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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
FAO, UN Environment deepen their partnership
27/09/2019
Collaboration to focus on sustainable food systems, biodiversity, climate and urban initiatives.
Paraguay is keen to explore work with FAO on Hand-In-Hand Initiative
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York - During their meeting today Paraguay’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Rivas said his country fully supported FAO Director-General’s vision for the UN agency and expressed great interest in FAO’s new Hand-In-Hand Initiativ
Bill Gates and FAO share common goal to help vulnerable people
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York – Technology magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates today emphasized his support for FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu by meeting him at FAO’s Liaison Office in New York.
During their discussion, the FAO Director-General briefed G
A science-based approach is critical to safeguard biodiversity
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York – In talks today FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Cristiana Pașca Palmer, the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed that efforts to safeguard the planet’s biodiversity must b
FAO and SICA agree to explore joint efforts in developing Central America’s agricultural sectors
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York – In talks today with Marco Vinicio Cerezo, Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA), FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu reiterated the UN Agency’s commitment to development in the region, particularly in
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