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FAO and UNICRI to strengthen collaboration
11/09/2020
11 September 2020, Rome/Turin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu welcomed Antonia Marie De Meo the recently appointed Director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), at a virtual meeting today.
During the meetin
Urgent collaboration is needed to transform food systems and prevent COVID-19 from becoming a food crisis in Africa, says FAO Director-General
09/09/2020
9 September 2020, Kigali/Rome – Urgent collaboration is needed to transform food systems, to provide people with nutritious food and to prevent the COVID-19 crisis from becoming a food crisis in Africa, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Org
FAO renews commitment to Africa’s Great Green Wall
07/09/2020
07 September 2020, Rome - Accelerating work on the Great Green Wall, which aims to combat desertification across Africa, is key for climate and environmental reasons and also to “make people have a better life”, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today.
FAO Asia-Pacific conference highlights the importance of innovation and partnership in promoting healthy diets
04/09/2020
4 September 2020, Rome/Thimphu - Food systems transformation; innovation and digitalization; and partnerships are central to ensure food security and improve nutrition worldwide, said FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu.
He was speaking at a special
FAO Regional Conference calls for greater action to tackle COVID-19’s impacts across Asia and the Pacific
03/09/2020
3 September 2020, Bangkok/Thimphu - On the third day of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia-Pacific, the FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, Government Ministers as well as civil society and public sector representatives voiced concern over COVID-19's impact
Director-General pays tribute to outgoing WTO Director-General, Roberto Azevêdo
27/08/2020
27 August 2020, Rome/Geneva - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, QU Dongyu, today congratulated Roberto Azevêdo on his service as Director-General of the World Trade Organization and paid tribute to his efforts to strengthen co
A dynamic new FAO for a better world
05/08/2020
In his first year as FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu had shepherded the Organization through plagues, pests and a pandemic.
Leading in Times of Crisis
04/08/2020
Early action, collaboration, and a people-centered approach are at the core of FAO’s response to crises like COVID-19.
When we go together, we go further – working with partners to deliver
03/08/2020
"When everybody adds firewood, the flames of a bonfire rise high." So said Dr. QU Dongyu when he was a candidate running for the position of Director-General of FAO. Since taking office in August 2019, building partnership to help advance FAO’s work has b
A People-Centred New FAO
31/07/2020
At a recent meeting, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu declared that he was “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” To all those working at FAO, invoking the phrase summed up the new boss they have come to know over the past twelve months.
Ever
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