FAO at HLPF 2022

New York (United States), Hybrid Event, 05/07/2022 - 15/12/2022

FAO at the 2022 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS)

Hybrid Event, 20/06/2022 - 23/06/2022

The ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (ECOSOC HAS) has been an essential platform for discussing the activities and issues related to strengthening the coordination and effectiveness of the humanitarian assistance of the United Nations. It provides an o

Press briefing from New York: FAO Chief Economist to brief on the FAO Food Price Index for May 2022

Hybrid Event, 03/06/2022

  Friday, 3 June | 12:00 PM (EST) Watch the recording | Read the related web story The war in Ukraine is not only affecting food security in the country, but also forcing massive displacement, with likely serious impacts to food production and agricult

Second Global SIDS Solutions Dialogue: "Building agricultural resilience in SIDS

Hybrid Event, 31/05/2022

Tuesday, 31 May | 8:00 - 9:30 AM (EST) Register here Globally, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) represent over 66 percent of countries with the highest relative annual losses due to disasters. Due to their small economies and particular geography,

FAO at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF)

Hybrid Event, 17/05/2022 - 20/05/2022

Convened by the 76th President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) will take place from 17 to 20 May, serving as the primary intergovernmental global platform for Member States to assess and deliberate on imp

FAO at the Informal Consultations of State Parties to the UN Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA)

Hybrid Event, 17/05/2022 - 19/05/2022

The UN will hold the Fifteenth round of Informal Consultations of States Parties to the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, focusing on "Implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management", from 17 to 19 May. Vera Agostini, Deputy Director of FAO's Fi

FAO at the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)

Hybrid Event, 05/05/2022 - 06/05/2022

The seventh annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) will be held from 5 to 6 May 2022. The Forum will be convened by the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Collen Vixen Kelapile,

FAO Director of Emergencies and Resilience briefing on Global Report on Food Crises

Hybrid Event, 04/05/2022

Wednesday, 4 May | 12:00 PM (EDT) Follow the briefing live Over the last five years, the number of people experiencing acute hunger and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance has been consistently above 100 million, according to the

FAO at the 2022 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development

Hybrid Event, 25/04/2022 - 28/04/2022

The 2022 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development is an intergovernmental process  mandated to review the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and other financing for development outcomes, as well as the means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

FAO at the 21st Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII21)

Hybrid Event, 25/04/2022 - 06/05/2022

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), tasked with discussing and advising on Indigenous Peoples' issues related to economic and social development, cu

Press briefing from New York: Director of FAO's Markets and Trade Division to brief on March update of the FAO Food Price Index

Hybrid Event, 08/04/2022

  Friday, 8 April | 11:00 AM (EDT) Watch the recording The war in Ukraine is not only affecting food security in the country, but also forcing massive displacement, with likely serious impacts to food production and agriculture-based livelihoods, a key

International Year of Millets 2023: Building momentum for the year

Hybrid Event, 22/03/2022

  Tuesday, 22 March | 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM (ET) Millets are among the first plants to be domesticated and are considered "nutri-cereals" due to their high nutritional content. They have served as a traditional staple for hundreds of millions of people in S

International Day of Forests 2022 - Forests and sustainable production and consumption

Hybrid Event, 21/03/2022

  Forests cover 31 percent of the world's land surfance, store an estiamted 296 gigatonnes of carbon, and are home to the majority of the world's terrestrial biodiversity. They are also a source of fibre, fuel, food and fodder, and they provide livelihoo

Press briefing from New York: FAO Chief Economist to present report on Ukraine and Russia, global agricultural markets, and the risks associated with the current conflict

Hybrid Event, 16/03/2022

16 March | 12:00 PM (EST) Watch the recording. FAO has been rapidly scaling up its efforts to respond to urgent food security needs resulting from the unfolding war in Ukraine, focusing initially on livelihood-saving interventions for the most vulnerabl

FAO at the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66)

Hybrid Event, 14/03/2022 - 25/03/2022

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, and is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC

FAO at the 53rd Session of the UN Statistical Commission

Hybrid Event, 28/02/2022 - 04/03/2022

The UN Statistical Commission is the highest body of the global statistical system, bringing together the Chief Statisticians from Member States from around the world. It is the highest decision making body for international statistical activities, respon

FAO Director of Emergencies and Resilience briefs on FAO's response in the Horn of Africa

Hybrid Event, 14/02/2022

  Monday, 14 February | 12:00 noon (EST) The Horn of Africa is already prone to food insecurity associated with weather extremes, natural resource limitations and conflict, but the the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020-21 locust invasion have stretched the cop

World Pulses Day 2021

Virtual Event, 10/02/2022

World Pulses Day is observed every year on 10 February. In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) under resolution 

FAO at the 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development

Hybrid Event, 07/02/2022 - 16/02/2022

The 60th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD60) will take place largely online from 7 to 16 February 2022  at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pilla

FAO at the ECOSOC Coordination Segment

Hybrid Event, 03/02/2022 - 04/02/2022

The ECOSOC Coordination Segment, will take place on 3-4 February 2022. It will address the 2022 annual theme of ECOSOC and the HLPF “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda fo