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The Second International Conference on Nutrition

Year of publication 2015

Pages 24 p.

Author OCC

Product type Book (stand-alone)

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) was an inclusive inter-governmental meeting on nutrition jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and held at FAO Headquarters in Rome from 19-21 November 2014. The conference brought together 2 200 participants, including representatives from over 170 governments–with over 100 ministers and vice ministers, 150 representatives from civil society and nearly 100 from the business community. Pope Francis, Queen Letizia of Spain, Nadine Heredia, First Lady of Peru, King Letsie III of Lesotho and Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of the United Arab Emirates addressed the conference as special guests.

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