• ECOSOC High-Level Segment: Promoting an integrated approach for poverty eradication
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• Second Triennial Conference of the Global Forum On Agricultural Research (GFAR)
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• Latinamerican Workshop in Colombia: Land and Sustainable Development
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• International Conference on "The Right to Food and the Cost of hunger"
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• UN Seminar discusses humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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• The international community discuss how to collaborate on reconstruction process in Iraq
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• Democratic Republic of Congo: Documents on the Symposium on Food Security in the D. R. Congo are now available
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• Ecuador: Coordinating Board on Food Security and Rural Development continues supporting dissemination activities of Rural Development and Food Security topics
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• Thailand: UN Thematic Group on Poverty Reduction and Food Security develops pilot programme to fight poverty
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• International Day of the World's Indigenous People: 9 August"
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• International Youth Day: 12 August
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• High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development on 29-30 October 2003
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• Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions:First Meeting of the Adelboden Group in September 2003
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• Evolution of farming systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development- Building on policies, strategies and tools
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"The UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security is crucial in promoting a wide recognition of the importance of supporting Education for rural people as a key to achieving poverty reduction, food security, rural development and education for all." - Lavinia Gasperini
Lavinia Gasperini, senior officer of the Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE) talks about the FAO-UNESCO partnership its achievements up to know and future challenges for the years to come.
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"Food, hunger and agriculture are major concerns for member organizations of Caritas at the national level. Therefore, the most important aspect in the near future is working together against hunger and the International Alliance Against Hunger is the best way to do so." – Jacques Bertrand.
In this interview Mr. Jacques Bertrand, Head of Global Issues, Caritas Internationalis speaks about the organization's most recent efforts in the fight against hunger and about its world partnerships with several UN agencies.
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• The Human Development Report 2003 calls for partnership between rich and poor countries to reduce poverty
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• The UN System Extranet
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• Agriculture Market Access Database, AMAD: a cooperative effort to disseminate information
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• HIV/AIDS and nutrition
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• HIV/AIDS and Food Security at the centre of a BBC World documentary
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