UN agencies and Italian Red Cross sign cooperation agreement to prevent COVID-19

On behalf of the 26 UN agencies operating in Italy, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today signed an agreement with the Italian Red Cross on measures aimed at protecting the health of employees and visitors to the agencies’ premises in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FAO stresses the need for investment now to sustain Africa’s agriculture in a post COVID-19 era

The event brought together partners from the African Union, the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union, to continue the discussion that started some weeks ago with the AU-FAO Ministerial meeting on the impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Africa.
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