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Questions about Food and Agriculture Organization

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When was the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations founded?

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded on the 16th of October 1945 when delegates signed a constitution at the Château Frontenac in Quebec City. This event followed a wartime conference held from May 18 to the 3rd of June 1943 at The Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Who is the current director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization as of 2019?

Qu Dongyu of China serves as the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization since 2019. He leads an agency that currently has 194 Member Nations and one Member Organization called the European Union as of the 1st of May 2020.

Where are the headquarters and regional offices of the Food and Agriculture Organization located?

The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization moved from Washington D.C. to Rome in 1951. Regional offices exist in Accra Ghana, Bangkok Thailand, Budapest Hungary, Santiago de Chile, and Cairo Egypt while sub-regional offices operate in Libreville Gabon, Ankara Turkey, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Panama City Panama, Tunis Tunisia, Harare Zimbabwe, and Apia Samoa.

What major summits did the Food and Agriculture Organization convene to address hunger?

The Food and Agriculture Organization convened the first World Food Summit in 1974 which declared every man woman and child has the right to be free from hunger. A subsequent summit established a strategic plan for eliminating hunger into the 21st century in 1996.

When was the International Plant Protection Convention created by the Food and Agriculture Organization?

The Food and Agriculture Organization created the International Plant Protection Convention or IPPC in 1952 to prevent the spread of pests. As of July 2018, 183 contracting parties have ratified this treaty.