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Bilateral meeting with Toily Kurbanov, United Nations Volunteers Executive Coordinator

02/04/2025

Rome – FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met today with Toily Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) at FAO headquarters.

In Hainan and Jiangsu, China, FAO Director-General outlines vision of agrifood systems transformation for improved nutrition and food security

28/03/2025

Boao, China – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu set out a multi-layered vision for the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable as he addressed the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 on the last day of an official visit to China after a series of bilateral meetings. The trip also saw visits to innovative farms and research institutions helping to put the transformation into practice and advance the Four Betters agenda - better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life for all, leaving no one behind.

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy of the European Union

21/03/2025

Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met today with H. E. Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy of the European Union (EU) at FAO headquarters.

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Costas Kadis, Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans of the European Union

13/03/2025

Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met today with H. E. Costas Kadis, Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans of the European Union (EU) at FAO headquarters.

Director-General addresses Joint Meeting of FAO Programme and Finance Committees

10/03/2025

Rome – Cooperation, consistency and focus are critical for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to pursue its core mandates amidst a rapidly-evolving geopolitical situation and the likelihood of “significant resource mobilization changes for the entire UN system,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said Monday in his opening address to the Joint Meeting of the FAO Programme and Finance Committees.

FAO Director-General underscores evaluation’s role in transforming agrifood systems at Global Conference

05/03/2025

Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today emphasized the crucial role of evaluation in enhancing impact, fostering learning and driving innovation during the Joint High-Level Global Conference on Multi-Dimensional Evaluation for Influence and Transformation. The FAO-hosted conference, co-organized by the Independent Evaluation Office of the New Development Bank and the International Development Evaluation Association, brings together global experts to discuss how evaluation can enhance the effectiveness of policies, programs, and investments.

Bilateral meeting with H.E. Max Fontaine, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar

27/02/2025

Rome - The FAO Director-General met today with H.E. Max Fontaine, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar, at FAO headquarters on the margins of the resumed session of the CBD COP16.2 and conveyed his appreciation for the fruitful collaboration between FAO and Madagascar.

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Sari Multala, Minister for Climate and the Environment of The Republic of Finland

26/02/2025

Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met H. E. Sari Multala, Minister for Climate and the Environment of The Republic of Finland at FAO headquarters in Rome on the occasion of the resumed session of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), hosted in FAO.

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Martha Viviana Carvajalino Villegas, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia

24/02/2025

Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met H. E. Martha Viviana Carvajalino Villegas, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia at FAO headquarters in Rome on the occasion of the resumed session of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), hosted in FAO.

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Martin Heydon, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland

18/02/2025

Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met with H.E. Martin Heydon, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland at FAO headquarters in Rome.

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