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Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission - WECAFC
The general objective of the Commission is to promote the effective conservation, management and development of the living marine resources of the area of competence of the Commission, in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and [...]

World Association of Community Broadcasters - AMARC
In the context of the 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), FAO has joined forces with AMARC to launch an awareness campaign targeted at farmers’ organizations and the rural population. The main objective is to use community radio as [...]

World Organization for Animal Health - OIE
The need to fight animal diseases at global level led to the creation of the Office International des Epizooties through the international Agreement signed on January 25th 1924. In May 2003 the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health [...]

World Water Council
The World Water Council is an international multi-stakeholder platform. It aims to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, [...]

Youth SWAP - UN System-wide Action Plan on Youth
In April 2013 the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) endorsed a System-wide Action Plan on Youth (Youth-SWAP) as a framework to guide youth programming for the UN system.
It focuses on joint action by the UN system [...]

ZHC - Zero Hunger Challenge
UN Secretary General’s Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC) was launched at the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012. The ZHC encourages investment in five major areas of work ranging from increasing agricultural productivity, incomes and access to food, and strengthening the sustainability [...]