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FAO Media Advisory – www.fao.org
FAO NEWS RELEASE - www.fao.org
38th FAO Conference (15-22 June 2013)
FAO will honour the achievements made by many countries towards reaching the MDG hunger targets; Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen will address the conference; countries will approve the budget for 2014-15
Saturday 15 June 2013 –
The 38th FAO Conference, the Organization’s highest governing body, opens;
Many Conference events will be webcast at: http://www.fao.org/webcast/
9:30
Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics, will give the McDougall Memorial Lecture, entitled "Why Is There So Much Hunger in the World?"
14:30
The European Union; Self Employed Women’s Association from India; and global development team from the UK newspaper The Guardian and others will receive awards.
See press release: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/177644/icode/
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso is expected to accept the EU award in person.
Sunday 16 June 2013 –
15:00-18:00
Thirty-eight countries have pulled millions of people out of hunger on their way to attaining their World Food Summit or Millennium Development Goal targets. Some heads of state or government will be present to accept a special award from FAO. Red Room.
See press release: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/177728/icode/
Around 18.00
PRESS CONFERENCE: Presidents from different countries will address the media about their successes in fighting hunger; Sheikh Zayed Centre,
Monday 17 June
12:30 -13:30
Side event: Post-2015 Development Agenda, Green Room;
Wednesday 19 June
12:30-13:00
Side event: Launch of the Statistical Year Book
Thursday 20 June
13:30-14:30
Side event: Africa Solidarity Fund
Friday 21 June
13:00-14:30
Side event: Role of science in determining international standards in food and agriculture
Complete list of side events: http://permreps.fao.org/library2/sd38c
Monday 17 June – Friday 21 June –
The Inter-Press Service (IPS) news agency will stream a daily TV talk show on food and agriculture issues, with delegates, experts and journalists attending the Conference participating; at 14:45 Rome each day.
http://www.ipsnews.net
IPS will also produce a daily newspaper, TerraViva link:
Journalists are invited to visit the new FAO website homepage: www.fao.org<http://www.fao.org>
Twitter: Hashtag #UNFAO38. Follow @permreps_unrome and @FAOnews for updates. Click here<https://twitter.com/FAOnews/unfao38> for a list of additional accounts Tweeting from the event.
Photo coverage available for download with photo credit at FAO News Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews/
Radio/Audio queries: Liliane Kambirigi, [log in to unmask], +39.0657053223/+39.3482423763
The conference is open to the media. Media accreditation will be at the main entrance to FAO. A valid press card or letter of assignment on company stationery, plus an ID card, are required.
Tools for journalists & editors
Photo requests: (+39) 06 570 53082 / 53393 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Photos also available via the FAOnews Flickr account<http://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews>
Video material/b-roll: (+39) 06 570 55980 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Audio clips: (+39) 06 570 53223
RSS feed<http://www.fao.org/news/rss-feed/en/> of FAO news releases
FAO's online newsroom<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-home/en/>
Follow FAO on Twitter<http://www.fao.org/news/fao-twitter-accounts/en/>
Additional tools<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-journalists/en/>
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