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Bilateral meeting with H.E. Girma Amente, Minister of Agriculture of Ethiopia
27/09/2024
Siracusa - On the margins of the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ meeting in Siracusa, Italy, the Director-General met with H.E. Girma Amente, Minister of Agriculture of Ethiopia.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Youcef Cherfa, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
27/09/2024
Siracusa - On the margins of the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting in Siracusa, Italy, the FAO Director-General met with H.E. Youcef Cherfa, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Daniel Zeichner, Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom
27/09/2024
Siracusa - On the margins of the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting in Siracusa, Italy, the Director-General met with His Excellency Daniel Zeichner, Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany
27/09/2024
Siracusa - On the margins of the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ meeting in Siracusa, Italy, the FAO Director-General met with H.E. Cem Özdemir, Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. SAKAMOTO Tetsushi, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
27/09/2024
Siracusa - On the margins of the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ meeting in Siracusa, Italy, the Director-General met with H.E. Tetsushi Sakamoto, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. John Henry Steenhuisen, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of South Africa
26/09/2024
Siracusa - On the margins of the G7 Ministers of Agriculture meeting in Siracusa, Italy, the FAO Directo-General met with His Excellency John Henry Steenhuisen, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of South Africa to discuss how to further strengthen collaboration.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council
24/09/2024
New York - On the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyi, met with H.E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council.
Signing ceremony with the President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Ilan Goldfajn, for a new framework agreement
24/09/2024
New York - On the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed a new framework agreement that will facilitate greater collaboration between the two entities.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan
23/09/2024
New York - On the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with the Prime Minister of Bhutan, H.E. Tshering Tobgay. The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude for FAO’s support during the COVID-19 pandemic, when urban workers who lost their jobs in service industries benefitted from a FAO peri-urban food production initiative to bridge the livelihoods gap during the crisis, saving lives. He also expressed his deep concern that Bhutan’s subsistence farmers were highly vulnerable to the increasing risk of climate shocks and requested FAO’s support in building resilience in the country’s agrifood system.
Bilateral meeting with Ms Michele Sison, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs of the United States of America
22/09/2024
New York - On the sidelines of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Ms Michele J. Sison. The Assistant Secretary was joined by Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome, Jeffrey Prescott.
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