[cid:image001.gif@01CD9FC8.464F9A70] For the week of 6-10 May, 2013 Tuesday, 7 May – The Rice Market Monitor is released, providing an analysis of the most recent developments in the global rice market. http://www.fao.org/economic/est/publications/rice-publications/rice-market-monitor-rmm/en/ Thursday 9 May – The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, is released with a look at the April figures. Thursday 9 May – The first anniversary of the adoption by the Committee on World Food Security of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest in the Context of National Food Security. Friday 10 May – In Geneva, a press conference will be held during the Conference of the Parties (COPs) of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva will take part. For more information, contact: FAO-Newsroom [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (+39) 06 5705 3625 Additional tools for journalists 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/> More<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-journalists/en/> This weekly advisory was issued by the Media Office at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). To unsubscribe from this news service click the link below or send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with "signoff Media-G-Eng-L" as the only text in the message body. You can also manage your subscription online, here<https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa>. FAO | Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy | (+39) 06 570 53625 | www.fao.org<http://www.fao.org> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Kourous Media Relations Group, Office of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships (OCP) UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome, Italy email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> tel: (+39) 06.570.53168 mobile: (+39) 348.141.6802 skype: g_kourous fao media office: (+39) 06.570.53625 twitter: @faonews<http://twitter.com/faonews> FAO media centre: http://www.fao.org/newsroom/ RSS feed: http://bit.ly/17HTcA Recent stories I've written: http://bit.ly/bxl7t4 Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/georgekourous ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Media-G-Zh-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Media-G-Zh-L,SIGNOFF);