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02AMMAN2981	JORDAN: WORLD FOOD SUMMIT BIOTECH SYMPOSIUM [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-06 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JO AORG FAO

02ROME1400	INVASIVE SPECIES: STILL AN EXOTIC PRIORITY IN [...] ON MAY 2, 2001, SCICOUNS DELIVERED A COPY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL INVASIVES MANAGEMENT PLAN (REFTEL) TO PATRIZIA DE ANGELIS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MOE NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICE. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01400 191528Z IN MID-MAY, DE ANGELIS TOLD US THAT INVASIVE [...]	2002-03-19 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD TBIO IT FAO
02ROME1963	FAO LOCUST CONTROL EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO LOCUST EXPERTS ON APRIL 17 TO DISCUSS FAO LOCUST CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. FAO PROVIDED A STATUS REPORT ON LOCUST CONTROL BY PROVINCE AND DISCUSSED CONCERNS OVER PRESSURES, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF AFGHANISTAN, FOR FAO AND COOPERATING PARTNERS TO [...]	2002-04-22 04:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC FAO UN
02ROME2071	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: CODE OF [...] SUMMARY: A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING)IS PROMOTING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER ENDORSEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A "DELIVERABLE" OF THE UPCOMING SUMMIT- LEVEL MEETING. THE UNITED STATES OBJECTED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE 1996 W [...]	2002-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME2188	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE FAO COUNCIL, A GROUP WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02188 061414Z MEET INFORMALLY MAY 18 TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER. GU [...]	2002-05-06 13:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2487	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY: AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE FAO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING (WFS5YL) TO BE HELD IN ROME JUNE 10-13, 2002. PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO START FROM THE DRAFT LEFT UNFINISHED BY THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP [...]	2002-05-21 08:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME2565	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER:TWO WEEKS TO [...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE UPDATES ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING IN ROME, JUNE 10-13, 2002. SOME 50 HEADS OF STATE/HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ARE EXPECTED, MOSTLY FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ITALY, SPAIN, BELGIUM AND SWEDEN ARE THE ONLY OECD HEADS OF [...]	2002-05-28 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME3093	REPORT OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) MET JUNE 6-9 AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03093 01 OF 05 241459Z CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING. THE UNI [...]	2002-06-24 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR FAO
02ROME3174	LOOKING AHEAD TO FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: OPERATING AS THE INTERIM GOVERNING BODY (IGB) OF THE NEWLY-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, THE OCTOBER 9-18 FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL DISCUSS (AND POSSIBLY APPROVE),INTER ALIA, IGB RULES OF PROCEDURE AND TERMS OF REFE [...]	2002-06-28 06:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME3214	OUTCOME OF WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER [...] SUMMARY: DESPITE POSTPONEMENT AND COMPETING EVENTS, THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED AND UNMARRED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS. 47 HEADS OF STATE ATTENDED, OF WHICH TWO WERE OECD COUNTRY LEADERS (SPAIN AND ITALY). THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY SECRET [...]	2002-07-02 07:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
02ROME3317	HELMS-BIDEN: PROGRAM EVALUATION AND SUNSETTING [...] FODAG HAS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF PROPOSING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BOTH REQUIRE EACH FAO PROGRAM TO BE EVALUATED AND EACH PROGRAM TO HAVE A SUNSET DATE (I.E. SO THAT THE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE RENEWED UNLESS THE EVALUATION SHOWS THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM) TO A [...]	2002-07-08 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ABUD FAO
02ROME3357	EU TAKES ON TERM LIMITS FOR FAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. THE EU PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE IN ROME TO SEEK SUPPORT AMONG ALL REGIONAL GROUPS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FAO BASIC TEXTS TO REINSTITUTE DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS. THE EU INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE EXISTING GENEVA GROUP DECISION TO TAKE UP [...]	2002-07-09 11:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR FAO
02ROME3433	ITALY COMMITS ITSELF TO RESEARCH COOPERATION IN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, SEEKING OES RESPONSE TO REFS A AND B. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. EMBASSY PROVIDES INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A LETTER SENT TO ESTCOUNS FROM ANTONIO CATRICALA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. THE LETTER IS DATED JUNE 24 BUT WAS RECEIVED O [...]	2002-07-11 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD TBIO EAGR EAID IT FAO
02ROME3477	ROME GENEVA GROUP:POST WFS5YL AND TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY. ROME GENEVA GROUP (MAJOR DONORS) MEMBERS CHARACTERIZED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) AS NEITHER A SUCCESS NOR A FAILURE. MEMBERS DISCUSSED WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE WFS5YL FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM IN ORDER TO AVOID HOLDING ANOTHER SUMMIT-LEVEL MEETING IN [...]	2002-07-15 06:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME3508	UN TO SEEK COMMON POLICY ON GMO FOOD AID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FODAG HAS LEARNED FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ASKED HIS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TO "TAKE THE LEAD IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTICULATION OF A COHERENT SYSTEM-WIDE POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF IMPO [...]	2002-07-16 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
02ROME3534	NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN: SECTION 102 [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THE U.S. MISSION/ROME HAS OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO),THE WORLD FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03534 171134Z PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE [...]	2002-07-17 11:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI UN FAO WFP
02ROME3594	FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] SUMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS HIS COMMENT: "I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S. SHOULD REQUEST AN E [...]	2002-07-22 12:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO
02ROME3645	COUNTING THE HUNGRY: FAO MEETING ON MEASURING [...] SUMMARY: THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) CONVENED AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD DEPRIVATION JUNE 26- 28, 2002 IN ROME. PARTICIPANTS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED FIVE WIDELY RECOGNIZED METHODS OF MEASURING FOOD DEPRIVATION AND UNDER-NUTRI [...]	2002-07-24 08:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO EAID ASEC
02ROME3648	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEK EMPOWERMENT IN BIOTECH [...] SUMMARY: DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS BIOTECH INNOVATORS, RESEARCHERS FROM LARGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (INDIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND OTHERS) PARTICIPATING IN A JUNE 24-27 WORKSHOP CO-SPONSORED BY THE U.N.'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGA [...]	2002-07-24 09:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO IT FAO
02ROME3676	FAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GMO FOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY. FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF IS EXPECTED TO SEND A LETTER TO UN UNDERSECRETARY OSHIMA CORRECTING HIS PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND STATING THAT THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DOES NOT STIPULATE MILLING OF GM COMMODITIES TO PREVENT PLANTING. COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOU [...]	2002-07-25 13:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID MZ FAO WFP
02ROME3757	FAO FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR TO REVIEW [...] THE FAO IS ORGANIZING AN INVITATION-ONLY FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR, OCTOBER 19-21 AND 21-23, RESPECTIVELY. THE TRIP WILL GIVE PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW FIELD-LEVEL PROGRESS IN THE FAO'S SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR FOOD SECURITY (SPFS). -------------------- BACKGROUND ----- [...]	2002-08-01 05:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EC GT FAO
02ROME3899	FAO RELUCTANT TO CLARIFY POSITION ON GM FOOD AID, EVEN [...] SUMMARY - ACTING PERMREP AND AG COUNSELOR MET WITH TOP LEVEL FAO OFFICIALS TO EXPRESS GRAVE CONCERN WITH GUIDANCE THAT IS BEING DISSEMINATED IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY FAO REPRESENTATIVES. FAO'S MIXED MESSAGE HAS MADE LOCAL GOV'T OFFICIALS MORE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT U.S. FOOD AID LIKELY [...]	2002-08-09 05:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN
02ROME4048	DG DIOUF SPEAKS TO US PERMREP ON GM FOOD ISSUES [...] SUMMARY - US MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH FAO DG JACQUES DIOUF TO DISCUSS FAO'S ROLE IN THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. WE URGED FAO TO TAKE A PUBLIC STANCE ON BIOTECH FOODS TO CLARIFY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF POLITICAL LEADERS BASED, AT LEAST IN PART, ON MISINFORMATION DISSEMI [...]	2002-08-19 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID ETRD EAGR FAO WFP WHO UNAORC UN
02ROME4131	U.S. CONTRIBUTION FOR FAO FISHCODE: AGREEMENT [...] ON AUGUST 1, 2002 UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL HENRI CARSALADE SIGNED THE AGREEMENT FOR A USD 400,000 TWO-YEAR U.S. TRUST FUND PROJECT "FISHCODE: SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL [...]	2002-08-23 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIS FAO
02ROME443	MISSION ITALY STRATEGY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY AND INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CONSULATES FLORENCE, MILAN, AND NAPLES. 2. SUMMARY: AS REPORTED REF A, THE GOI HAS ONLY RECENTLY STARTED TO COORDINATE GOVERNMENT-WIDE ITS PREPARATION FOR THE WSSD NEXT SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO MFA, ITALY WILL WORK H [...]	2002-01-29 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA IT FAO
02ROME468	FAO: HELMS-BIDEN - CURRENT STATUS [...] THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES THE CURRENT STATUS OF WHERE FAO STANDS REGARDING HELMS-BIDEN PROVISIONS ON (A) THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FUNCTION, (B) PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND (C) SUNSET PROVISIONS. MISSION REQUESTS DEPARTMENT'S GUIDANCE IF ANY FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED BEFORE A RECOMMENDATION COULD BE MAD [...]	2002-01-30 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
02ROME4755	EC MEMBERSHIP IN FAO CODEX COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. MISOFF SHARED REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 04755 020543Z MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION WITH CANADIAN DEPUTY [...]	2002-10-02 05:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME5134	GENEVA GROUP DISCUSSES TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY: THE GENEVA GROUP DISCUSSED TERM LIMITS ON OCTOBER 16. GERMANY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE ISSUE BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE FAO COUNCIL WHICH MEETS OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 2. ACCORDING TO THE GROUNDWORK DONE BY DENMARK AS PRESIDENT OF THE EU, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION TO TH [...]	2002-10-22 07:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
02ROME5226	WFP BOARD DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH FOOD [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE OCTOBER 21, 2002 DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, EU MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ARGUED THAT WORKABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID MUST BE FOUND AND THAT THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT BIOTECH FOOD [...]	2002-10-25 09:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO WHO
02ROME5252	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...]	2002-10-28 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5323	REPORT ON FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MET OCTOBER 14-19, CHAIRED BY ROB BERTRAM OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSION ENDORSED A DRAFT MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MT [...]	2002-10-31 07:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME5446	REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2),THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...]	2002-11-07 12:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG
02ROME5470	PUERTO RICO'S ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP WITH FAO [...] SUMMARY: THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) HAS INFORMED FODAG THAT PUERTO RICO SEEKS TO REGAIN ASSOCIATE MEMBER STATUS WITH THE FAO (THIS STATUS HAVING LAPSED DUE TO PUERTO RICO'S INABILITY TO MEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.) ACCORDING TO THE FAO STATUTES, ASSOCIATE MEMBER STAT [...]	2002-11-08 08:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC RQ FAO
02ROME5831	FODAG AMBASSADOR CONVEYS U.S. MESSAGE ON FOOD AID [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, U.S. MISSION ROME, PRESENTED U.S. VIEWS ON THE GROWING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ON DECEMBER 2 TO SELECTED ROME-BASED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES. AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE ALSO PARTICIPATED. EU AND AFRICAN REPRESENTA [...]	2002-12-03 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AF EAID ETRD EU TBIO FAO WFP FAS
02ROME5916	FAO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - "AHEAD OF THE [...] CHRISTOPHER RITTER OF USAID'S BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AGRICULTURE & TRADE (EGAT) RECENTLY REVIEWED FAO'S WORLD AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION CENTRE (WAICENT) AND RELATED PROJECTS IN SETTING STANDARDS IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR DEVE [...]	2002-12-10 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP FAO UN EUEAID
02ROME79	PROPOSED TAX ON BEEF [...] ON FEBUARY 15 AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO PROPOSED ATAX ON BEEF TO FUND NEW MEASURES TO ENSURE MEAT AFETY. ACCORDING TO ALEMANNO THIS TAX WOULD INCRASE GOVERNMENT REVENUE BY 67 MILLION EUROS AND B USED TO AUGMENT FUNDS PRESENTLY EARMARKED FOR TH BSE CRISIS. THIS TARGET WAS CALCULATED UNDE [...]	2002-02-15 14:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU IT AGR FAO
02ROME895	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF [...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...]	2002-02-22 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
03AMMAN7089	ADVOCATING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF [...] While receiving reftel points on October 28, Ministry of Agriculture Director's Assistant for Plant Protection Mohammad Kateh-Bader noted that he was reviewing extensive technical comments on living modified organisms (LMO's),including from the U.S. and the EU. We left with him reftel non-p [...]	2003-10-30 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO JO FAO WTO
03ROME1032	FAO TERM LIMITS: OPTIONS [...] (C) THERE IS SHARP DIVISION IN THE OECD GROUP OVER TRANSITION MEASURES ON THE APPLICABILITY OF TERM LIMITS FOR THE CURRENT FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG). THE EU IS READY TO ALLOW THE DG AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM (NON-RENEWABLE) IN 2005 AS PART OF A PACKAGE WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A [...]	2003-03-13 05:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC FAO
03ROME1320	REPORT OF FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2003 [...] SUMMARY. THE 16TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) BIENNIAL COMMITTEE ON FORESTRYS (COFO) FEATURED AN INNOVATIVE FORMAT THAT ALLOWED FOR GREATER EMPHASIS ON INFORMAL TECHNICAL EXCHANGES ON TECHNICAL ISSUES AND FORESTRY PROGRAM AREAS OF AND DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES AN [...]	2003-03-27 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
03ROME1380	FAO RIGHT TO FOOD WORKING GROUP: REPORT OF FIRST [...] SUMMARY: THE FIRST SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01380 01 OF 03 011149Z WORKING GROUP FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FO [...]	2003-04-01 11:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME1558	FAO TERM LIMITS: AGREEMENT ON 10 YEAR MAXIMUM AND [...] SUMMARY: THE FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR ON UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS HELD ITS FIFTH AND FINAL SESSION MARCH 29. THE GROUP AGREED AD REFERENDUM TO A PROPOSAL TO LIMIT TO TWO THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A DIRECTOR GENERAL COULD SERVE, WITH THE FIRST TERM B [...]	2003-04-11 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME1601	FAO 102ND FINANCE COMMITTEE PREVIEW [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. SUMMARY. THE 102ND SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01601 01 OF 05 151122Z MEET MAY 5-9, 2003. IMPORTANT ACTION ITEMS FOR THE U.S. INCLUDE: REPORT [...]	2003-04-15 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME1658	FAO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 17TH SESSION [...] SUMMARY. THE 17TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (COAG) MET MARCH 31 - APRIL 4, 2003. COAG PROVED ONCE AGAIN TO BE THE MOST POLITICIZED OF FAO'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. ONLY ONE AGENDA ITEM RATED CONSENSUS ENDORSEMENT; THE REMAINDER WERE EITHE [...]	2003-04-17 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1662	64TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY [...] SUMMARY: THE SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS (CCP) MET MARCH 18-22, 2O03 AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME. MOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CAIRNS GROUP MEMBERS SAW THE MEETING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF D [...]	2003-04-17 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1706	PREVIEW OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) WILL MEET MAY 12-16 IN ITS FIRST SESSION AFTER THE "WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER" RECONFIRMED ITS MANDATE TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS REACHING THE GOAL OF HALVING WORLD HUNGER BY 2015. THE CFS [...]	2003-04-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR FAO
03ROME1728	FAO/WHO RELEASE OF EXPERT REPORT ON DIET, [...] SUMMARY. THE DIRECTORS GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) AND THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) PRESIDED OVER THE 4/23 RELEASE OF THE WHO/FAO EXPERT CONSULTATION REPORT ON DIET, NUTRITION AND PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. BOTH DIRECTORS GENERAL EMPHASIZED THAT THE [...]	2003-04-23 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1800	PUERTO RICO REQUESTS FAO ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: PUERTO RICO SEEKS TO REGAIN ASSOCIATE MEMBER STATUS WITH THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) AND HAS REPORTEDLY ASKED THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST. FAO SIPDIS CORRESPONDENCE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF PUERTO RICO (COPIED TO THE U.S. MISSION [...]	2003-04-29 12:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC RQ FAO
03ROME1884	ROME GENEVA GROUP MEETING ON FAO FINANCE AND [...] SUMMARY: ROME GENEVA GROUP (GG) MEMBERS ARE DIVIDED ON SUPPORTING ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH OR ZERO REAL GROWTH FOR THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) UPCOMING 2004- 2005 BUDGET BUT DO AGREE THAT GOVERNANCE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM: THE ORGANIZATION HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO [...]	2003-05-02 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME1885	ITALIAN POSITION ON ARTICLE 28 [...] CONSISTENT WITH OUR INITIAL REPORTING IN REFTEL A, THE GOI HAS NOT CHANGED ITS POSITION REGARDING ARTICLE XXVIII NEGOTIATIONS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE NEGOTIATIONS TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT RICE IMPORTS. 2. ACCORDING TO OUR CONTACT IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, THE BLOCKING MINORI [...]	2003-05-02 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR IT AU FAO
03ROME1890	FAO RIGHT TO FOOD WORKING GROUP: INTERSESSIONAL [...] SUMMARY: THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET APRIL 28, 2003. THE BUREAU PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO THE SECRETARIAT ON [...]	2003-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME1908	FAO'S FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS [...] THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) BRIEFED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 29, 2003 ON THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, AND FAO'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISSUE. THE MESSAGE: HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH. ONE-THIRD OF THE AGRICULTURA [...]	2003-05-05 14:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FAO
03ROME2210	FUNDING REQUEST: FAO TREATY ON GENETIC RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) SECRETARIAT HAS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON THE MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT FOR THE TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (THE TREATY) FOR OCTOBER 2003. THE SECRETARIAT HOPES (BUT HAS NO ASSURANCES) THAT DONORS WILL C [...]	2003-05-19 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC FAO
03ROME2213	TFIZO1: FAO SAYS PRESS MISREPRESENTED VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MISOFFS CONTACTED THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) REGARDING RECENT PRESS REPORTS CONVEYING ALLEGED FAO CONCERN REGARDING THE FOOD SITUATION AND THE PROSPECT OF "STARVATION" IN IRAQ. LAURENT THOMAS, CHIEF OF SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMS, SAID THAT THE FAO'S VIEWS WE [...]	2003-05-19 13:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID EAGR IZ FAO WFP
03ROME2349	TFIZ01: FAO AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ROLE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USDA/FAS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR MARY CHAMBLISS AND BABETTE GAINOR, FAS/EXPORT CREDITS, ACCOMPANIED BY MISSION OFFICERS KATIE NISHIURA AND TIM LAVELLE, CALLED UPON LAURENT THOMAS, CHIEF, SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES SERVICE, FAO, TO DISCUSS FAO'S ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ. THOMAS SAID T [...]	2003-05-28 10:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID IZ FAO WFP IZAORC EAGR TR
03ROME2370	FAO ON "POST CONFLICT" AND OTHER EMERGENCY [...] SUMMARY: UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) OFFICIALS BRIEFED DONORS MAY 21 ON THE SITUATION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES (INCLUDING IRAQ) RECEIVING EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE THROUGH FAO. FAO WELCOMED INCREASING DONOR SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCIES BUT NOTED THAT MANY APPEA [...]	2003-05-29 07:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR AN AF CE SU FAO IQ
03ROME2485	REPORT OF FAO 102ND FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 102nd session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Finance Committee met May 5-9, 2003. Committee members were divided on the question of the 2004-2005 budget level, with the U.S. and Japan supporting zero nominal growth, G-77 members supporting real growth, Swit [...]	2003-06-05 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME2546	124TH FAO COUNCIL PREVIEW [...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council will meet June 23- 28, 2003 in Rome. Items of particular importance to the U.S. during this Council session will be: an agenda item on Director General term limits; a U.S.-requested agenda item on reporting [...]	2003-06-09 12:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME2582	FAO OECD Group: Term Limits and Bureaus [...] (U) Summary: The OECD group met June 9, 2003 to discuss bureau positions for FAO Council and Conference. The outgoing Chair (New Zealand) asked for views on expanding the mandate of the group beyond allocating bureau positions. Those who spoke (including USDel) did not support expanding the [...]	2003-06-10 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME2589	REPORT OF FAO PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND JOINT [...] Summary. This cable reports on the outcomes of the Joint Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Finance and Program Committees and the FAO Program Committee. Important outcomes from the Program Committee include full support for the International Plant Protection Busine [...]	2003-06-10 14:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME3111	REPORT OF 124TH FAO COUNCIL [...] Summary: The 124th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council met June 23-28 in Rome. In a successful outcome to a four-year campaign by assorted OECD members, the Council agreed to transmit to the 32nd FAO Conference an amendment to the FAO Basic Texts to introduce a [...]	2003-07-09 05:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME3169	IRAQI REP STILL ACCREDITED TO ROME [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT REPORT OF US MISSION TO FAO AND EMBASSY ROME. SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 6. 2. (S) MUTASIM ARIF AL-FITYAN, LISTED IN THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) PERMANENT MISSION DIRECTORY AS "ALTERNATE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE" (THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE POSI [...]	2003-07-11 12:55:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PINR IT IZ FAO
03ROME3195	E/VP 2004-0023 U.S. PERSPECTIVES ON MULTILATERAL [...] NOMINATION FOR THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN CANDIDATE, MR. ROSELEY BIN KHALID FOLLOWS. NOMINATION IN EVDP FORMAT WILL FOLLOW BY SEPTEL. 2. BEGIN KHALID NOMINATION FORM: 1)FULL NAME OF VISITOR: ROSELEY BIN KHALID 2) CURRENT PROFESSIONAL TITLE OF VISITOR: AGRICULTURAL ATTACHE, EMBASSY [...]	2003-07-14 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO
03ROME3230	JIU REPORT ON FAO: AN AGENDA FOR CHANGE [...] SUMMARY. THE UN JOINT INSPECTION UNIT (JIU) REPORT ON "REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UN" CONTAINS A NUMBER OF CRITICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREAS OF RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT, FIELD OFFICES AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEM [...]	2003-07-15 11:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME3249	FAO DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: ACCOUNTING FOR THE [...] SUMMARY: VOLUNTARY FUNDING FOR THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES HAS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST DECADE DUE TO A SHARP DROP IN UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) FUNDING BUT ALSO DUE TO WHAT FAO OFFICIALS THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE WAS FAO'S POOR PERFORM [...]	2003-07-17 05:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR FAO
03ROME3257	US MISSION/ROME MEETS WITH FAO ON TRANSITION PLANS [...] (SBU) US MISSION MET ON JULY 11 WITH LAURENT THOMAS, FAO SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER, SPECIAL RELIEF OPERATIONS SERVICE TO DISCUSS FAO'S TRANSITION PLANS FOR ITS IRAQ OPERATIONS. FAO IS COGNIZANT OF THE NEED TO KEEP UP A DAILY DIALOGUE WITH THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) IN "MANAGI [...]	2003-07-17 08:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID EAGR IZ FAO WFP
03ROME3404	FAO RIGHT TO FOOD BUREAU: FIRST READING OF [...] SUMMARY: THE BUREAU OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET JULY 9-11 AND JULY 15 [...]	2003-07-28 07:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME3413	THIRD AD HOC MEETING OF IGO'S ON WORK PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY. THE UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) CONVENED THE THIRD AD HOC MEETING OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOS) ON WORK PROGRAMS RELATED TO SUBSIDIES IN FISHERIES 23-25 JULY 2003 AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME. THE MEETING PRODUCED A CLEARER VISION FOR FUTURE FAO [...]	2003-07-28 11:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIS SENV FAO
03ROME3625	TUFTS UNIVERSITY DISCUSSIONS WITH WFP, FAO [...] In March, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios dispatched a team from Tufts University's Feinstein International Famine Center to Ethiopia to review early warning systems related to food security issues. On July 17 and 18, three team members brie [...]	2003-08-11 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN FAO
03ROME4348	REPORT OF FAO 104TH FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 104th Session of FAO's Finance Committee met September 15-19 to discuss a number of issues particularly relevant to the Council/Conference meetings later this year. Top of the list was budget and finance for the upcoming biennium. Whereas the Organization outwardly continued t [...]	2003-09-24 12:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME4443	RIGHT TO FOOD: BUREAU MEETING TO PREPARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 15-19, THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED AS THE NORTH AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONA [...]	2003-09-29 06:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR PHUM EAID FAO
03ROME4556	FAO: TIME FOR A REASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) serves US national trade, economic development and humanitarian interests in a wide range of important areas relating to food and agriculture, where national or regional action could never be as effective as FAO-led action. If FAO did not [...]	2003-10-03 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR ABUD EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO
03ROME4817	BIOTECH OUTREACH TO FAO STAFF AND PERMREPS [...] The US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome (FODAG) organized two events for a visiting team from the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) on October 6-7: a seminar at the FAO for professional staff and a small coffee for selected permanent representatives to FAO at DCM C [...]	2003-10-22 04:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME4975	FAO UPDATE ON IRAQ OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: FAO officials report that, as of October 30, FAO has completed its work on 182 contracts (86 percent) out of the 211 contracts that were originally passed to FAO under Resolution 1483. With a number of contracts very close to completion, they fully expect to surpass the 90 p [...]	2003-10-31 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF IZ FAO UN
03ROME5092	NGO'S AFFILIATED WITH UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTELS, US MISSION REQUESTED AND OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). MISSION HAS REVIEWED THE LISTS AND STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY F [...]	2003-11-12 06:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR PHUM FAO WFP IFAD
03ROME5176	ON THE EVE OF FAO COUNCIL AND CONFERENCE [...] Summary. As we prepare for the FAO Council and Conference meetings later this month, I am sharing our thinking on two themes: (1) fine-honing our interventions during the FAO Council and Conference deliberations, and (2) how we should approach the institutional issues now on the agendas. As [...]	2003-11-14 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR ABUD EAID EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME5195	The Netherlands evaluates its extra-budgetary USD [...] The Netherlands has just released a comprehensive evaluation of its extra-budgetary partnership with the UN's Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization - FAO. The 25- month long study, undertaken by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB),r [...]	2003-11-17 12:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF NL FAO UN
03ROME5197	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Summary: Participants in the FAO Commission for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) made progress in setting guidelines for implementing the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic [...]	2003-11-17 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV KIPR AORC FAO
03ROME5205	VATICAN STUDY SEMINAR ON GMO'S SEES MORE HOPE THAN [...] Summary: The Holy See's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's November 10-11 study seminar -- "GMO's: Threat or Hope" --found more reasons for hope than fear from its detailed examination of biotech foods. The seminar was developed by the pro-biotech President of the Council, Cardinal [...]	2003-11-18 07:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID VT IT FAO
03ROME5224	WFP's evolving partnership with U.S. Private [...] WFP has provided an update on its evolving partnership with U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) and International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of U.S. origin. Since the Baltimore meeting of December 3, 2002 between WFP Executive Director Jim Morris and U.S. PVOs (members of th [...]	2003-11-19 10:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF NL FAO UN
03ROME5549	IRAQ: TERMINATION OF FAO'S ACTIVITIES UNDER "OIL- [...] Summary: In UN Security Council Resolution 1483 (adopted May 22, 2003),the Security Council requested the Secretary-General to: (a) continue the exercise of his SIPDIS responsibilities under resolutions 1472 (2003) and 1476 (2003) for a period of six months following the adoption of reso [...]	2003-12-11 15:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC EAGR PREF IZ FAO
03ROME5567	ITALIAN BACKGROUND TO THE BT-11 [...] SUMMARY: THIS RESPONDS TO REFTEL AND EXPLAINS THE PROCESS OF GOI TECHNICAL REVIEW OF SYNGENTA'S BT11 BIOTECH SWEET CORN APPLICATION. THE GOI REQUESTED MORE TIME TO REVIEW AN OPINION OF THE BT11 APPLICATION. THE EU COMMISSION DENIED THE REQUEST. AS A RESULT, ITALY ABSTAINED. A GOI TECHNICAL [...]	2003-12-12 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ETRD EU IT FAO
03ROME5655	REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...]	2003-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP
03ROME5702	Iraq food procurement issues - US Mission/Rome [...] (SBU) US Mission/Rome met with WFP Deputy Executive Director (Operations) Jean-Jacques Graisse on December 22, 2003 to discuss Iraq food procurement next steps in light of concerns detailed in refs A and B. Graisse, having just returned from discussions at UN Headquarters NY, highlighted UN Tr [...]	2003-12-23 16:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID EAGR PREF FAO WFP WFPO UN EUN
03ROME5747	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]	2003-12-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME677	FAO FISHERIES PERSONNEL DISCUSS COFI [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: U.S. ALTERNATE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE MET WITH FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES (COFI) SECRETARY BEN SATIA AND OTHER FISHERIES PERSONNEL ON SIPDIS FEBRUARY 12 TO PRESENT REFERENCED DEMARCHE AND TALKING POINTS AND TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING COFI SESSION. [...]	2003-02-19 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV FAO
03ROME702	U.S. MISSION ROME AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN 2002 [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES IN ROME PROVIDES A VERY GOOD PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE FROM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A LOOK BACK AT THE MI [...]	2003-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
04ROME1010	CHILE/WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH A [...] The World Food Program (WFP),the Chilean Board of Educational Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB),and the U.S.-based American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) plan to jointly launch a Latin American independent school- feeding support network at a Conference in Santiago, Chile, March [...]	2004-03-15 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1057	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES TREATY LIKELY TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the FAO Secretariat, 36 countries have now submitted ratification instruments for the International Treaty (IT) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Anticipated action by EU member states by March 31 would likely take the number of ratifications [...]	2004-03-17 14:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME1236	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF INTERSESSIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FORMAL INTERSESSIONAL MEETING (OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP [OEWG]) OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET IN RO [...]	2004-03-29 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
04ROME1340	FAO Twenty-Third Africa Regional Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: The subject conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1 - 5, 2004, and was attended by USDA U/S Eric Bost and staff, by Ambassador Mattie Sharpless, and by Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor. Conference h [...]	2004-04-05 14:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR EAID EAGR ETRD KHIV XA FAO
04ROME1370	FAO'S EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN 2003, FAO DELIVERED $211 MILLION IN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY SECTOR TO CRISIS AREAS AROUND THE GLOBE. FAO PROVIDES SEEDS, TOOLS, FERTILIZER AND FISHING GEAR; ASSISTS IN CROP PROTECTION AND LIVESTOCK REPLENISHMENT; REACTIVATES VETERINARY AN [...]	2004-04-07 10:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
04ROME1392	WFP HELPS LAUNCH LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] An international school feeding congress - "Networks Beyond Borders," attracted more than 800 participants from 19 countries. The event included an industry fair with 40 companies from the Americas and workshops on nutrition, food safety and technology, school feeding programming and research [...]	2004-04-08 08:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1415	USAID/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITS WFP PROGRAMS [...] US MISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE TIM LAVELLE VISITED PERU MARCH 27-31, AND TRAVELED TO THE PERUVIAN ANDEAN REGION OF HUANCAVALICA TO REVIEW WFP OPERATIONS. WFP'S PROGRAM IS RIGHTLY FOCUSED IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS, WHERE POVERTY RATES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE THAT OF COASTAL REGIONS. WFP'S PROGR [...]	2004-04-09 11:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1417	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES TREATY PASSES [...] FAO announced on March 31 that 48 countries had ratified the International Treaty (IT) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (see ref A). Simultaneous submission of instruments of ratification at the end of March by 12 EU countries and the European Community carried the IT over [...]	2004-04-09 11:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME1496	BETWEEN PLAGUE AND FAMINE: ASSISTANCE AND [...] On the margins of FAO's March 1-5 Regional Africa Conference in Johannesburg, FODAG DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor Geoffrey Wiggin discussed and visited World Food Program (WFP),Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),NGO, and USAID operations in South Africa, Swa [...]	2004-04-15 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME2274	FOOD SECURITY IN GUATEMALA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: Travel of U.S. Mission Rome's Alternate Permanent Representative to Guatemala provided an opportunity for review of selected projects of the World Food Program (WFP),the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in rural are [...]	2004-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV GT XK WFP FAO IFAD
04ROME2277	FOOD SECURITY IN NICARAGUA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: U.S. Mission Rome Alternate Permanent Representative traveled to Nicaragua May 2-5 to review efforts by the UN agencies to work with the host government and other donors to address food insecurity in this low- income, food-deficit country that has been hit by recurring natural disa [...]	2004-06-14 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV NU XK WFP FAO IFAD
04ROME2298	FAO LAUNCHES SPECIAL FUND FOR EMERGENCY AND [...] Summary: In April 2004, FAO completed arrangements to establish a Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities. The aim of this Special Fund is to enable FAO to respond rapidly to emergency situations, ensuring ready access to funds at the onset of an emergency, before agreement [...]	2004-06-15 10:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC EAGR KUNR ABUD FAO

04ROME2395	ETHIOPIA FOOD SECURITY VISIT: FAO PROJECTS [...] Summary: During an 8-day trip to examine food insecurity in Ethiopia, members of a delegation led by Ambassador Tony P. Hall made field visits to two projects funded by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): (1) a vegetable seed distribution site in Shebedino Woreda, Southern Nation [...]	2004-06-21 05:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN EAID AORC ET FAO
04ROME2418	GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: U.S. PRIVATE- [...] Summary: The Global Crop Diversity Trust is an independent international endowment that aims to provide permanent funding for the world's major crop diversity collections, which provide the foundation for future improvements in agricultural productivity. The Trust has garnered firm pledges o [...]	2004-06-22 12:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI
04ROME2427	GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: ESTABLISHMENT [...] Provided below, for the record, is the text of a letter from FAO Director General Jacques Diouf, dated February 13, 2004, inviting member governments to sign the Agreement that establishes the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Signature does not imply any financial commitments to the Trust. Reft [...]	2004-06-22 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI
04ROME2436	FAO SPEAKS OUT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Summary: FAO's recent report on the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) concludes that agricultural biotechnology has the potential to benefit small, poor farmers in developing countries. It cautions, however, that biotechnology is no panacea, and that socio-economic impacts, food saf [...]	2004-06-23 09:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME280	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: TREATY COULD ENTER [...] SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE FAO SECRETARIAT, AS OF 26 JANUARY SOME 34-35 COUNTRIES HAD SUBMITTED RATIFICATION INSTRUMENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY (IT) FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THE EC IS EXPECTED TO DO SO IN MID MARCH 2004, CONCURRENTLY WITH AT LEAST A HANDFUL [...]	2004-01-27 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME2810	RIGHT TO FOOD: INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: The third (and supposedly final) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome from 5 to 10 July 2004. [...]	2004-07-20 12:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN FAO
04ROME2873	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: DIOUF STACKS THE [...] (C) Summary: At the FAO Conference in November 2005, member governments will elect a Director General (DG) for a six-year term, beginning January 2006. The incumbent, Jacques Diouf (Senegal),who has been in office since 1993, as a still-unannounced candidate, has already garnered endorsem [...]	2004-07-23 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME2926	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: INDIA'S PERMREP FLOATS POSSIBLE INDIAN CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10 below. 2. (C) Summary: Indian Permrep Himachal Som requested a meeting with Ambassador Hall on July 26 to discuss options for a possible Indian candidacy to succeed Senegal's Jacques Diouf as Director General (DG) of FAO. Som said the GOI support [...]	2004-07-28 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR IN FAO
04ROME3105	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: MATERIAL TRANSFER [...] Summary: The Expert Group on the Terms of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) will hold its first meeting on 4-8 October in Brussels, hosted by the European Commission (EC). The standard MTA will specify the terms for access and benefit sharing under the multilateral system envis [...]	2004-08-11 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME3125	ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: MIXED [...] Summary. Reactions of Italian agricultural opinion leaders to the WTO framework agreement reached in Geneva July 31 were generally positive. The majority hold tenaciously to the hope that geographical indications should be addressed in the WTO. Government, farmers' organizations, political [...]	2004-08-12 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EU IT FAO
04ROME3541	SPECIAL TRUST FUND FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PLANT [...] Summary and Recommendation: U.S. Mission received a letter dated 26 August 2004 from FAO's Assistant Director for Technical Cooperation, soliciting USG support for the newly established Special Trust Fund for the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). The concept of a voluntary f [...]	2004-09-15 13:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD AORC ABUD IPPC FAO
04ROME3570	MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO EVALUATION, KEY [...] (U) Summary: At a "Geneva Group" meeting for Rome- based representatives of major donor governments convened by the U.S. Mission on 14 September, participants strongly supported a U.S.-led proposal for an independent external review of FAO, although they expressed some differences on tactic [...]	2004-09-17 11:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME3669	Sparring with FAO over Locusts [...] (U) Summary. Over the past several weeks we have been active in promoting a better international response to the Sahel desert locust emergency. On September 10, 2004, USUN Rome invited permanent representatives of potential donor countries and countries affected by the current outbreak of d [...]	2004-09-22 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3681	Exchanging Letters with FAO over Locusts [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the text of Ambassador Hall's letter to FAO DG Diouf on September 16, 2004 follows: "I am writing to express the United States' concern over FAO's response to the locust plague in the Sahel. While I know that other donors share aspects of this concern, these views are not [...]	2004-09-23 11:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3767	PEACE CORPS FAO COOPERATION: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome received a response letter to its September 10th, 2004 letter (reftel) regarding the termination of the 1962 Agreement between the United States and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the Use of Peace Corps Volun [...]	2004-09-29 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
04ROME3841	30TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] Summary. The annual session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) discussed the world food security situation and follow-up to the World Food Summit (WFS),noting uneven progress among countries and regions. The Committee: -- asked that a working group of experts be convened to [...]	2004-10-05 08:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID PHUM FAO
04ROME3862	G8 SUMMIT COMMITMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY [...] Summary. USUN-Rome organized a panel discussion entitled, "Planting the Seeds for Africa's Future: G8 Partnerships to Raise Agricultural Productivity Through Capacity Building," on Sept. 21 in the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on World Food Security (CFS). [...]	2004-10-05 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID AORC ETRD KPAO KSUM XA FAO
04ROME3885	30TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] Summary. The annual session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) discussed the world food security situation and follow-up to the World Food Summit (WFS),noting uneven progress among countries and regions. The Committee: -- asked that a working group of experts be convened to [...]	2004-10-06 11:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID PHUM FAO
04ROME3979	LOCUST EMERGENCY: DONORS' MEETING AT FAO, [...] Summary: At FAO Headquarters on 13 October, Director General Jacques Diouf and FAO Secretariat staff briefed representatives of donor governments and affected states on progress in bringing the locust emergency under control. FAO reported that the locust plague is "the worst in fifteen year [...]	2004-10-15 11:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC MASS SENV XI XY FAO
04ROME4058	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 15:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP
04ROME4106	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP
04ROME4186	127TH FAO COUNCIL, 22-27 NOVEMBER 2004: LOOKING [...] (U) Summary: The upcoming FAO Council will provide an opportunity principally for members to review the world's food and agricultural situation, to track progress in the activities of FAO and the World Food Program (WFP),and to discuss FAO program, budget and administrative issues. The we [...]	2004-10-29 09:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4296	FAO COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS: COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT [...] Summary. Over the past several months one of this Mission's highest priorities has been to achieve Permrep and Secretariat agreement to launch a comprehensive independent SIPDIS external evaluation of the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Through such an evaluation, we hope to [...]	2004-11-09 10:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4582	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] Ambassador Tony Hall led a delegation of staff and journalists to Sudan's Darfur states on November 18 through 20. The purpose of the visit was to witness first-hand the dire situation and to observe U.N. operations, principally those of the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricul [...]	2004-12-02 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4620	IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL [...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...]	2004-12-06 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4673	USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...]	2004-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
04ROME4769	FAO/NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] At a Briefing Session at the FAO on December 15, 2004, member countries were invited to send participants to the "FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!", to be held in The Hague,January 31 -February 5, 2005. The stated conference aim is the [...]	2004-12-16 17:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AORC EAGR NL FAO
04ROME620	AD-HOC TASK FORCE ON ANIMAL FEED MEETING IN MAY [...] SUMMARY: THIS IS A BACKGROUND MESSAGE FOR THE SUBJECT MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 17-19, 2004 IN COPENHAGEN. THIS TASK FORCE IS DRAFTING A CODEX CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR ANIMAL FEEDING. THE LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT CODEX DOCUMENT INCLUDES PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH US APPROAC [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME801	NINTH SESSION OF FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE HELD ITS NINTH SESSION IN BREMEN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 10-14, 2004. GREG SCHNEIDER (U.S.) WAS ELECTED TO CHAIR THE MEETING; RICHARD SISSON OF AUSTRALIA SERVED AS RAPPORTEUR. THE FAO SECRETARIAT PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE RECEN [...]	2004-03-02 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD EAGR AORC FAO
04YEREVAN2457	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 07:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC AM FAO
05ABUDHABI4225	UAEG PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the UAEG established a task force to devise a contingency plan to block avian influenza from entering the country. As such, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry has imposed a ban on the import of live birds and their products from countries where cases of the diseas [...]	2005-10-05 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE
05ABUJA2234	NIGERIA'S PLAN ON AVIAN FLU STILL IN INITIAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. In February 2004, Nigeria held a consultative forum on Avian Influenza (AI),and Nigerian President Obasanjo is "very aware" of the threat AI poses to Nigeria. The Ministry of Health (MOH),in late October 2005 issued the third draft of the government's AI Position Paper. On N [...]	2005-11-16 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO AVIANFLU
05AMMAN5313	FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S. [...] Post June 23 delivered Ref (A) demarche to the Government of Jordan Ministry of Agriculture seeking support for USG candidate Dr. Hulebak for the Vice-Chairperson position of Codex Alimentarius. Post followed up again on June 30 (Ref B) with the Ministry and with the Jordan Institute of Stan [...]	2005-07-03 12:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AORC FAO
05ASUNCION552	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF UN FAO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 11:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KUNR AORC PA FAO
05BRASILIA2619	BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, head of the Brazilian Ministry of Health Infectious Disease section will be attending the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7. Dr. Barbosa's contact information is as follows: Phone (55- 61) 3224-8861/3226-1216, Cell: (55-61) 9970-0880, Fax (55-61) 3223-1168 [...]	2005-09-30 19:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE
05BRASILIA2652	ADDITIONAL INFO ON BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE [...] Per reftel, additional information for Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Brazilian participant in the IPAPI Senior Officials meeting on October 6 and 7 is as follows: Brazilian Official Passport SA167908, issued March 31, 2003; Date of Birth: May 16, 1957. DANILOVICH [...]	2005-10-05 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE
05BRATISLAVA865	SLOVAKS PURSUING AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials from the GOS appear to be making good progress on contingency plannnig for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) as well as the possibility of a human-to-human pandemic disease. Ministry of Health State Secretary Alexandra Novotna (also Deputy Health Minister and SI [...]	2005-10-25 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE
05BRATISLAVA873	SLOVAK AVIAN INFLUENZA FRAMEWORK PLAN [...] On October 26, the GOS approved and publicly released its framework plan to combat the threat of avian influenza (AI) and the possibility of a pandemic virus. The new plan replaced a previous version established in August of 2001. The framework established a Commission, headed by Minister of [...]	2005-10-27 14:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE
05DHAKA4796	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BANGLADESH ONLY A MATTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is currently no indication of avian influenza (AI) in Bangladesh. Conditions, however, are ripe for the emergence of AI: Almost no general public awareness of the problem; very poor public health infrastructure; a government without the political will to make and enforce [...]	2005-09-23 02:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PREL SENV BG CDC EPA FAO FEMA FDA
05DHAKA4797	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BANGLADESH ONLY A MATTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is currently no indication of avian influenza (AI) in Bangladesh. Conditions, however, are ripe for the emergence of AI: Almost no general public awareness of the problem; very poor public health infrastructure; a government without the political will to make and enforce [...]	2005-09-23 02:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PREL SENV BG CDC EPA FAO FEMA FDA
05KATHMANDU2361	NEPAL'S PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN FLU; DELIVERY OF [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) is working through a Task Force established in 2004 to upgrade its capacity to handle an avian flu outbreak, but Nepali officials worry about what resources may be available to assist with Nepal's preparedness. While no cases of avian flu have be [...]	2005-10-28 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL NP WHO FAO
05KUWAIT4673	KUWAIT AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOK MEASURES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, Emboffs and two U.S. military veterinarians met with the Deputy Director General for Animal Resources to discuss the GOK's efforts to combat the spread of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus. The GOK has teams of inspectors that routinely inspect farms and bird marke [...]	2005-11-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AMED KPAO PREL CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU WHO FAO
05LAGOS1863	NIGERIA CANNOT DETECT H5N1 AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. AgAttache met with the acting director of Nigeria's Department of Agriculture and Pest Control Services to discuss the GON's plan for contending with an outbreak of AI. Senior GON policymakers are keenly aware that an AI outbreak would very likely destroy Nigeria's poultry industry [...]	2005-12-09 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO
05MADRID3489	SPANISH OFFICIALS ATTENDING IPAPI SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 13:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE
05MADRID3635	SPAIN PLAYS DOWN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] The reported arrival of the H5N1 virus in Greece and a flurry of EU and national meetings on Avian Influenza have kept "Bird Flu" in the Spanish headlines over the past week. Spanish Health and Agriculture Ministry spokespersons having been urging calm, alleging that Avian Influenza is not lik [...]	2005-10-18 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE
05MANAMA1605	BAHRAIN'S AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] This an action cable; please see paragraph 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Ministry of Public Health Director of Public Health Dr. Sameer Abdulla Khalfan found International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) meeting summaries (reftel) useful and consistent with the [...]	2005-11-01 12:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL BA WHO FAO
05MILAN532	US speaker Prof. Bruce Chassy. Program in [...] As part of a PA Milan U.S. Speaker Program, Prof. Bruce Chassy, Executive Associate Director of the Biotechnology Center, at the University of Illinois had a very intense five-day agenda, September 19-24, in Northern Italy - which included Milan, Venice, Treviso and Trieste - addressing divers [...]	2005-11-23 13:26:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO ECON IT FAO
05OTTAWA2976	CANADA TO HOST HEALTH MINISTERS MEETING ON AVIAN [...] Summary: As part of the continuing international response to the threat of avian and pandemic influenza, the Canadian Government will host a meeting of health ministers from more than 30 countries and international organizations in Ottawa, October 24/25. The purpose of the meeting is to enco [...]	2005-10-05 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI CA WHO FAO OIE
05ROME1123	INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO: STEADY [...] (U) Summary: In its February and March meetings, the Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO took significant steps to move the IEE process forward: (1) designation of a regionally balanced Bureau with a U.S. vice chair, (2) agreement on crite [...]	2005-04-01 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME1142	FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...]	2005-04-05 08:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO
05ROME1451	PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST [...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...]	2005-04-29 06:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME1452	19TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary. The Nineteenth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Agriculture (COAG) met in Rome April 13-16, 2005. The Committee reviewed and provided recommendations on FAO's program of work in the food and agriculture sector. Members supported the main progr [...]	2005-04-29 09:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO
05ROME1521	FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2005 AND MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ministerial Meeting on Forests, which immediately preceded the Committee on Forestry, resulted in a ministerial statement calling on FAO to maintain its leadership role in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and to report to the Un [...]	2005-05-04 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR AORC EAID FAO
05ROME1685	REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR HALL TO MEET WITH FAO DG [...] The Ambassador, on May 16, delivered to FAO Director General Jacques Diouf ref A talking points regarding US support for the candidacy for Eric Bost for FAO's Deputy Director General position. The Ambassador told Diouf that Bost was a superb candidate with excellent credentials. He noted that [...]	2005-05-16 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
05ROME1735	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: PROGRAM OF WORK AND [...] With the biennial conference scheduled for the end of 2005, one of the Finance Committee's more important discussions was over the program of work and budget for 2006/7. The Secretariat, as usual, had prepared a "Summary Programme of Work and Budget" (SPWB) document, which was intended to pr [...]	2005-05-19 15:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP
05ROME1742	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...]	2005-05-20 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1765	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: WEAK FINANCES; SHARP [...] Summary. In addition to issues discussed Refs A- C, FAO's May 9-13 Finance Committee considered the organization's weak financial health (the organization expects to have to borrow $40 million as early as August),strongly criticized the Secretariat's tepid response to the decentralization e [...]	2005-05-23 15:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP
05ROME1821	RESOURCES AND THE FAO: ACHIEVING RESULTS AND [...] Ten years of zero nominal growth budgets at FAO have resulted in a greatly downsized organization. FAO is more efficient and modernized in many respects. But there is no evidence of an increased prioritization or significant improvement in the organization's effectiveness. Simply put, FAO [...]	2005-05-27 16:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP
05ROME1888	FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS SIXTY-FIFTH [...] Summary. The Sixty-Fifth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) met in Rome April 11-13, 2005. The Committee reviewed FAO reports on the state of world commodity markets and its projections of supply, demand, trade and prices. Member [...]	2005-06-03 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO
05ROME1976	PLEDGE TO FAO NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM FACILITY: [...] Mission received a May 17 response from FAO to our April 15 pledge letter regarding a CY 2005 voluntary contribution of 180,000 dollars to the FAO National Forest Program Facility. Text is as follows: Excellency: I have the honor to refer to your letter of 15 April 2005 concerning the pl [...]	2005-06-10 09:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
05ROME2001	LETTER TO ITALIAN OFFICIAL ON DRIFTNETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, Emboffs delivered letter in ref (A) to Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for Fisheries. Scarpa SIPDIS emphasized that as of 2002, the GOI had "solved and stopped" the driftnet problem, and strongly opposed any ille [...]	2005-06-13 12:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT FAO
05ROME2049	UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...]	2005-06-15 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
05ROME2082	UN REFORM AND THE FAO INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) If properly executed, the new initiative for an Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO will produce a mechanism through which we can once and for all begin restructuring an organization that over time has become increasingly unwieldy and out of sync with the aspirations of major [...]	2005-06-17 07:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2083	INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO: [...] (U) Summary: The Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO has reached broad consensus on the scope and objectives of the proposed evaluation. Substantive work by two hired consultants on an approach paper outlining the IEE is underway. The IS [...]	2005-06-17 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2089	ITALY'S FAILED FERTILITY REFERENDUM [...] (U) This is a joint U.S. Embassy Rome-U.S. Embassy Vatican cable. 2. (C) Summary. Although touted as Italy's biggest values vote since the approval of divorce and abortion, the June 12-13 referendums on embryo research and assisted fertility was a dud. Most (74 percent) Italians opted to a [...]	2005-06-17 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV IT HUMAN RIGHTS FAO
05ROME2194	"HUNGER BANQUETS" AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A [...] (U) I would like to bring to your attention a big public diplomacy success story in hopes that our experience might work as well for your mission as it did for us. It has the potential to bring broad media attention to the story of U.S. generosity -- a story that needs to be told. 2. (U) L [...]	2005-06-28 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF PREL FAO WFP
05ROME2226	POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS [...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...]	2005-07-01 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV UN FAO
05ROME2280	128TH SESSION OF THE FAO COUNCIL, JUNE 20-25, 2005 [...] Summary: The 128th Session of the FAO Council, held in Rome June 20-25, made progress in a collegial and positive atmosphere on a variety of substantive and institutional issues: -- Members generally endorsed the recent work of FAO's technical committees on World Food Security (CFS) Agric [...]	2005-07-07 14:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO
05ROME2543	AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY IN AFRICA: [...] Summary: USUN-Rome arranged for Dr. Michael Hall, Regional Biotechnology Advisor for USAID's Regional Economic Development Services Office (REDSO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with representatives at FAO and WFP. Hall also met with an official from the Holy See (to be covered in septel fr [...]	2005-07-29 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA VT FAO WFP
05ROME2555	DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]	2005-08-01 13:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2560	DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...]	2005-08-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2565	28-th Session of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius [...] The 28-th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) was held 4-9 July 2005, in Rome, Italy. The Session was well attended with 513 representatives from 122 member countries, and 40 international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. 2. Members of the United Sta [...]	2005-08-02 13:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO WHO
05ROME2679	ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...]	2005-08-11 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR XA IT FAO
05ROME2743	RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT AT FAO [...] Summary: In light of a long history of continued calls for UN reform, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) over the past seven years has implemented a Results Based Management (RBM) reform initiative. The process proceeds in three planning tiers. Supporting the Program of Work and Bud [...]	2005-08-19 09:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2787	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL RETURNS TO ZIMBABWE [...] SUMMARY: Three years after my 2002 visit (see Ref A),I returned to Zimbabwe August 11-13 and found the country again poised for a food-security crisis. As a result of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) misguided policies, drought, hyperinflation, and the associated lack of agricultural input [...]	2005-08-23 15:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA PHUM PREL ECON ASEC SOCI ZU FAO WFP UNDP ZI SF VT
05ROME2915	Codex Secretary Comments on Biotech Task Force [...] In an August 30 meeting, Codex Commission Secretary, Kazuaki Miyagishima, discussed prospects for the upcoming meeting of the Codex Ad Hoc Task Force on Biotechnology with Ag MinCoun. Miyagishima expects the discussion over the Task Force's workplan to be difficult and therefore plans to att [...]	2005-09-01 10:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO WHO
05ROME2979	FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE RISK [...] Summary. With the potential risk that the Avian Influenza (AI) deadly sub-virus H5N1 may be transported via the migratory flyways of wild water fowl from South Asia to the Middle East and Europe, the activities of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to stamp out AI [...]	2005-09-09 08:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TSPL XB XC XD XE UN FAO OIE WHO
05ROME3107	USUN ROME HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING: A LOOK BACK ON OUR [...] Summary. Confronted by a world media environment that takes daily shots at U.S. foreign policy, USUN Rome pulled no punches during its first year with a Public Diplomacy office. The Ambassador's trips to Africa brought journalists face-to-face with U.S. assistance in action. Combined with creat [...]	2005-09-17 07:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF XA FAO WFP
05ROME327	MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL [...] (U) Summary: Rome-based representatives of the "Geneva Group" (top 14 UN contributors) met on 28 January to plan next steps in the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO. They agreed on a general approach to the organization and governance of the IEE Intersessional Working Group (ISW [...]	2005-02-01 11:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO IFAD
05ROME3521	FAO DG'S UPCOMING MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary: FAO Director General (DG) Jacques Diouf will be in Washington October 26-27 for senior- level meetings at State, USDA and USAID. U.S. Mission Rome believes it is important that all three agencies convey a clear signal to the DG regarding USG dissatisfaction with his leadershi [...]	2005-10-21 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID FAO
05ROME3638	AFRICA GROUP SEEKS STRONG MANDATE FOR RE- [...] (SBU) On October 31, Egyptian Ambassador Helmy Bedeir (current chair of the Africa Regional Group in Rome) and Senegalese Ambassador Papa Cheikh Saadibou Fall (representing the nominating country) called on Ambassador Hall in order to seek USG support for the re- election of Dr. Jacques Diou [...]	2005-10-31 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR XA FAO
05ROME3767	SCENESETTER FOR DHHS SECRETARY MICHAEL LEAVITT'S [...] (C) Ambassador Spogli and Minister of Health Francesco Storace warmly welcome your visit to Italy to further our already excellent relations in health cooperation. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in [...]	2005-11-15 12:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT OTRA OVIP PREL SOCI TBIO FAO
05ROME3782	USUN ROME TRIP REPORT SOUTHERN AFRICA OCTOBER [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. Between October 13 and 20 Michael Cleverley, DCM for USUN Rome and Richard Newberg, USAID Humanitarian Affairs Attach traveled to southern Zambia and central and southern Malawi on a fact-finding mission. The purpose of the trip was to witness the operations of WFP and F [...]	2005-11-16 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MI SF ZA WFP FAO
05ROME3949	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ENCOURAGING FAO TO DEVELOP A [...] Summary: USDA APHIS Administrator Ron DeHaven met with FAO veterinary officials Samuel Jutzi and Jan Slingenbergh on November 29 to discuss ways to improve collaboration between USDA and FAO on Avian Influenza. OIE official Alex Thiermann also participated in the meeting. FAO is currently [...]	2005-12-01 09:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO EAID AORC FAO OIE
05ROME3976	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT DURING [...] Summary. During the 33rd session of the FAO Conference, FAO hosted a side event on Avian Influenza on November 23rd (septel on the FAO Conference will be issued shortly). The aim was to update the membership on recent developments and the action taken by FAO as well as provide an outline for [...]	2005-12-02 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV SOCI TBIO FAO OIE WHO
05ROME3980	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL VISITS GUATEMALA: CHRONIC [...] Six weeks after Hurricane Stan swept through Guatemala, I visited the country from November 12 to 15 to assess the food security situation and efforts to restore the nation's infrastructure. Damage to foodstocks and infrastructure has made emergency assistance challenging; reconstruction will [...]	2005-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC GT CONGRINT FAO WFP
05ROME4001	AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND POVERTY HIGHLIGHED IN [...] Summary: FAO will release the 2005 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report on December 7 at 11:00 am in Geneva. It will be available at www.fao.org shortly afterwards. The special focus of this year's report is Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? The report c [...]	2005-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO WTRO
05ROME4005	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON "CLUSTER LEADS" STRATEGY [...] Summary. This message responds to reftel query of UN agencies regarding a strategy for more effective division of labor among these agencies in the field in meeting the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). USUN-Rome transmitted to the World Food Program (WFP) as the sectoral lead on [...]	2005-12-06 17:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR AORC UN WFP FAO
05ROME4027	REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...]	2005-12-09 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP
05ROME4113	ITALIAN PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) Information on avian/pandemic influenza preparedness in Italy is keyed to categories and questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Does the government of Italy have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu (AI) from becomi [...]	2005-12-20 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL IT FAO
05ROME459	FAO UPDATE ON TSUNAMI DISASTER RESPONSE [...] Summary: At a briefing on 9 February for representatives of affected states and donor countries, FAO officials provided a progress report on the agency's response to the Asian tsunami disaster. FAO has received over $30 million in donor contributions and pledges. This exceeds the organizati [...]	2005-02-11 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIS PREF EAGR SENV AORC XO FAO
05ROME669	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF [...] Summary. During a call on the FAO Director General (DG) the Ambassador raised several issues: -- The Ambassador outlined the US position on debt relief (ref A). Diouf said he agreed personally with the points we outlined, but his organization does not officially have a position. -- The [...]	2005-02-28 16:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID EFIN EAGR FAO UN
05ROME764	FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]	2005-03-08 06:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME857	DEPARTING IRANIAN AMBASSADOR MAY SEEK SENIOR FAO [...] (SBU) Mohammad Saeid Noori-Naeni, who has served as Iran's Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome since 1994, returns to his academic roots in Iran this month to become Rector of the University of Tehran. Indications are that the Iranian diplomat, who is popular in Rome, may be contemplati [...]	2005-03-14 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR KUNR PINR PREL IR FAO
05ROME860	ITALY WILL DONATE TO FAO EXTERNAL EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 17:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR IT KUNR FAO
05ROME877	REVIEW OF FAO's EMERGENCY PROGRAMS [...] Summary. At a March 1 briefing, FAO's assistant director general for technical cooperation, Henri Carsalade gave a general review of FAO's programs in 2004 and challenges for 2005. He also provided an update on FAO's continuing efforts to control desert locusts in north and west Africa, fund [...]	2005-03-15 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV UN FAO
05THEHAGUE3033	AVIAN FLU: DUTCH ASSESS PREPAREDNESS [...] SUMMARY: The GONL has initiated a series of steps to enhance its ability to deal with a possible outbreak of avian influenza. Measures include a nationwide evaluation of regional preparedness, stockpiling anti-viral treatments, information campaigns to answer common questions about the virus, [...]	2005-11-08 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO NL FAO WHO OIE
05VIENNA2195	FAO/WHO CODEX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, FAS/Vienna delivered talking points and Dr. Karen Hulebak's CV to Dr. Erhard Hoebaus, Austrian FAO/WHO Codex Contact Point, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Water. 2. Dr. Hoebaus plans to attend the Codex session scheduled for July 4-9. Dr. Hoebaus knows Dr. H [...]	2005-06-29 12:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AORC AU FAO
05VIENNA3273	AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATION AT IPAPI SOM IN WASHINGTON [...] According to Gisela Polte, Head of the MFA's Energy, Nuclear Safety and Health Unit, an official from the Austrian Embassy in Washington will represent the GoA at the IPAPI Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) October 6-7. Polte promised to notify post and the department, as soon as the MFA had de [...]	2005-10-03 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI AU WHO FAO
05VIENNA3470	AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT: SUMMARY COMMENTS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL AU WHO FAO

05VIENNA963	UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) [...] Post conveyed reftel demarche on the independent external evaluation of the FAO to Walter Lichem, Head of the international organizations office in the FMA and to Hedwig Woegerbauer, GoA official responsible for FAO issues in the Ministry of Agriculture. 2. In a follow-up, Lichem told us [...]	2005-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KUNR AORC AU FAO
05YEREVAN1900	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUMMARY REPORT OF THE FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA SENV ECON PREL AM WHO FAO EAGR
06BRATISLAVA139	SLOVAKIA CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU [...] Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon confirmed the first two cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in Slovakia on February 21. A falcon found near the Danube River 37 miles southeast of Bratislava and a grebe discovered on the outskirts of the capital both tested positive for AI. The samples have [...]	2006-02-21 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR TBIO FAO WHO ECON LO
06DAKAR1703	SENEGAL-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] SUMMARY: Government of Senegal (GOS) and European Union (EU) representatives, after three rounds of negotiations, failed to agree on the new terms of the bilateral Senegal-EU fishing agreement. As a result, on June 30 at midnight, the Senegal-EU Fishing Agreement expired and the last of the [...]	2006-07-17 07:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV FAO AORC EAGR SG
06ROME1006	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: On March 28, USMISSION UN ROME met with FAO Animal Production and Health (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation (TCE) Divisions staff to discuss Azerbaijan; global Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) expert needs; personal protective equipment (PPE) needs in the West [...]	2006-04-04 07:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO
06ROME1090	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] USMISSION UN ROME staff covered the USDA/Washington April 3-6 meetings with FAO on providing U.S. experts for FAO's global efforts to combat Avian Influenza. A separate reporting cable will be issued. During some free periods this week, USMISSION UN ROME held brief discussions with FAO Anim [...]	2006-04-11 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1149	AVIAN INFLUENZA: U.S. ASSISTANCE TO THE FAO/OIE [...] Summary: A USDA administrative team from FAS and APHIS visited FAO HQ in Rome April 3-6 to survey FAO resource needs and determine how best to provide personnel resources to assist with HPAI emergency response efforts. FAO is moving forward with plans to establish a Crisis Management Center [...]	2006-04-14 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME163	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...]	2006-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME315	FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: INFORMAL DONORS' [...] Summary and Background. On January 25, 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) held an informal donors' meeting to provide an overview of 2005 activities and special requirements for 2006. Recently appointed TCE Assistant Direc [...]	2006-02-03 11:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON SENV UN FAO
06ROME428	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment arrives [...]	2006-02-13 12:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME430	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment team ar [...]	2006-02-13 12:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME435	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ, [...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...]	2006-02-13 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME463	24TH FAO AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary: The biennial African Regional Conference (ARC) of the UN Agency for Food and Agriculture (FAO),held in Bamako, Mali, from January 30 to February 3 highlighted the continent's lack of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals for reducing hunger and poverty, and pr [...]	2006-02-15 14:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR XA FAO
06ROME464	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES [...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...]	2006-02-15 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME465	UN REFORM: INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF [...] (U) Summary: A Committee of the FAO Council charged with oversight of the comprehensive Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO has just approved the selection of a high-caliber core team of evaluators and decided that the IEE would formally begin on March 13, subject to firm assurance [...]	2006-02-15 16:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
06ROME510	AVIAN INFLUENZA - MIGRATORY SWANS TEST POSITIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tri-Mission Avian Influenza (AI) Emergency Action Committee (AI-EAC) met on January 20 to review post contingency planning and on February 13 to discuss confirmation by the Ministry of Health February 11-12 that six migratory swans in three southern regions (Puglia, Calabria and [...]	2006-02-21 08:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU ASEC AMED CASC SENV FAO WHO IT
06ROME591	FOOD SECURITY ISSUES IN MOPTI DISTRICT, MALI [...] Summary: In conjunction with official travel to attend FAO's African Regional Conference in Bamako (septel),Alternate Permanent Representative Willem Brakel, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Mopti, Bandiagara and surroundings in Central Mali between January 31 and Februa [...]	2006-02-27 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC EAGR ML WFP FAO IFAD
06ROME626	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME678	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: In an effort to keep all USG agencies in Washington and in the field informed on FAO activities to combat and control Avian Influenza (AI),USMISSION UN ROME has instituted this new weekly reporting cable. FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) and Animal Produc [...]	2006-03-03 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME728	EU CLASSIFICATION OF BORATES: ITALY WITH THE U.S. [...] On March 3, Post sent reftel demarche to Dr. Mariano Alessi at the Ministry of Health's Prevention Directorate, to Dr. Roberto Binetti of the Higher Institute of Health's Toxic Substances Department, and to Dr. Giuliana Gasparrini of the Environment Ministry's Office of EU Affairs. On March 7 [...]	2006-03-09 07:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP SENV KSCA IT FAO
06ROME766	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During three days of high-level and technical level discussions with FAO on March 7-9, a consensus was reached that a more robust global response was needed, with FAO, in coordination with OIE, as the global coordinator. FAO hosted the series of meetings relating to improving emerge [...]	2006-03-10 17:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME860	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, USMISSION UN ROME staff met with various members of FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) for an update on Avian Influenza (AI) operations worldwide as well specific country programs. Much of t [...]	2006-03-17 16:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME87	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ANIMAL SITUATION IN [...] Summary. Responding to alarming media reports on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Turkey, on January 9, USMISSION UN Rome asked Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer (SVO),to share with us FAO's assessment of the situation in Turkey and ongoing work to control [...]	2006-01-10 16:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME925	AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: Three FAO documents were shared with USMISSIN UN ROME this week: -- Following meetings earlier this month with several donors, FAO and OIE (the World Organization for Animal Health) released on March 17 the jointly prepared proposal to strengthen response to Highly Pathogenic Avia [...]	2006-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06THEHAGUE465	AVIAN INFLUENZA: DUTCH FAO SUPPORT [...] (U) Emboffs contacted officials at the Agriculture, Health, and Foreign Affairs Ministries to express support for GONL assistance to the FAO and deliver reftel talking points. Both Health and Agriculture Ministry contacts told us that UN Coordinator Nabarro visited The Netherlands in early Fe [...]	2006-03-03 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO EU FAO KFLU NL
06TOKYO1447	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO THE AI [...] (U) ESToff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Cooperation Bureau Aid Planning Division Deputy Director Taro Yamamoto on March 17 and delivered reftel demarche. Yamamoto said that Japan has not yet decided on its response to the current outbreak of H5N1 in Burma. Tokyo is, h [...]	2006-03-17 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR EAID KFLU JA FAO WHO BM
06TOKYO1528	AVIAN INFLUENZA: UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO [...] (U) On March 23, AID Counselor and ESToff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Economic Cooperation Bureau Aid Planning Division Deputy Director Taro Yamamoto to receive further details on Japan's planned assistance to Burma in light of the recent avian influenza outbreak in poultr [...]	2006-03-23 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EAID KFLU JA FAO WHO BM
06USUNNEWYORK649	DEMARCHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, accompanied by Poloff, delivered reftel points to Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Angela Kane on March 30. PolMinCouns asked whether the UN had yet received the findings of the UN team that recently visited Ecuador to explore the possibility of a s [...]	2006-03-31 15:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CO EC FAO SENV SNAR WHO UN PINR
07BAMAKO1325	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MALI ON FAO EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO UN ML
07BEIJING7125	INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE UN FOOD AND [...] Poloff on November 8 conveyed to the MFA reftel points urging China to support the conclusions of the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and to support a leaner budget for the FAO. MFA International Organizations and Conferences [...]	2007-11-15 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC FAO UN CH
07BOGOTA8071	UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION EVALUATION [...] On November 6 Econoff raised reftel points with Colombian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) North America Desk Officer Claudia Cuevas and delivered non-paper. Cuevas said she would distribute non-paper to appropriate GOC agencies. 2. On November 9, Foreign Agriculture Service office d [...]	2007-11-15 12:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC FAO UN CO
07KATHMANDU888	THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH WHO FAO OIE NP
07KATHMANDU970	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR MAY [...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on May 9. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. Post is actively monitoring the situation and continuing awareness effor [...]	2007-05-16 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KLFU KSTH FAO WHO OIE NP
07KIGALI1061	RWANDA ON UN RAPE RESOLUTION AND FAO REFORM [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief and poloff met November 15 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Affairs Director Ben Rutsinga to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution pending before the General Assembly, and the FAO "external evaluation" demarche. Rutsinga began by categorically restati [...]	2007-11-15 15:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA AORC FAO RW
07LAPAZ2730	USDA IN BOLIVIA: FEEDING CHILDREN, FORTIFYING [...] (SBU) Since 2005, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has donated about $7.3 million through NGOs to Bolivia. One program provides a daily hot meal to approximately 20%-25% of rural school children in the nation. The program has helped build school greenhouses, chicken coup [...]	2007-10-11 16:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ2928	READY TO GAMBLE ON BIOFUELS IN BOLIVIA? [...] (C) The potential for biofuel development in Bolivia is significant: land is abundant, fertile, and cheap; labor is plentiful (and employment demands great); and there is even an under-used pipeline to carry the fuel to a pacific port. Government rhetoric, lack of legal definitions, and pote [...]	2007-10-31 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA PREL EPET BL
07LAPAZ3038	EVO: OPPOSITION WAGING ECONOMIC WAR [...] (C) President Evo Morales declared in a November 15 speech that opposition forces are trying to sabotage his administration through economic means. As a defensive measure in this "economic war", Morales temporarily eliminated the tariff on key agricultural imports, prohibited the exportatio [...]	2007-11-16 21:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL AGR AADP FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ3230	PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY. [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to any cooperation with the United States is hamstringing USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately [...]	2007-12-11 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ3236	PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to cooperation with the United States is hampering USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately US$6 [...]	2007-12-12 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ3259	DIESEL SHORTAGES: EXCUSES, BLAME, AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, Bolivia has suffered repeated shortages of diesel, especially in the eastern, agricultural powerhouse of Santa Cruz where the concurrent winter harvest and summer planting seasons are hampered by fuel shortages. Logistical problems appear to be principally t [...]	2007-12-14 18:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS IICA AGR FAO IFAD BL
07OSLO1070	NORWEGIANS STUDY FAO POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 13:26:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR FAO AORC NO
07TASHKENT812	UZBEKISTAN - DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN [...] In February 2006, Uzbekistan published a "National Program on Influenza Prevention and Control, and Pandemic Prepareadness." Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Kosimov reportedly coordinated the drafting of the plan, which was endorsed by the Cabinet of Ministers. We have separately e-mailed a ful [...]	2007-04-23 09:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV EAGR WHO FAO UZ
07THEHAGUE1982	NETHERLANDS/FAO: DUTCH LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU LEAD [...] (U) Econoff shared on October 31 reftel non-paper regarding USG objectives for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with Marianne Sinke, a Policy Officer responsible for FAO and Development Cooperation issues in the UN Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. AgCouns de [...]	2007-11-13 07:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR FAO AORC NL
08DAKAR647	SENEGAL: WADE WAGES FOOD FIGHT AGAINST FAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade continued his campaign against the FAO during the World Food Summit, calling for the UN agency to be disbanded. Many believe his attacks on the organization have more to do with domestic politics than international food aid policy. President Wa [...]	2008-06-05 12:11:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PREL ECON UN FAO SG
08DAMASCUS847	2008 UN DROUGHT APPEAL FOR SYRIA [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNFAO (Food and Agriculture) Syria Representative Abdullah Bin Yehia is seeking USG commitment to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2008 Drought Appeal. Yehia proposes to use money from the appe [...]	2008-11-26 14:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON FAO PGOV PHUM PREF SY
08GENEVA392	HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the right to food, called by more than 30 countries, took place on May 23. Per reftel, USDel attended as notetaker only. The session featured interventions from many countries, as well as from international organizations and other U [...]	2008-05-29 17:01:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC EAGR EAID FAO
08LAPAZ1006	ADM BREAKS RANKS, CUTS DEAL TO EXPORT COOKING OIL [...] (C) Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) struck a deal with the government of Bolivia to restart exports of cooking oil. The American company stands alone among the four principal cooking oil exporters in its decision to negotiate with the Morales Administration and accept conditions on exporting. [...]	2008-04-30 22:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ1053	REQUEST OF WHEAT AID FOR BOLIVIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. (U) Bolivia is currently experiencing a serious shortage of wheat. It is the result of public and private mismanagement, faulty Argentinean supplies, and world-wide shortages. Donated wheat has been a fundamental part of Bolivian supply under both the T [...]	2008-05-06 21:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AGR FAO FAS IFAD BL
08LAPAZ111	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY TAKES BACK SEAT [...] (C) The Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG) is facing a funding crisis heading into the new year. The termination of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and an unwillingness to accept administrative controls mandated by the P.L. 480 program leave SENASAG [...]	2008-01-15 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA EINV BL
08LAPAZ1154	SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA: SECOND CITY'S ECONOMY NOT [...] (SBU) Under the spotlight surrounding the autonomy votes, the Department of Santa Cruz is often portrayed as wealthy and white, and the movement for autonomy is simplistically characterized as a struggle over resources. While there is some truth in these generalizations, none of them adequat [...]	2008-05-19 17:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS PREL PINR EAGR EAID BO
08LAPAZ1175	AGRICULTURAL DEMARCHES DELIVERED, BOLIVIAN FOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche regarding the U.S. candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Ref. A) to Carmen Timeo, the new head of the Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG). The [...]	2008-05-21 20:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
08LAPAZ1560	BOLIVIA TO FILL SUGAR QUOTA [...] In response to action request regarding sugar exports and allocated quote amounts, Bolivia intends to fill its entire sugar quota for fiscal year (FY) 2008. Marcelo Olguin, from the Ministry of Production, reports that there is an over supply of sugar this year and the industry plans to expor [...]	2008-07-15 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON FAS BL FAO
08LAPAZ2601	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to reorganize and line up operational funding. Our effort to fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been caught up in political battles and the refusal by some members of th [...]	2008-12-18 12:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ589	BOLIVIA: A PRODUCTIVE SECTOR SQUEEZE IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) The Department of Santa Cruz is the commercial agricultural center of Bolivia. It has suffered two consecutive years of flooding, but Morales Administration political actions, neglect, and mismanagement have combined to exacerbate the problems. The agricultural sector has faced diesel [...]	2008-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ638	BOLIVIAN EXPORT BAN COULD DEVASTATE ECONOMY [...] (C) On March 19, President Morales issued a decree banning the exportation of four types of cooking oil. If maintained for any length of time, the move would destroy the most important sector of the economy in the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz and force the withdrawal of American firm [...]	2008-03-20 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ670	EXPORT BAN STRETCHES TO SIX DAYS [...] (C) The devastating ban on Bolivian cooking oil exports has now been in effect for six days. The Morales Administration, according to the Vice President in a meeting with the Ambassador March 26 (Septel),is determined to guarantee the supply of cooking oil at affordable prices. They are pre [...]	2008-03-26 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08PARIS674	FRANCE OFFERS VIEWS ON FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA AND WIPO [...] (SBU) IO DAS Gerry Anderson met with MFA Deputy Director for United Nations and International Organization Affairs Marc Giacomini and several staffers April 10 for a tour d'horizon of a number of current IO issues, including financing, reform and upcoming elections at FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA [...]	2008-04-11 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FAO UNESCO UNDP IAEA WIPO FR
08TUNIS1255	TUNISIA'S 2009 BUDGET FAVORS EDUCATION AND JOB [...] (C) The Tunisian government has approved a 2009 budget that focuses on supporting business and investment in the wake of the world financial crisis. The GOT projects a three percent budget deficit for 2009, and is targeting five percent real GDP growth despite worsening economic conditions [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EXIM FAO TS
09ABIDJAN295	DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF NEW PORT STATES AGREEMENT [...] (U) Emboff delivered demarche in reftel on April 30 to Dr. Jeanson Djobo, Director of Fisheries at the Ministry of Animal Production and Fisheries. Djobo, who said he attended the second session of the FAO Technical Consultation in January 2009 in Rome, was not aware of the next round of the [...]	2009-05-05 10:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV AORC ETRD FAO IV
09AMMAN2155	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH IN FAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR JO
09ASHGABAT1043	TURKMENISTAN'S AGENDA FOR THE 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, Post received a circular diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan containing an explanation of the Turkmenistan Government's positions on issues to be considered during t [...]	2009-08-18 09:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR PARM SENV UNGA UNHCR FAO TX
09BANGKOK2463	THAI GOVERNMENT ON THE FAO BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR TH
09BUDAPEST698	HUNGARY'S REPLY TO FAO BUDGET - DEMARCHE FOR ZERO [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel points to Bernadett Kollar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Unit for International Organizations. Ms. Kollar stated that while she was not specifically aware of the Food and Agricultural Organization's (FAO) proposed budget increase, Hungary would likely tak [...]	2009-09-22 15:35:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN FAO AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN HU
09COPENHAGEN453	FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 07:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN DA
09DARESSALAAM622	TANZANIA: FAO IMPORTANT, AS IS PRUDENT USE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 15:08:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN TZ
09KINGSTON458	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ELECTION OF NEW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to determine whether Jamaica will present a candidate or support another country's candidate for Director General (DG) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at its biennial meeting in October in Montego Bay, Jamaica. D [...]	2009-06-09 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AGR AORC EAGR ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV
09KINGSTON902	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the candidacy of Dr. Victor Villalobos for Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) meeting in [...]	2009-10-27 19:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD EAGR AORC ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ1529	BOLIVIA SUGAR QUOTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 19:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR BL FAO FAS
09LAPAZ871	PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...]	2009-06-15 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
09LONDON2359	FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE RESULTS [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points to relevant UK officials, including the Foreign and Commonwealth's Office (FCO) International Organisations Office. 2. (U) The UK confirms that they are "aiming for a Zero Real Growth (ZRG) FAO budget settlement based on realistic cost increases, add [...]	2009-10-16 16:29:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR UK UN
09LUSAKA646	FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 11:24:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN ZA
09MADRID137	JAN. 26-27 HIGH LEVEL FOOD SECURITY MEETING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the Spain-hosted January 26-27 High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All, led by State/EEB and USAID, achieved its key objective of launching the consultation process for establishing a Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food Security. Secretary C [...]	2009-02-10 15:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID FAO UN SP
09MANILA1072	Philippine Response to New Port States Agreement [...] EconOff delivered reftel points to Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Director Maria Lourdes Salcedo on April 29. Salcedo was receptive to the U.S. position of forging a stand-alone agreement to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and sent an urgent fax to the Philippine [...]	2009-05-19 06:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV AORC ETRD FAO MO AG RP
09MOSCOW2402	RUSSIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON FAO BUDGET [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Valery I. Yudin, Administrative and Budgetary Expert in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Yudin stated that Russia fully supported the U.S. position advocating for zero nominal growth in the FAO budget cycle 2010-2011. He commente [...]	2009-09-18 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN RS
09OSLO576	FRANK NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON OUR UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on September 18 with Lars Petter Henie, Deputy Chief of the UN Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel A on our UNGA priorities and reftel B on FAO zero nominal growth. Henie was very frank in the discussion. He found the food security confe [...]	2009-09-18 14:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR KPKO
09RABAT372	PORT STATES AGREEMENT - MOROCCO WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Econoff conveyed reftel points on the Port States Agreement on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on April 30 to Director of Maritime Fisheries Zakia Driouiche and Head of the Service of Control and Inspection of Fishing Vessels Mohammed Benbari of Morocco's Department of [...]	2009-04-30 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ETRD AORC FAO MO
09ROME1206	ITALY UNWILLING TO TAKE A POSITION ON FAO BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI will not/not divulge their position on the proposed Food and Agriculture Organization FAO budget increase because the FAO'S location in Rome, according to GOI officials, renders the situation "delicate" A senior GOI foreign assistance official said the GOI supports some [...]	2009-11-02 12:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09STATE27760	FAO DG DIOUF FIRM ON HIS PLAN FOR A NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his meeting with IO DAS Anderson, FAO Director-General Diouf made clear that he intends to go forward with his plans for a head-of-state level food summit as part of the November 14-21 FAO Conference, despite concerns raised by the U.S. and other countries with the summit [...]	2009-03-23 19:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL FAO UN
09TUNIS160	THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: IMPACT ON TUNISIA [...] (C) The global economic crisis is affecting Tunisia, but, so far, to a lesser degree than some other emerging market countries. Tunisia's financial sector, by virtue of its limited development and insulation from international credit markets, remains largely unscathed. However, exports, esp [...]	2009-03-19 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS171	THE ELLOUMI GROUP: A TUNISIAN COMPANY SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) The Elloumi Group calls itself Tunisia's most international company. Starting out as an electrical equipment manufacturer in the late 1940s, the group has grown to become one of Tunisia's most diverse and successful global companies, expanding operations into cable and electrical compon [...]	2009-03-26 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS371	TUNISIA'S IT SECTOR GROWING, BUT SOME CHALLENGES [...] Tunisia's Ministry of Communications recently announced that the IT sector grew 17.8 percent from 2008 to 2009, contributing 10 percent of GDP and poised to create over 10,000 jobs per year. In the face of the economic crisis, this sector continues to grow. Already, mobile telephone penetra [...]	2009-06-16 12:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC FAO EINV TS
09TUNIS44	TUNISIA'S PILLARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOWING WEAR [...] (C) The GOT is struggling to manage the growing impact of the international economic crisis. The GOT recently ratcheted down 2009 GDP growth projections from five to four percent. Exporters, suffering from the downturn in Europe, are directing their focus to managing fixed costs in an effort [...]	2009-01-20 10:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS450	GOT LAYS OUT INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN 11TH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) The 11th Annual Carthage Investment Forum, held in Hammamet June 24-25, was the GOT's chance to showcase Tunisia as an investment destination. The Forum, which brought out high-level GOT representation, highlighted some non-traditional sectors of the economy, such as aviation, tech offsh [...]	2009-07-08 17:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS608	NEW FRANCHISE LAW CREATES A POTENTIAL OPENING IN [...] (SBU) President Ben Ali signed a law August 12 regulating commercial distribution, which included a much-anticipated provision on franchising. Until now, Tunisia has not provided adequate protection for international franchises, which discouraged significant potential investment. The Tunis [...]	2009-08-20 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS907	PROGRESS ON TUNISIA'S OPENING TO FOREIGN FRANCHISES [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Commerce, the Government of Tunisia (GOT) plans to issue the implementation decree for an August 2009 law governing franchises in February 2010 -- a decree that will allow international franchises to operate under Tunisian law. In addition, a Central Bank re [...]	2009-12-15 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
09VATICAN119	POPE TURNS UP THE HEAT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Pope Benedict addressed the opening of the World Food Summit urging leaders to care for the world's hungry and protect the environment. Similarly, at the UN General Assembly, the Vatican nuncio stressed the need for a comprehensive international energy policy that protects the enviro [...]	2009-11-19 15:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC BEXP EAGR ENRG FAO PGOV PREL SENV UN DA SF
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
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
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
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
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
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

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