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Director-General and Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stress the importance of new special report on climate
03/10/2019
3 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Dr. Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to explore ways to further strengthen exchanges and information sharing.
The IPCC Chair introduced the successf
FAO Director-General and United Nations Executive Secretary for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions agree to strengthen cooperation in the fields of soil and water
01/10/2019
1 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Rolph Payet, United Nations Executive Secretary for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, who congratulated Dr. Qu on his successful election as Director-General of the Food a
FAO Director-General and Lebanese Minister for Agriculture outline the importance of new Hand-In-Hand Initiative
01/10/2019
1 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with H.E. Hassan Lakkis, Minister for Agriculture of Lebanon. They agreed to maintain the constructive relationship established between Lebanon and the Organization and to work more closely t
Director-General and Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture of Germany highlight the importance of a stronger collaboration between Germany and FAO
30/09/2019
30 September 2019, Berlin/Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu had a phone call this morning with H.E. Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture of Germany, to discuss ways to further strengthen the collaboration between Germany and the O
FAO Director-General and Minister for Fish Wealth of Yemen to work closer together to improve the livelihoods of fishermen
30/09/2019
30 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and H.E. Fahd Saleem Kafayen Rafoon, Minister for Fish Wealth of Yemen today agreed to work more closely together to improve the livelihoods of fishermen.
The Minister for Fish Wealth congratulated
Healthy foods are clear priority for Small Island Developing States
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York - Food security and nutrition must be a priority in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which can count on FAO's support in taking "better coordinated and more coherent actions" towards that goal, Director-General Qu Dongyu
Namibian President Geingob welcomes FAO’s Hand-In-Hand Initiative
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today briefed the President of Namibia Hage Gottfried Geingob on FAO’s new Hand-In-Hand Initiative during a meeting on the side-lines of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly.
Geingob not
FAO and Bhutan seek to strengthen their cooperation to boost rural development
27/09/2019
27 September 2019 – In talks today with Tandi Dorji, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu discussed ways in which the country can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through the agriculture sectors.
During their
Exploring Panama’s potential for peri-urban agriculture development
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General and Alejandro Ferrer Minister of Foreign Affairs for Panama met today in talks that focused on strengthening cooperation.
During their meeting on the side-lines of the 74th Session of the United Nations
FAO and the Green Climate Fund to work closer together to transform agro-food systems
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Yannick Glemarec Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today agreed to work more closely together to transform agro-food systems so that they can become more productive in a sus
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