FAO Media Advisory – www.fao.org [cid:image002.gif@01CD52ED.F50C1930] MEDIA ADVISORY Address by Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on agriculture in upcoming WTO negotiations 2 November, 2015 | 11:00 a.m. | FAO Headquarters, Rome | Green Room On Monday 2 November, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization<https://www.wto.org>, Roberto Azevêdo, will visit FAO and address country representatives, UN staff and media on the agriculture-related agreements being negotiated at the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference<https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc10_e/mc10_e.htm> in Nairobi, Kenya (15-18 December). Among the envisioned outcomes are steps on export competition in agriculture that have long been a priority for developing countries and could become the WTO’s most significant negotiated outcome on agriculture to date. Other key issues at the 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi – which has been billed as a milestone for the future of WTO -- will be important in facilitating the role of agriculture in development and improving the lives of people in least developed countries (LDC). The WTO Director-General is expected to speak on these and other issues related to agriculture and trade as well as the partnership between WTO and FAO to achieve shared goals. The event will conclude with a question-and-answer session during which journalists are free to ask questions. MEDIA RESOURCES Event webcast<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/> Follow FAO: #UNFAO @FAOnews<https://twitter.com/FAOnews> Accreditation: Advance-accreditation is required by Friday October 30th at noon. Send scans of valid press card or letter of assignment on company stationery, plus a valid identification document with photo, to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Both pre-accredited journalists and those registering on the spot must have these materials with them in order to access FAO. Interpretation: Interpretation will be available into English, French and Spanish. Journalists & editors: For photos, audio clips, video material & b-roll, contact: (+39) 06 570 53625 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Online tools: Photos via the FAOnews Flickr account<http://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews> FAO's online newsroom<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-home/en/> RSS feed<http://www.fao.org/news/rss-feed/en/> of FAO news releases @FAOnews on Twitter<https://twitter.com/faonews/> This media 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> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Media-G-Eng-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Media-G-Eng-L,SIGNOFF);