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Director-General Meets China’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
23/11/2019
21 November 2019, Beijing - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Mr Han Changfu, China’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) on Wednesday to highlight the UN organization’s plans, actions and aim to become a more transparent, open, inclusi
Partnerships with the private sector are vital for boosting global food production and nutrition levels
23/11/2019
23 November, Beijing - FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, said today partnerships with the private sectors are vital for raising production and nutrition levels for the world's most vulnerable people who are poor or undernourished.
FAO Director-General meets with head of China’s State Oceanic Administration
22/11/2019
22 November 2019, Beijing - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Wang Hong, the Head of the State Oceanic Administration of China’s Ministry of Natural Resources, during his visit to the Chinese capital.
The Head led a tour of the reorganized ministry
Director-General meets with China’s Ecology and Environment Minister
22/11/2019
22 November 2019, Beijing - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Li Ganjie, China’s Minister for Ecology and Environment, during his visit to the Chinese capital.
The minister briefed the Director-General and his delegation on the mandate and vision o
Director-General meets China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
22/11/2019
22 November 2019, Beijing –FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Le Yucheng, China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Friday during a visit to the Chinese capital.
The Vice Minister congratulated the Director-General for his ambitious start at FAO
Director-General meets with head of China’s CIDCA development agency
21/11/2019
21 November 2019, Beijing- FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with the head of CIDCA, China’s development and cooperation agency, during his visit to Beijing.
Wang Xiaotao, Chairperson of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), no
FAO Director-General and Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood agree on the need to better manage world marine resources
18/11/2019
18 November 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Harald T. Nesvik, on the sidelines of the International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability hosted this week (18-21 November) at FAO headqu
FAO Director-General and Eswatini Deputy Prime Minister discuss climate change
18/11/2019
18 November 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Themba Masuku, Eswatini Deputy Prime Minister.
In their talks, the parties discussed the severe droughts of 2018-2019 and the negative effects on countries’ food security.
The Deputy
FAO Director-General and UN Women Executive Director to step up collaboration
14/11/2019
14 November 2019, New York - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. The counterparts participated in a meeting of the Chief Executives of United Nati
Director-General meets with UN Deputy Secretary-General, briefs her on Hand-in-Hand Initiative
14/11/2019
14 November 2019, New York - Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met here today.
The Director-General thanked her for her support for FAO and the Rome-based UN agencies focused on food
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