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USAID and FAO Working Together to Pre-empt the Next Global Pandemic

A United States-FAO partnership working to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to manage outbreaks of diseases in farm animals has in just 12 months succeeded in training over 4,700 veterinary health professionals in 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The FAO-provided technical trainings covered a gamut of key competencies, including disease ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 9 March, 2018 | Topics: Agriculture, News, USAID | Tags: Animal Health, FAO, USAID

The United States is elected to the Executive Board Bureau at the World Food Program

At the recent First Regular Session of the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP), held February 27 to March 1, the United States, represented by Chargé d’Affaires Thomas Duffy, was elected to the 2018-2019 Executive Board Bureau.

By USUN Rome Mission | 2 March, 2018 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, News, U.S. & USUN Rome | Tags: United States

Remarks by Chargé d’Affaires Thomas Duffy at the Opening of the WFP Executive Board

Mr. President, congratulations to you on your new appointment, and thank you to the outgoing Board President. Thank you also to Mark Lowcock for his insightful observations. We encourage WFP to take further action to implement its humanitarian reform commitments related to the Grand Bargain. The United States is especially interested in efforts to advance ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 28 February, 2018 | Topics: Agriculture, News, Speeches | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, WFP

U.S. helps deliver much-needed humanitarian aid to Yemen

Food, medicine and other relief supplies will be reaching people in need in Yemen more quickly, with the help of U.S.-funded cranes at the Hudaydah port on the Red Sea.

By USUN Rome Mission | 16 February, 2018 | Topics: News, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, Yemen

The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome is pleased to introduce Mr. John Robbins, U.S. candidate for the ICCROM Council

John Robbins is an expert on heritage conservation and brings decades of experience in public service and private practice. Mr. Robbins also brings expertise in in institutional management, research and the repatriation of archaeological materials. Mr. Robbins established the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training in 1994 to create, improve, and disseminate technologies for ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 28 November, 2017 | Topics: Art & Culture, News, U.S. & USUN Rome | Tags: cultural heritage, Cultural Preservation, Heritage Conservation, ICCROM

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