Committee on World Food Security

Making a difference in food security and nutrition

Statements, Speeches and Presentations

SESSION II - Strengthening coordinated policy responses to the food crises:
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024

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-of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • 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 of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
  • Christopher Ian Brett - World Bank Lead Agribusiness Specialist
  • Francesco Branca - WHO Director of the 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

SESSION III - Global thematic event on advancing the uptake of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the context of food security and nutrition

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 Chefchaoen, Representative of the World Organization of United Cities and Local Government
  • Elisa Gamero - Chief of Health and Nutrition Projects of the 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 Represenative)
  • 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

SESSION IV - Strengthening the impact of CFS Policy Products:
Endorsement of the Action Plan to Strengthen the Uptake of CFS Policy Products

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

SESSION V - CFS strategic direction toward 2030

Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups

Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

SESSION VI - Addressing multiple dimentions of inequalities:
Endorsement and uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition

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

SESSION VII - Promoting food security and nutrition across the rural-urban continuum:
Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation

Speeches

Statements by CFS Members and Regional Groups

Statements by other CFS Stakeholders

Presentations

SESSION VIII - Promoting decent work in agriculture and food systems

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 the 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

SESSION IX - Forum on the uptake of the CFS VGs on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ empowerment in the context of food security and nutrition

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 of the 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

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