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On July 11, 2018, Margaret Munene of Palmhouse Dairies delivered the following remarks during the Side Event on Moving to Resilient and Sustainable Societies: The Food Security and Nutrition Dimensions.
On 27 June, the HLPE Report on Multi-stakeholder partnerships to finance and improve food security and nutrition in the framework of the 2030 Agenda was launched during an event held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome. Following an opening statement by the CFS Chair, the report was introduced by Patrick Caron, Chair of the HLPE Steering Committee. The full report can be read here.
On June 14, a meeting of CFS' Open Ended Working Group on Nutrition was held at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. On behalf of its membership, the Private Sector Mechanism Secretariat made the following statement:
On behalf of the Private Sector Mechanism, we thank the Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group and the CFS Secretariat for their ongoing work preparing today’s session and the previous sessions.
"A large rural youth population and growing domestic demand for diversified foods in many developing countries represent a unique opportunity to advance towards the three objectives of decent job creation for youth, food security, and sustainable production, as spelled out in Agenda 2030.
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Key Meetings
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Launch of 2018 SDG Index Report
July 16, 2018 -
SDG Business Forum at the High Level Political Forum
July 17, 2018 -
World Water Week 2018
August 26, 2018 -
High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases
September 27, 2018