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Joint FAO/WHO Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)

Year of publication 2014

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Meeting symbol NERC/14/INF/7

Language English

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    Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Secretariat on the Conference 2015
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    The Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) , co - organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), was held at the Headquarters of FAO in Rome, Italy , from 19 to 21 November 20 14 . The Conference was convened to (i) review progress made since the 1992 International Conference on Nutrition, respond to new challenges and opportunities, and identify policy options for improving nutrition; (ii) bring foo d, agriculture, he alth and other sectors together and align their sectoral policies to improve nutrition in a sustainable manner; (iii) propose adaptable policy options and institutional frameworks that can adequately address major nutrition challenges in the foreseeable fu ture; (iv) encourage greater political and policy coherence, alignment, coordination and cooperation among food, agriculture, health and other sectors; (v) mobilize the political will and resources to improve nutrition; and (vi) identify priorities for int ernational cooperation on nutrition in the near and medium terms.
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    Proceedings Preparatory technical meeting for the Joint FAO/WHO Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
    FAO Headquarters Rome, Italy November 13-15, 2013
    2013
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    The Preparatory Technical Meeting for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), jointly convened by FAO and WHO, was held at FAO headquarters, Rome, 13-15 November 2013. The two and a half day scientific and technical meeting was attended by 128 country delegates from 61 countries, 28 experts and resource persons, 41 representatives from United Nations (including IFPRI, IFAD, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WFP, WTO) and UN coordinating bodies (UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, High Level Task Force on Food Security and Nutrition), international organizations and other intergovernmental organizations, and 21 representatives from civil society and the private sector.
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