FAO Food & Agriculture Organization [to 13 June 2015]
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Conference ends historic session and unanimously approves work programme and budget
Graziano da Silva in his closing statement to the Conference outlined FAO’s priorities for the coming years, in particular the eradication of hunger, raising levels of nutrition and addressing climate change.
13-06-2015
Social protection, peace-building, rural development key to hunger eradication say Colombian and Mexican Presidents
Empowering family farmers, establishing safety nets to help those most in need escape poverty traps, and ensuring peace and inclusive economic growth in rural areas must be core elements in efforts to eradicate hunger once and for all, the presidents of Colombia and Mexico asserted in speeches at the closing session of the FAO Conference.
13-06-2015
Pope Francis tells FAO Conference delegates eradicating hunger is an obligation that must not be neglected
The international community must respond to the moral imperative of ensuring access to basic foods as “a right of all people,” Pope Francis told delegates to the 39th FAO Conference during a special audience at the Vatican.
11-06-2015
Hunger eradication, nutrition and climate change are FAO’s top priorities
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his first policy statement since his overwhelming re-election, today outlined that eradicating hunger, raising levels of nutrition and addressing climate change will be among the Organization’s top priorities over the next four years.
8-06-2015