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For the week of 6-10 May, 2013
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.
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