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)

Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO | Biography

Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO | Biography

Agenda item IV: The UN Food Systems Summit and its Implications for CFS

Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

Barbara Stinson, President, The World Food Prize Foundation | Biography

Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security | Biography

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

Thanawat Tiensin, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security | Biography

Tanja Grén, Co-Chair of the OEWG, Permanent Representative Designate of Finland to FAO, IFAD and WFP | Biography

Tomas Duncan, Co-Chair of the OEWG, Permanent Representative of Panama to FAO, IFAD and WFP | Biography

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