FAO and ECA Join Efforts in Fighting Hunger and Poverty

27 June 2014
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)
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MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

WHEN: 27 June 2014

TIME: 9:30

WHERE: Sipopo Conference Centre Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

WHO: The MOU will be signed by Dr. Graziano da Silva, Director-General of FAO, and Dr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the ECA

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Dr. Graziano da Silva, and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Dr. Carlos Lopes will sign a Memorandum of Understanding that provides a framework for collaboration between the two institutions. The document is a formal recognition of the two organzations' commitment to contribute to the eradication of hunger, overcoming poverty, and the enhancement of livelihoods through transition to sustainable development. The MOU signing ceremony is an event on the agenda of the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. Journalists are invited to attend and cover the FAO-ECA MOU signing ceremony.

Dr. Carlos Lopes will be available for interviews after the event.

For further information and interview requests, please contact:

Carl Manlan (+240 551 923 328)

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