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World Food Day 2003. International Alliance Against Hunger

Year of publication 2003

Pages 41 p.

Author Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok)

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A report of the twenty-third World Food Day celebration held at the FAO regional office in Bangkok. Each year on 16 October FAO celebrates World Food Day in commemoration of its founding in 1945. This year’s theme, International Alliance Against Hunger, is a call to action to encourage all those concerned about the problem of hunger to join forces in a common effort. The publication includes an address by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, a message by the FAO Director-General, a statement by the FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific and a statement by Kim Hak-Su, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. Highlights of the day include a keynote speech on the theme of the celebration by Sartaj Aziz, former Agriculture, Finance and Foreign Affairs Minister, Pakistan and the presentation of three awards to outstanding farmers from Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand.

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