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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.
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Director-General rallies senior managers to build an agile and results-oriented FAO
30/07/2020
30 July 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met virtually with more than 120 senior managers of the UN Agency from around the world to present the next steps in implementing reforms to make the Organization more efficient, effective, inc
FAO unveils platform to help accelerate action on reducing food loss and waste
29/07/2020
29 July 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a comprehensive platform to help the global community step up action to reduce food loss and waste as the UN agency and partners call for increased effor
Director-General highlights to Oversight Advisory Committee that FAO will become more agile, modern and digital
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Rome - The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed the 55th meeting of the recently renamed FAO Oversight Advisory Committee, which was previously called Audit Committee and met virtually for the first time.
Qu highlighted that the
Greater investments needed to transform African food systems in the face of COVID-19
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Addis Ababa – The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General QU Dongyu today called for sustained and strategic investments to accelerate an agri-food system transformation in Africa in the face of an impending food crisis driven b
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