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For the week of 3-7 December
Monday, 3 December – Opening of the FAO Council, FAO headquarters http://www.fao.org/bodies/council/cl145/en/ For a list of side-events that be will organized during Council go to: http://permreps.fao.org/library2/sd145c The events are open to the media. Tuesday, 4 December – The UN Climate Change Conference continues in Doha, Qatar. A press conference at 9.30 am on Tuesday 4 December in Conference Room 1 the Qatar National Convention Center will provide an overview of policy recommendations contained in the Food security and climate change report, prepared by High Level Panel of Experts for the Committee on World Food Security. Read the report here: http://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/en/ Thursday 6 December – Launch of FAO’s flagship annual publication the State of Food and Agriculture 2012. At a press conference at 10.30 at FAO headquarters the Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Assistant Director-General for Economic and Social, Jomo Sundaram, will present the main findings of the report. The press conference will be webcast at http://www.fao.org/webcast/ Thursday 6 December – Update of the Food Price Index and a new Crop Prospects and Food Situation report will be published. >> For details on technical meetings, click here. >>FAO media events calendar |
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