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CFS
COMMITTEE ON WORLD
FOOD SECURITY
CFS Update May 2014 Edition
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CFS 41 Draft Timetable
The draft Timetable for CFS 41 is available in English at the following link: http://bit.ly/Tu4XTh
Other languages and the Draft Annotated Agenda will be posted on the CFS 41 web page shortly:
http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs41 <http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs41/en/>
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HLPE Reports – background for the CFS 41 Policy Round Tables
HLPE Report No 7 on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for Food Security and Nutrition will be launched during the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) on the morning of Friday 13th June 2014. HLPE Report No 8 on Food Losses and Waste in the Context of Sustainable Food Systems will be launched on the afternoon of Thursday 3rd July 2014. Both launches will be held in the Red Room of FAO, Rome. Summaries and recommendations are available online (and full reports will be posted soon) at: http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe
CFS 41 Call for Side Events and Exhibit Space
The deadline for Requests for Side Events is 26 July and for exhibit space is 5 September.
The Request for Side Event and Exhibit Space forms are available at this link:
http://www.fao.org/cfs/updates
Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investments – CFS-RAI
The first draft is available at this link:
http://www.fao.org/cfs/rai
This will be the basis for the negotiations which will take place in FAO, Rome from 19-23 May 2014. The objective is to reach consensus on a final version to be presented to CFS 41 for endorsement.
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Agenda for Action for Addressing Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises (CFS-A4A)
The inputs received during the Global Consultation held in Addis Ababa, and from the previous Open-ended Working Group, are being incorporated in the First Draft.
An e-consultation on the Zero Draft is from 12-23 May.
Tomorrow is the last day to participate at this link:
http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/CFS-A4A <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/CFS-A4A>
The First Draft will be circulated in the second week of June, ahead of the Open Ended Working Group negotiation taking place in Rome from 29 July to 1 August 2014.
Find out more: http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-home/cfs-fipc <http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-home/cfs-fipc/en>
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Recent Events
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon meets with CFS
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, addressed CFS stakeholders on 7 May in Rome. In his address he recognized the importance of the CFS multi-stakeholder model in ensuring food security and nutrition for all.
His full statement is at this link: http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7655
Watch the webcast: http://bit.ly/1vG5PCo
Photographs are at this link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews/sets/72157644146739650
VG-GT 2 Years On – Where We Are and Where
We Are Going
On the second anniversary of the endorsement of The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security – the VG-GT – CFS hosted a panel discussion and Sharefair. Global presentations were made by FAO, IFAD, the EU, civil society and the private sector. Country case studies were presented by Sierra Leone, Guatemala and the Philippines.
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Watch the webcast: http://www.fao.org/webcast <http://www.fao.org/webcast/>
Photographs are at this link: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews/sets/72157644672366675>
https://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews/sets/72157644672366675
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