Sonia Rojas – Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliamentary Front against Hunger
  • Mohamed Sefiani – Mayor of Chefchaouen, Representative of the World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments
  • Elisa Gamero – Chief of Health and Nutrition Projects, Office of the First Lady of the Republic of El Salvador, and Member of the SUN Movement Executive Committee representing Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Olawole Olagbaju – CEO, Real People Concept, Nigeria (PSM Youth Representative)
  • Francoise Uwumukiza – Member of the 4th Assembly (2017–2022), Rwanda, and the East African Legislative Assembly
  • Hala Barakat – Habitat International Coalition, Egypt (CSIPM)
  • Mandla Mabunda – CEO, Masana Dieticians, Kenya (PSM)
  • Christopher Mbazira – Makerere University, Uganda
  • Benjamin Davis – ESP Director, FAO
  • Brieuc Pont – Special Envoy on Nutrition and Secretary-General of the “Nutrition for Growth” (N4G) Summit
  • Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki – African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

Speeches
  • Josyline Javelosa – Co-Rapporteur, Philippines
  • Klemen Gamboa – Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Food, Guatemala
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

Speeches
  • Lara Lobo – Rapporteur, Brazil
  • Marino Assanami Sabrino Lopes – Vice-Prime Minister of Timor-Leste
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

Speeches
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders
Presentations

Speeches
  • Christine Campeau – Global Policy Director, Food and Nutrition Systems, CARE
  • Frank Hagemann – Director of the Sectoral Policies Department, ILO
  • Ève Bazaiba Masudi – Minister of State, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Marina Elvira Calderone – Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy
  • Esteban Valenzuela – Minister for Agriculture, Chile
  • Lieven De La Marche – Permanent Representative of Belgium to FAO
  • Juliana Scerri Ferrante – Chairperson of Minors Care Review Board, Malta
  • Svetlana Boincean – Agricultural Coordinator, International Union of Food Workers (CSIPM)
  • Chris Hogg – Global Head of Public Affairs (VP), Nestlé (PSM)
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

Speeches
  • Mayra Jimenez – Minister of Women of the Dominican Republic
  • Gabriel Ferrero de Loma Osorio – Ambassador at Large for Food Security of Spain
  • Prudence Ngwenya Nonkululeko – Director of Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD) at the African Union Commission
  • Aslihan Kes – Senior Gender Advisor at the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Lauren Phillips – Deputy Director of the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, FAO
  • Juan Carlos Mendoza – Director of Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, IFAD
  • Brenda Behan – Director of the Gender Office, WFP
  • Jemimah Njuki – Chief of the Economic Empowerment Section, UN Women
  • Paula Gioia – Women and Gender Diversities Working Group (CSIPM)
  • Michael Keller – CEO, International Seed Federation (PSM)
  • Challiss McDonough – Senior Programme Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (PFM)
Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups
Statements by other CFS Stakeholders