Committee on World Food Security
Making a difference in food security and nutrition
Communiqués de presse
What: Stakeholders from various sectors will convene at the Fifty-first Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51) from 23 to 27 October for in depth dialogue on food security and nutrition, including on coordinated policy responses to the food crisis, gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, data collection and analysis tools, price volatility, social protection and reducing inequalities. In addition, 36 side events will be held on the margins of the plenary from 23 to 27 October.
Who:
• Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations
• Mr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
The Chairperson of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio, expresses his deepest regret of the decision taken by the Russian Federation to end the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Facilitated by the United Nations and Türkiye in July 2022, the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the United Nations secured safe navigation and export of grains, fertilizers and other food commodities from Ukraine and Russia and have been essential to stabilize and reduce global food prices since.
More than 32 million metric tons of...
The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) today concluded its 50th Plenary Session (CFS 50). The Plenary was first convened on 10-13 October 2022 and adjourned to a later date to conclude deliberations on coordinating policy responses to the global food crisis informed by the 2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report (SOFI).
The reconvened plenary on 19 December 2022 advanced global discussion towards addressing global hunger and malnutrition including on coordinating policy responses to the current and future food crisis. Members also endorsed new Policy Recommendations on Promoting Youth Engagement and Employment in...
The Chairperson of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio, on behalf of the CFS family, welcomes the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative to continue facilitating safe navigation and export of grains, fertilizers and other food commodities from Ukraine.
The CFS Chairperson also welcomes the commitment by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres to removing the remaining obstacles to the export of food and fertilizers from the Russian Federation
He further commends the UN Secretary-General and Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for their leadership in facilitating the deal which has, since its agreement in...
After four long days of policy debate, the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adjourned its 50th Plenary Session (CFS 50) to reconvene as soon as possible and conclude deliberations on coordinating policy responses to the global food crisis informed by the 2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report (SOFI).
Convened as the first in-person plenary since 2019, CFS 50 saw record-high attendance by senior officials and high-ranking delegates and close to 40 ministers, vice-ministers and state secretaries from around the world. More than 1,500 delegates participated either live or on-line from among civil society,...