The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Nicolás Maduro signed a cooperation agreement for the period 2023-2026; document governs the functioning of the organism, which carries out activities related to food
The Government of Nicolás Maduro and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed this Wednesday, June 7, in Caracas, a cooperation agreement for the period 2023-2026, reported representatives of both parties.
frame Programming by Country for the country 2023-2026 is the title of the document that marks the roadmap for the operation of the organismwho performs activities related to food.
Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice President of Venezuela; Ricardo Menéndez, Sector Vice President of Planning; Mario Lubetkin, FAO representative in Latin America; and Gianluca Rampolla, UN Resident Coordinator in the country, offered details of the agreement signed at the Casa Amarilla.
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Rampolla stressed that Venezuela works on the path “of sustainability, equity and food security, hand in hand with the FAO program”; and he recalled that the development of the organization in the country is based on four fundamental pillars: Humanitarian, Development, Human Rights, Social Cohesion.
#InDetails || During the signing of the agreement with authorities of the #FAO, the Vice President Planning Sector, @rmenendezp He stressed that food is a human right “product of the integral transformation of society.”#7Jun pic.twitter.com/rLMqsM19R3
— Vzla Vice Presidency (@ViceVenezuela) June 8, 2023
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The FAO representative, Mario Lubetkin, explained that with the signing of the cooperation instrument with Venezuela, the agri-food and fishing sectors will be strengthened.
For his part, Rampolla stressed that Venezuela is working on the path “of sustainability, equity and food security, hand in hand with the FAO program”; and he recalled that the development of the organization in the country is based on four fundamental pillars: Humanitarian, Development, Human Rights, Social Cohesion.
The executive vice president praised the important agreement that was signed with the FAO – after recalling Cuento del Gallo Pelon: “the blockade” and “sanctions” -, based on the central lines of food security and sovereignty for the country, that goes hand in hand with the productive system.
“Some independent UN rapporteurs have measured how the blockade impacts the Venezuelan population in general, what President Maduro has called ‘social wounds,'” he said.
Rodríguez also highlighted the impact of the climate crisis on this process to guarantee food in the country.
Government officials, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), FAO and Unicef met in April of this year to evaluate a proposal for an alliance to access “pandemic funds” with the aim of strengthening the prevention and early warning of pandemics.
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