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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
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
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