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FAO Members in Latin America and the Caribbean discuss how to reduce hunger and inequality in world’s largest agrifood exporting region. FAO

In Papua New Guinea, home to the world's third-largest rainforest, Indigenous Peoples are custodians of almost all the forested land. Now, they are being equipped with ground-breaking technology. These tools, which run on tablets or smartphones, will allow them to demarcate their forest and monitor the area to make sure that it stays healthy and intact from incursions. FAO

The situation in Gaza, coupled with protracted crises in Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, is of "great concern," the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said as he addressed the 37th session of the FAO Regional Ministerial Conference for the Near East and North Africa (NENA). FAO

At a Mogadishu ceremony, a group of University for Peace graduates from Somalia and elsewhere were today encouraged to put their educational achievements at the service of solving their countries’ – and the world’s – problems. UNSOM

In the context of continued violence, upcoming elections and the withdrawal of the MONUSCO peacekeeping force from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the country said, “we are today at an important crossroads in the relationship between the United Nations and the DRC, but also an important moment for the country itself.” UNIFEED

Today marks the admission of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) bonds on the LSE’s Sustainable Bond Market and the first time a United Nations Fund and specialized agency has listed its sustainable bond on the LSE market since the World Bank Group. IFAD

Youth activists, chefs, influencers, and innovators gathered at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy, to mark Junior World Food Day and share concrete actions to protect water. Their aim is to achieve a more sustainable and food secure world for future generations. FAO

The Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, called on the Security Council “to express itself clearly on the recommendations set out in the 2 August report of the Secretary-General on the future of the MONUSCO.” MONUSCO

The first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation will be hosted in Rome by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 25 to 27 September 2023. FAO

The UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) kicked off today at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome with a high-level opening ceremony attended by over 20 heads of State and Government, and a strong call for accelerating action to transform global agrifood systems. FAO