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Director-General and Italy’s Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlight the importance of a strong collaboration between Italy and the Rome-based agencies
18/09/2019
18 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met H.E. Elisabetta Belloni, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, to exchange views on further strengthening the collaboration between FAO and
Director-General and Azerbaijan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs stress the importance of agricultural innovation
16/09/2019
16 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, to discuss ways to strengthen collaboration between the Organization and Azerbaijan.
In Azerbaijan, around half of the population
Director-General stresses importance of partnerships at meeting of Rome-based agencies' governing bodies
13/09/2019
13 September 2019, Rome – The FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu participated in his first informal meeting of the Rome-based UN food agencies' governing bodies, held today at WFP's headquarters.
The meeting - the third since it was introduced in 2017 and
Award of Excellence for best country-level FAO-IFAD-WFP collaboration
13/09/2019
The FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu together with the principals of WFP and IFAD recognised the joint work of the FAO-IFAD-WFP country teams in Guatemala, handing them the Rome-based agencies’ Award of Excellence for best country-level collaboration during
Setting the tone
12/09/2019
FAO’s Director-General met with senior management to exchange ideas and recommendations on the direction of the Organization
In the first-of-its-kind interactive session, the Director-General Qu Dongyu met with more than 60 senior-level colleagues in Ro
Director-General and WTO Deputy Director-General agree to strengthen agricultural trade promotion in Africa
12/09/2019
12 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met this morning with Yi Xiaozhun, the Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, to discuss ways to strengthen collaboration between the two Organizations.
They exchanged views on ho
FAO and Belgium discuss collaboration and governance plans
09/09/2019
9 September 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Bruno van Der Pluijm, Secretary General of Belgium’s Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs, today to discuss how to bolster the strong collaboration between Belgium and the Organization.
Director-General heralds new, transparent approach in briefing to FAO Member States
09/09/2019
9 September 2019, Rome – The FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu invited Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives from the agency’s Member States to an informal briefing on Monday where he reviewed some of the changes and reforms made during his first five we
Peru Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister discusses cooperation with FAO
09/09/2019
9 September 2019, Rome - Peru’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jaime Antonio Pomareda, visited FAO for a meeting with FAO Director-General QU Dongyu with talks focusing on ways to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the Republic of Peru
Director-General and Nabarro engage in wide-ranging talk about food systems
06/09/2019
6 September 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with David Nabarro, winner of the 2018 World Food Prize, to exchange views on the role of food and food systems in development.
“It’s clear he sees it in a very broad way,” Nabarro said
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