Ban stresses people power and partnerships at start of second term as UN chief
3 January 2012 –
The new head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has begun work, pledging today to increase the agency’s
support to poor countries experiencing prolonged food crises.
“Ending hunger requires the
commitment of everyone: neither FAO nor any
other agency or
government will win this war alone,” said Director-General José Graziano da Silva at a press
conference in Rome, where the agency’s headquarters are located.
He stressed the need for FAO to ....
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