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FAO Director-General marks Earth Day with sustainability plea
22/04/2021
Rome and virtual locations, 22 April 2021 – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told participants in a virtual Food for Earth “global marathon” that sustainability was a “fundamental
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Nick Dyer UK Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs
21/04/2021
Today, 21 April 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the UK Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Nick Dyer, had a virtual meeting to discuss FAO-UK collaboration to address acute food security and FAO’s vision and work o
FAO welcomes new European Knowledge Centre for Earth Observation
20/04/2021
20 April 2021, Brussels/Rome - “New solutions and modern approaches” are needed to face global challenges such as hunger, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Director-General QU D
Latin America and the Caribbean are “pillar for world food security”
16/04/2021
16 April 2021, Rome/Lima - Latin America and the Caribbean "are truly a pillar for world food security," QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said Thursday in an address to more than 30 minister
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and President of the Community of Sant’Egidio Professor Marco Impagliazzo
08/04/2021
Today, 8 April 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Professor Marco Impagliazzo, had a virtual meeting, to exchange on areas of interest for potential cooperation.
Professor Impagliazzo started the
Read-out of the meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, Dr Jim Godfrey, Chair Board of Trustees of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Dr Jean Balié, Director-General, (IRRI)
01/04/2021
Today, 1 April 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, had a virtual meeting, with Dr Jim Godfrey, Chair Board of Trustees of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Dr Jean Balié, Director-General, (IRRI). The Director-General welcomed the IR
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia Nikola Selaković
31/03/2021
On 31 March 2021, the Director-General QU Dongyu met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia Nikola Selaković.
The Director-General congratulated the Minister for Foreign Affairs on his recent appointment. The Minister thanked the Director-Genera
Director-General praises general-services staff for their dedication and self-discipline in challenging times
31/03/2021
31 March 2021, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today praised the Rome-based United Nations agencies’ general-service employees around the world for their contributions to delivering on overarching mandates amid the challenging working conditions cau
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Minister for Health of Italy Roberto Speranza
30/03/2021
Today, 30 March 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Italian Minister for Health, Roberto Speranza, had a virtual meeting, to exchange on areas of interest for cooperation between FAO and Italy, including the G20 presidency of Italy, the FAO
Director-General thanks FAO employees around the world for their hard work during past year
25/03/2021
25 March 2021, Rome – FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today addressed the Annual Assembly of the Association of Professionals in FAO, where he reflected on his efforts to make the Organization a better place to work, while noting that during the pandemic
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