FAO Media Advisory - www.fao.org [cid:image003.gif@01D11649.2E61A570] MEDIA ADVISORY World Food Day 2019 Wednesday, 16 October 2019, FAO This year's World Food Day highlights the need to make healthy diets available and affordable to all. It takes place in a global context of rising hunger but also of increasing overweight and obesity. With events in some 150 countries and under the slogan "Our actions are our future. Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger world", FAO and its WFD partners call for faster and more ambitious action across sectors to achieve SDG2 - Zero Hunger. Global ceremony: 9:15-10:45, Plenary Hall Speakers will include the Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President Gilbert F. Houngbo and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David M. Beasley. The following ministers will also speak at the event: Edward Francisco Centeno Gadea Minister for Agriculture of Nicaragua, Joaquim José Gusmão dos Reis Martins Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor-Leste, Kassoum Denon Minister Commissioner for Food Security of Mali, Elina Kalkku Vice Minister, Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mariam bint Saeed Hareb Al Mehairi Minister of State for Food Security of the United Arab Emirates. There will be messages as well from Pope Francis and the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Special Event featuring a lecture by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs: 11:30 - 13:00, Plenary Hall The lecture will focus on food, agriculture and sustainable development. Exhibit: 14:30-15:30, Atrium The World Food Day exhibit will showcase facts, figures, actions, stories and recipes for healthier diets and healthier lives, and will be inaugurated by FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu. World Food Day is marked each year on 16 October to commemorate FAO's founding in 1945. For more information FAO Media Office Angela Grammatica (+39) 06 570 53625 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA World Food Day site<http://www.fao.org/world-food-day> World Food Day brochure<http://www.fao.org/3/ca5268en/ca5268en.pdf> World Food Day stories - "My Actions" WEBCASTS & LIVE BROADCAST SIGNAL Many of the events will be webcast live here<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/>. A live broadcast signal of the ceremony will be distributed via the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and AP Television News. VIDEO CONTENT related to World Food Day is available here<http://tv.fao.org/event/index/page/2/cId/35175141/evId/141654822>. Log in as a new user with name and password of your choice to download the materials. RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS for World Food Day in English, French and Spanish are available here<https://soundcloud.com/unfao/sets/sofa-world-food-day-audio>. PHOTOS on World Food Day theme are available here<http://mediabase.fao.org/bin/UNFAO.dll/osl?lbcode=3F2863A0-BFCF-4FFC-A727-E1A308978CDA&ac=&i=0> for viewing. Download high resolution files for one-time editorial use with credit here<https://we.tl/t-uBzWT3ILXF>. MEDIA ACCREDITATION If you wish to attend World Food Day events, the deadline for media accreditation is Monday, 14 October at 17:00 (Rome time). Please include scanned copies of a valid press card or letter of assignment on company stationery and a copy of a valid ID (passport, identity card). You must have all ID materials with you to gain access to FAO premises. Please note: Accreditation requests received after the deadline cannot be accepted. FOLLOW ON TWITTER #WorldFoodDay @FAOnews<https://twitter.com/FAOnews> @FAO<https://twitter.com/FAO> 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-German-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Media-G-German-L,SIGNOFF);