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WFD 2019-Our actions are our future. Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger World.
16 October 2019, Rome - This year's World Food Day - with the theme "Our actions are our future. Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger world" - takes place in the context of rising global hunger but also increasing overweight and obesity. FAO and its partners believe that affordable solutions to reduce all forms of malnutrition exist, but they require greater global commitment and action.
At the global World Food Day ceremony (October 16, 2019) speakers called for bolder action across sectors to make healthy and sustainable diets available to all. More at www.fao.org
Video message from António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General;(01:00) Statement by Qu Dongyu , Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO);(08:30) Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (in French); (15:36)David M. Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP).
Keynote address by His Excellency Giuseppe Conte, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (in italian);(14:40) Message from His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, read by Her Excellency Vincenza Lomonaco, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations agencies based in Rome (in italian).
Statements by His Excellency Edward Francisco Centeno Gadea, Minister for Agriculture of Nicaragua (in Spanish); (12:19)His Excellency Kassoum Denon, Minister Commissioner for Food Security of Mali (in French); (19:47)Her Excellency Elina Kalkku, Vice Minister, Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland;(25:24) Her Excellency Mariam bint Saeed Hareb Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security of the United Arab Emirates; (32:09)Message from His Excellency Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor-Leste, read by the moderator Yasmina Bouziane, Director a.i., FAO Office for Corporate Communications.
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