The Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) Director General, Graziano da Silva, has praised the vision
of the agency's founders, ITRealms reports.
Silva was speaking at the Chateau de Frontenac
on the banks of the Saint Lawrence River where heads of states gathered in 1945
for the first FAO Conference and pledged to unshackle humanity from hunger.
“Their vision has allowed for
agriculture to be considered as the key to human development and for the world
to realize that the international community is able to address the problem of hunger
and malnutrition globally,” Silva said.
Ensuring better nutrition for all
and transforming the world’s food systems to ensure their future sustainability
represent the two greatest challenges facing FAO as it renews its mission to
free the world from hunger and malnutrition, the UN agency's José Graziano da
Silva said at the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of
FAO's founding in Quebec City, organized by the Quebec government, ITRealms gathered.
“Our responsibility is growing day by day, and
today our mission and mandate remain more relevant than ever,” referring to the
new global goal of ending hunger by 2030 adopted by the international community
in September.
“And FAO has proven its ability to
adapt to a changing world and respond to new challenges,” he added.
The FAO Director-General, ITRealms informs, began his speech by expressing sadness and shock
at the recent terrorist attacks that clouded the ceremony on Saturday: “They
took place in Paris and Beirut, but they hit all of us around the world, regardless
of where we are and of whom we are. My solidarity goes to the victims and their
families,” he added.
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