San Marino presents on World Food Day
World Food Day is celebrated tomorrow, Saturday 16 October, established by FAO member countries in November 1979 to turn the spotlight on food issues and to combat hunger and malnutrition.
He remembers it state secretariat for foreign affairs, underlining in a note that the official ceremony of World Food Day “is on its own today at the FAO headquarters in Rome“.
On this occasion “multiple personalities have joined and will join the FAO director general, Qu Dongyu; on behalf of the Government of the Republic of San Marino, as usual, the permanent representation in the FAO led by Ambassador Daniela Rotondaro participates“.
In the morning, among others, in presence and in connection, the FAO director, Qu Dongyu, The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, The president of Ifad, Gilbert F. Houngbo, The executive director of the WFP, David M. Beasley, and were delivered by the respective accredited diplomats, the interventions of Holy Father he was born in president of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella“.
The motto chosen for this year And “Our actions are our future: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life”.
The event “is focused on the transformation of agri-food systems for guarantee all citizens of the world the opportunity to eat sufficiently, economically, safely and to lead an active and healthy lifestyle“.
FAO celebrates World Food Day “at the end of the working week of the plenary session of the Food Safety Commission, in which the Permanent Representation itself took an active part “.
The Food Safety Commission “is one international and intergovernmental in which all parties work together and in a coordinated manner in favor of food security and better nutrition for all“.
It will be the Food Safety Commission “to have the consecutive to be valid as granted by the Summit of Food Safety Systems which ended last September at the UN headquarters in New York“.
Noteworthy is the fact that during the week, the Food Safety Commission “fed the Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality (dedicated to women and girls) in the context of nutrition and safety”.
The Food Safety Commission, by secret ballot, “has yesterday elected its new president in the person of the Spanish ambassador Gabriel Ferrero“.
Worldwide, the celebrations of World Food Day “saw the organization of a series of events dedicated to food security, some of which started well in advance”. Today’s World Food Day “will also be the first to take place at Expo Dubai”.
And again: “Many young people started the celebrations during the week preceding the anniversary. World Youth Nutrition Forum, with multiple initiatives, such as the Youth path of action they Innovation workshops, in which youth groups, influencers, academic institutions, non-profit organizations and governments have organized awareness of the transformation of agri-food systems through actions led by young people themselves“.
Tomorrow, inside the Appia Antica Park, “il G20 Green Garden invites arifletting about the future of our planet, celebrating the biodiversity, nature and the ancient of Rome, and doing call for global solidarity to create a sustainable future for all“.
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