Qu welcomes new Franco-German initiative in session with Macron, Merkel

Women at a community-based natural reserve at Kholy-Alpha, Senegal - one among FAO's Great Green Wall projects.

Geneva, 11 January, 2021 - FAO, South Centre and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) organized a webinar on “Advancing the One Health response to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)”. The two hours webinar gathered over 140 participants from different or

QU Dongyu joined President Macron and The Prince of Wales at One Planet Summit

Director-General addresses high-level UN General assembly side event  

FAO Director-General spoke at the World Trade Organization’s Agriculture Symposium on Agricultural Trade in Food System Transformation.

In his address to the 165th Session of the FAO Council today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, made a comprehensive report on the UN agency's

Promises kept, Results delivered and a clear vision for the future, says FAO Director General in his opening statement to the Hundred and Sixty-fifth Session of the FAO Council Rome taking place from 30 November to 4 December 2020 

The Council is the executive arm of FAO's governing body. Visit the Council portal to catch up on the 165th Session (30 November-4 December 2020).

FAO appoints Monty Don and Diarmuid Gavin as International Year of Plant Health advocates

Since 2010, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) has been FAO’s main pooled funding mechanism for resource partners willing to contribute flexible, voluntary and multi-year resources to the Organization for the achievement of results under FAO's Stra

As we approach the end of the year, November has been another very active month at FAO with important events and activities taking place, for which we are pleased to update you in this edition of the FAO Geneva newsletter. 

FAO’s The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020 takes a new look at water shortages and scarcity in the world

Global Female Voices join FAO in the need for solidarity and urgent action

Read the Director-General opening remarks on the last day of the Sustainable Innovation Forum. 

Pope Francis today received FAO Director-General QU Dongyu for a meeting at the Vatican

Director-General QU Dongyu speaks at the G20 Leaders' Summit

FAO highlights fisheries' crucial and growing contribution to food, nutrition and livelihood security.

18 November 2020, Geneva – FAO Liaison Offices in Geneva and Brussels joined hands to invite Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives from non-Rome based Delegations, in Europe, for an informal briefing on the 165th Session of the FAO Council to be held

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