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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09UNROME22 |
FAO 125TH FINANCE COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS: FUNDING FOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Member representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Finance Committee (FC) met in Rome on March 9-10 to discuss funding for FAO's ambitious new reform program and to review the agency's human resource management strategy. Noting a shortfall in voluntary financial contr [...] |
2009-03-27 11:44:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN |
| 09UNROME23 |
FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF CONTINUES PRESSING FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Charge met privately with FAO Director General Jacques Diouf on March 26 to review the status of issues related to food security and agriculture following the latter's official visit to New Yor [...] |
2009-03-28 04:54:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | FAO UN PREL EAGR EAID |
| 09UNROME27 |
NEW PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) On April 2, newly-elected President Kanayo Nwanze of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) briefed Executive Board members on his "vision" for this small, bu [...] |
2009-04-09 14:04:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | UN EFIN EAGR EAID ECON IFAD |
| 09UNROME29 |
ONE BILLION NOT SERVED: HOW THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] According to separate studies published in 2008 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are approximately one billion hungry, or "food insecure," people in the world. Both organizations have since predicted that this number wil [...] |
2009-04-22 16:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SOCI PHUM FAO UN |
| 09UNROME30 |
RECOMMENDATION TO PAY UN FAO ARREARS; GENEVA GROUP UPDATE ON [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The major internal reform plan agreed last November by member states of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is under way and appears at this early juncture to be progressing well, along a posit [...] |
2009-04-30 14:35:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN UN FAO EAID AMGT |
| 09UNROME38 |
FAO 126TH FINANCE COMMITTEE OUTCOMES: FUNDING FOR FOOD [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and for official use only; not for transmission outside USG channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Finance Committee (FC) of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held its 126th session from May 11-15 in Rome, concurrent with FAO' [...] |
2009-05-21 16:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | FAO UN EFIN EAID |
| 09UNROME40 |
FAO COUNCIL APPROVES NOVEMBER FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT, REVIEWS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or distribution outside the USG. Summary: ------- 2. (SBU) During the 136th session of FAO Council, from June 15-19, members debated the merits of a proposal from Director General Diouf to host a Heads-of-State [...] |
2009-06-24 11:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM FAO UN |
| 09UNROME41 |
COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS): REFORM PROCESS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or dissemination outside USG channels. Summary: -------- 2. (U) Within the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), efforts are well under way to reform the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), a commi [...] |
2009-06-24 14:44:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EAGR FAO UN |
| 09UNROME42 |
THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION TURNS 25 [...] Summary: The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) hosted a 25th anniversary celebration at their Rome headquarters on June 4, 2009, entitled "IDLO at 25 - Embracing Change." The celebration noted the growth and past accomplishments of IDLO and focused on the Organization's need [...] |
2009-06-25 12:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON EFIN AF |
| 09UNROME43 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 ANNUAL SESSION: THE [...] The 2009 Annual Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from June 8-12. The primary discussion and recurring theme centered on a review of WFP's financial framework aimed at better aligning it to the 2008-2011 Strategic Plan. The Board also took note of a rec [...] |
2009-07-01 12:20:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 09UNROME44 |
FAO REFORM PROGRAM MOVING STEADILY FORWARD: UNTAI STATUS [...] Summary. As part of this mission's regular reporting on efforts to reform the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), we provide below brief updates on the eight key focus areas covered in our latest report on the United Nations Transparency and Accountability Initiative (or, "UNTAI"), [...] |
2009-07-23 15:35:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN FAO EAID EAGR |
| 09UNROME45 |
FAO REFORM MOVING FORWARD: UNTAI PROGRESS REPORT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. As part of this mission's regular reporting on reform of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), we offer below our assessments on eight key issues covered in our latest report for [...] |
2009-07-24 16:50:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID FAO UN |
| 09UNROME47 |
SE GRATION MEETS WITH ROME-BASED FOOD AGENCIES [...] On June 30, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his deputy, Tim Shortley, held introductory meetings with FAO Deputy Director General Jim Butler and WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran as well as their respective Sudan Operations teams. Gration expressed optimism for durab [...] |
2009-08-06 11:09:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 09UNROME49 |
REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. This is an action request; please see paragraphs four, six, and eight. Summary ------- 3. (SBU) Amidst an intensified focus on food and agricultural issues due to rising global hunger and maln [...] |
2009-08-14 14:56:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR EAID UN FAO |
| 09UNROME51 |
FAO BUDGET CHIEF PROVIDES DETAILS OF REVISED BUDGET REQUEST, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Responding to concerns voiced by the U.S. and other Rome-based missions over the FAO's latest budget request during a recent meeting of the Finance Committee (septel), FAO Management revised its draft [...] |
2009-08-17 09:25:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAGR EAID EFIN UN FAO |
| 09UNROME52 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The FAO Finance Committee (FinCom) held its 128th session from July 27-31 in Rome, giving particular attention to a controversial biennial budget proposal tabled by FAO managemen [...] |
2009-08-17 09:34:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO |
| 09UNROME53 |
FAO DG DIOUF'S VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTING L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. FAO Director General (DG) Jacques Diouf told the Charge on August 28 that he was delighted with President Obama's strong leadership on food security at the L'Aquila Summit and wants to use the November World Food Summit to adopt the five L'Aquila princi [...] |
2009-09-01 12:05:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR FAO PREL EAID UN WB |
| 09UNROME54 |
RECOMMENDED STRATEGY ON FAO DRAFT BUDGET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The FAO Director General distributed on September 1 a revised draft Program of Work and Budget (PWB) for the 2010-11 biennium that proposes a significant 7.1 percent increase over the cur [...] |
2009-09-03 16:36:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN |
| 09UNROME55 |
COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REFORM PROCESS GENERALLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified for USG only. Please handle accordingly. -------- Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Bureau convened on September 4 the final negotiating session of its "Contact Group" - a group comprising F [...] |
2009-09-09 10:13:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 09UNROME58 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT "ZERO DRAFT" DECLARATION: IMPROVED, BUT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request --------------------- 2. (SBU) To prepare for the November 16-18 World Summit on Food Security, to be co-hosted in Rome by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gener [...] |
2009-10-05 10:41:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 09UNROME59 |
COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY: FINAL DRAFT TEXT FOR [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Pursuant to an agreement of the 34th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), members have been engaged in a year-long process to reform the CFS. The focus of the [...] |
2009-10-07 18:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO |
| 09UNROME60 |
FAO 137TH COUNCIL: IMPASSE OVER PROPOSED BUDGET LEVEL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request ------------------- 2. (SBU) Members at the September 28-October 2 meeting of the FAO Council could not reach consensus on the level of the organization's budget for the 201 [...] |
2009-10-09 10:03:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 09UNROME61 |
REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. From October 14-17, the U.S. delegation to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) worked with other delegations to reform the FAO technical committee into a body that will provide value-ad [...] |
2009-10-23 17:34:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 09UNROME63 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST - ELECTION FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF [...] (SBU) Mission believes that a U.S. citizen candidate is by far the most qualified of the six candidates competing for the November 25 election for the next Director General (DG) of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and recommends that the American candidate, Thomas McInerney [...] |
2009-10-29 09:03:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON |
| 09UNROME69 |
FAO BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: U.S. ACHIEVES KEY OBJECTIVES, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The 36th Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization was held in Rome November 18-23, beginning a mere three hours after the closing of the World Food Summit. The Un [...] |
2009-11-27 16:18:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR EAID FAO UN |
| 09UNROME70 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 SECOND REGULAR [...] The 2009 Second Regular Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from November 9-12. Improved collaboration among the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies as well as other partners was a prominent theme. UNDP Administrator Helen Clark was invited as a sp [...] |
2009-12-01 01:58:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 09UNROME72 |
HOW BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL (AS PART OF THE CONSULTATIVE [...] (U) On December 1, the Ambassador met with the Director General, Emile Frison, and Deputy DG of Bioversity International (BI) - the Rome-based leg of the Consultative Group on Agricultural Research (CGIAR) - for an introductory briefing on BI's work and its contribution to global food securit [...] |
2009-12-04 21:22:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL UN |
| 09UNROME74 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...] |
2009-12-10 14:14:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN |
| 09UNROME77 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...] |
2009-12-11 09:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN |
| 09UNROME78 |
ROME FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3 and 4, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome co-hosted the third follow-up to the G8 `plus' meeting on global food security held i [...] |
2009-12-11 16:51:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR EAID FAO WFP IT |
| 09UNROME86 |
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION BRIEFING ON 2010 [...] On December 10, the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) briefed donors on FAO's component of the 2010 Humanitarian Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP). At $7.1 billion, the 2010 CAP addresses 12 major crises, covering the needs of 48 mi [...] |
2009-12-23 11:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | FAO AORC EAID PREF EAGR UN WFP |
| 09UNROME87 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS (P4P) ANNUAL [...] From December 9-10, USG representatives from USAID, USDA and MCC attended the first Annual Review of the UN World Food Program (WFP) Purchase for Progress (P4P) program, an initiative to promote the development of agricultural markets capitalizing on WFP's purchasing power. Over 150 participa [...] |
2009-12-24 12:22:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID EAGR |
| 09UNROME88 |
WANTED: AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY EXPERT(S) TO SERVE ON NEW [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. As part of a major reform plan for the FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) approved during an October 2009 plenary session (ref B), a High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition is being [...] |
2009-12-29 15:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 09UNROME89 |
WANTED: AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY EXPERT(S) TO SERVE ON NEW [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. As part of a major reform plan for the FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) approved during an October 2009 plenary session (ref B), a High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition is being [...] |
2009-12-29 15:50:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 10UNROME1 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOMALIA REFUGEE OUTFLOWS PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, between January 7 and 8, USUN-Rome contacted World Food Program (WFP) Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla to obtain the latest pipeline information on WFP Protracted Relief [...] |
2010-01-08 17:40:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO EAID EFIN UNHCR PREF |
| 10UNROME10 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On January 29, WFP reported to the Mission that: -- There were no security incidents reported against WFP staff or implementing partners during the January 25-29 period. -- WFP has no intention to res [...] |
2010-01-29 16:59:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
| 10UNROME11 |
NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF OPERATIONS AT FAO DESCRIBES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During an introductory meeting on January 29, FAO's new Deputy Director General (DDG) of Operations, He Changchui, described to the Ambassador his work priorities [...] |
2010-02-01 17:26:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR ECON EAID FAO UN KBIO |
| 10UNROME12 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 2, WFP reported that artillery/mortar exchanges between militants and the TFG over the weekend in Mogadishu did not impact WFP operations as there was no shelling in the vicinity of the port w [...] |
2010-02-02 18:21:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
| 10UNROME14 |
INVESTING IN FOOD SECURITY: EXPERTS ADDRESS RESPONSIBLE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 24, the Swiss Development Corporation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Fund for Agricultural Investment ( [...] |
2010-02-04 22:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EINV ECON ETRD PREL UN FAO |
| 10UNROME15 |
131ST SESSION OF THE FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE - WFP MATTERS [...] On February 1, the 131st session of the FAO Finance Committee, of which the U.S. is a member, discussed a number of budgetary and financial matters of the World Food Program which will be presented to the First Session of the WFP Executive Board February 8 through 11. The Committee discussed [...] |
2010-02-05 18:36:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP FAO PREL UN EAID EAGR |
| 10UNROME17 |
MISSION STRATEGY TO INCREASE U.S. EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTE [...] In our ongoing effort to increase U.S. employment and promote gender parity at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mission requested a meeting with the FAO Human Resource (HR) Director, Tony Alonzi. Alonzi briefed Mission officers on efforts to increase U.S. geographic representat [...] |
2010-02-12 08:39:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER FAO |
| 10UNROME18 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) WFP continues to express concerns over intensified fighting and shelling in Mogadishu. Although not targeted, WFP fears spillover into the port area where WFP is currently operating its feeding operation [...] |
2010-02-16 17:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
| 10UNROME19 |
USUN ROME CO-HOSTS HIGH LEVEL FOOD SECURITY EVENT ON HAITI [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, joined by the Haitian and Brazilian Missions, co-hosted a high-level meeting `Supporting a Haitian-Led Food Security P [...] |
2010-02-17 11:25:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA |
| 10UNROME20 |
COUNSELOR MILLS DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS IN GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On February 12, Cheryl Mills, Secretary Clinton's Chief of Staff and Counselor, discussed next steps on food security issues with key interlocutors on the margin [...] |
2010-02-17 11:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA |
| 10UNROME23 |
HAITI: FEEDING HAITIANS: SEEDS FOR SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the first days after the earthquake in Haiti, there has been concern - and considerable confusion - regarding the need for internationally sourced seed to meet the needs of the upcoming planting season. Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Development [...] |
2010-02-19 17:52:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR HA BTIO |
| 10UNROME25 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR [...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...] |
2010-02-23 15:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 10UNROME26 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 23, WFP disseminated its latest situation report. The text is pasted in its entirety below: BEGIN REPORT "WFP Somalia Operations Situation As of February 22, 2010 Summary Update -- W [...] |
2010-02-23 17:52:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF |
| 10UNROME28 |
CHINA'S GROWING ROLE AT ROME-BASED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on China's emerging role in Africa, USUN Rome notes that in recent years China has increased its contribution to, and infl [...] |
2010-02-26 12:48:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID UN CH |
| 10UNROME3 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOUTHERN SOMLIA OPERATIONS UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On January 12 the UN World Food Program presented an update on the current situation in southern Somalia to the Executive Board following WFP's partial suspen [...] |
2010-01-13 19:35:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO AORC EAID PREF EFIN UNHCR |
| 10UNROME4 |
FAO DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON PRIORITY AREAS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Deputy Director General (DDG) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jim Butler, told the DCM on January 13 that U.S. leadership on global food sec [...] |
2010-01-19 16:42:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO UN EAGR EAID PREL PTER |
| 10UNROME5 |
REFORMING THE FAO: THE ROLE FOR THE ROME CHAPTER OF THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside U.S. Government channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 14, the Mission co-hosted with UK counterparts a well-attended meeting of the Rome Chapter of the Geneva Group, and discussed ways to st [...] |
2010-01-19 18:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO UN EAID EAGR PREL |
| 10UNROME6 |
EGYPTIAN AMBASSASDOR MISREPRESENTS SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) USUN Rome Ambassador Cousin sought clarification from Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Rashed during a January 14 meeting regarding his misrepresentation of GOE intentions to support the official USG candidate, Thomas McInerney, in the election for Director General of the International Developm [...] |
2010-01-21 12:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON |
| 10UNROME7 |
RESPONSE TO FY 2010 ANTI-PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] In response to reftel, Mission received anti-pedophilia certification from all three Rome-based UN agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Program (WFP), and the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD). We also requested similar certification from th [...] |
2010-01-22 17:09:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI FAO WFP IFAD ICCROM |
| 10UNROME8 |
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: UPDATE ON CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR SOMALIA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) USUN Rome contacted WFP to obtain an update on WFP's current operational plans and status of contingency planning efforts. (Separately, WFP disseminated to the WFP Executive Board its latest situation re [...] |
2010-01-25 13:36:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SO |
| 10UNROME9 |
ROME AGENCIES WORKING ON VOLUNTARY "CODE OF CONDUCT" FOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the USG. ----------- Summary and Action Request ----------- 2. (SBU) FAO senior staff are leading an effort, in close coordination with UNCTAD, the World Bank, IFAD, and others, to address issues r [...] |
2010-01-28 10:32:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EINV PREL FAO |