Committee on World Food Security
Making a difference in food security and nutrition
CFS 49 Sessions
At CFS 49, sessions will focus on a number of agenda items, such as the 2021 State of Food Security and Nutrition report, uptake of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition, the CFS Multi-Year Programme of Work, and other ongoing CFS workstreams and priorities. Statements, speeches and presentations held at CFS 49 will me made available here.
Agenda item II: State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021, its Policy Implications and the Role of CFS in the Context of COVID-19
Opening Statements
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Collen Vixen Kelapile, President, United Nations Economic and Social Council
Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security | Biography
QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Biography
Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | Biography
David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP) | Biography
Martin Cole, Chairperson, High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) Steering Committee | Biography
Keynote speech
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center of Sustainable Development at Columbia University | Biography
Presentation of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief-Economist, FAO | Biography
Agenda item III: Forum on the Uptake of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition
Forum on the Uptake of the Guidelines
Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security | Biography
Marylaure Crettaz, Co-Lead, Global Programme Food Security / Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Global Cooperation Department | Biography
Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, FAO | Biography
Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director for the Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank | Biography
Mariam Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Water and Food Security, UAE | Biography
Third progress report on follow-up to the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
Agenda item IV: The UN Food Systems Summit and its Implications for CFS
Agenda item V: Update of the CFS Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPoW) 2020-2023
a) Update of the Rolling Section of the CFS MYPoW 2020-2023
Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security | Biography
b) CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition
Agenda item VI: Promoting Youth Engagement and Employment in Agriculture and Food Systems
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.
Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security | Biography
Martin Cole, Chaiperson, HLPE Steering Committee | Biography
Hannah Wittman, Project Team Leader, HLPE | Biography
Sefu Sanni, Youth Delegate, CFS Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism | Biography
Luciano Loman, Youth Delegate, CFS Private Sector Mechanism | Biography
Agenda item VII: Monitoring CFS Policy Recommendations on Climate Change and Water
Keynote presentation
William G. Moseley, Member of the CFS HLPE Steering Committee | Biography
Panel discussion
Maria Helena M.Q. Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO | Biography
Ramesh Chand, Union Minister of State, Member of NITI Ayog (India) | Biography
Carlos Bernardo Cherniak, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Argentina to FAO, IFAD and WFP | Biography
Fred Yoder, US farmer and Chair, North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance, Representative of the CFS Private Sector Mechanism | Biography
Emeline Siale Ilolahia, Executive Director, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisation, Representative of the CFS Civil Soceity and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism | Biography
CFS Secretariat's Special Event - Part 1: International Day of Rural Women
This session is organized by IFAD.
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand | Biography
Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President (Strategy and Knowledge Department), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | Biography
Hon. Mary Nzomo, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya | Biography
Kehkashan Basu, Founder and President, Green Hope Foundation | Biography
Tontho Uganja, Sustainable Farming Solutions Malawi | Biography
Ndaya Beltchika, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | Biography
Karmen Ramírez Boscán, Indigenous Woman Initiative, Indigenous Wayuu | Biography
Jackline Yonga, Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative of Kenya to FAO, IFAD and WFP | Biography
CFS Secretariat's Special Event - Part 2: The 3 Rio Conventions and the CFS: Perspectives on Synergies and Opportunities
Opening Remarks
Chris Hegadorn, Secretary, Committee on World Food Security | Biography
1 - Setting the Scene
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP | Biography
Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, UNCBD | Biography
Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, UNCCD | Biography
Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC | Biography
Martin Frick, Deputy to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 | Biography
2 - Moderated Panel: Actions in Practice
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 | Biography
Francis Ogwal, National Environmental Management Authority of Uganda & Co-chair of the UNCBD OEWG for the development of a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | Biography
Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, FAO (Moderator) | Biography
Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt (tbd)
Franz Perrez, Ambassador, Head of International Affairs Division for the Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland | Biography
Mateusz Ciasnocha, CEO, European Carbon Farmers (CFS Private Sector Mechanism) | Biography
Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI | Biography
Paula Gioia, Peasant Farmer, Member of the International Coordination Committee, Via Campesina (CFS Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism) | Biography