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The FAO Liaison Office for North America works with strategic partners in the United States and Canada to achieve the goal of defeating hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Based in Washington DC, our office provides a neutral platform for knowledge sharing to facilitate the transformation of agrifood systems in order to achieve global food security, leaving no one behind.

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176th Session of the FAO Council

event

The Council is the executive arm of FAO's governing body. Access the agenda, meeting documents and more of the 176th Session, which takes place 2-6 December 2024 at FAO headquarters.

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: Protecting health, facilitating trade

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The 47th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has concluded, with the adoption of the report, the election of a new Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons and an agreed way forward for the new Strategic Plan 2026–2031.

Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity

NEWS

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report. The report warns that the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East – coupled with climate and economic stressors - is pushing millions of people to the brink.

Preventing, Detecting, and Responding to Animal Disease Threats: 20 Year of FAO ECTAD

EVENT

Watch the special hybrid event co-hosted by the CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program and FAO to celebrate 20 years of the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), during Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week. Learn how ECTAD has been safeguarding livelihoods and food safety since 2004.

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