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13 April 2022 | Remarks by CFS Chair at the 32nd session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa

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Your Excellency, Francisca Eneme Efua, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment, Republic of Equatorial Guinea,

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu,

Honourable Ministers, Excellencies,

As the Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security, it gives me immense pleasure to address you today here in Malabo, a city that is synonymous with Africa’s vision of a transformed agriculture that powers her socio-economic development.

Special gratitude to you Minister Eneme Efua, your Government and the people of Equatorial Guinea for the warm welcome.

Director-General QU Dongyu, I take this opportunity to once again assure you of our full commitment to work hand-in-hand with FAO and...

13 November 2021 | Remarks by CFS Chair at the Ministerial-level discussion of the Alliance for Multilateralism at the Paris Peace Forum 2021

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Thank you, Elisabeth Ministers,

Madame Secretary of State,
ED of the World Food Program,
Excellences, participants,
all protocols observed,

Allow me first to thank Minister Le Drian and Minister Maas for inviting the Chair of the Committee on World Food Security to be part of this Ministerial discussion on how to foster inclusive and sustainable food systems for achieving a zero hunger and malnutrition world, that help to end rural poverty and boldly contribute to action on climate and biodiversity. In particular, thanks to France, Germany and the EU for your continued political and financial support to the...

15 July 2022 | Closing remarks by CFS Chair at the HLPF Side Event 2022 "Food System Transformations as 2030 Agenda Accelerators"

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Thank you, Stefanos.

I shall be brief.

I wish to conclude this event with a message of hope and optimism.

I have listened carefully to the extraordinary leadership of national governments to strive for building sustainable and inclusive food systems.

This is not easy. It has trade-offs and requires political, social, financial and knowledge capital.

The participation of farmers, of indigenous peoples, communities, local authorities, parliamentarians, businesses, SMEs, workers, cooperatives, unions, universities… together with national governments is the surest pathway to the SDGs.

This is happening in many countries, developing and developed countries alike. The UN System is working in a coordinated fashion, in...

15 July 2022 | Opening remarks by CFS Chair at the HLPF Side Event 2022 "Food System Transformations as 2030 Agenda Accelerators"

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Thanks you Stefanos for the nice introduction.

Excellences, colleagues, warm welcome to this Special Side Event in contribution to the HLPF.

My name is Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma – Osorio, Spain’s Ambassador at Large for Global Food Security, the Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security – the CFS.

For those of you who are not familiar with the CFS, the Committee is the intergovernmental platform of the United Nations in FAO, for food security and nutrition governance.

Today, 133 Members of the UN are joined by civil society, private sector, research and academia, UN agencies and programmes, international financial...

16 September 2022 | Remarks by CFS Chair at the Launch of the HLPE-FSN Report #17

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Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Good afternoon, and welcome to the official launch of the 17th Report of the HLPE - FSN–the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the CFS.

Welcome also those of you (more than 1000 registered) who are joining remotely through the video-link

Today, I am happy to share this podium with Prof Bernard Lehmann, Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the HLPE-FSN;

as well as FAO Chief Scientist, Ismahane Elouafi;

and Mr Carlo Cafiero, the Team Leader who, along with a group of other experts, developed this excellent report.

I am delighted...