(From left) Alessandro Marini, country director of the International Food and Agricultural Development (IFAD); Kati Tanninen, country representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agriculture Secretary William Dar; Gustavo Gonzalez, UN resident coordinator in the Philippines and Brenda Barton, representative and country director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines, led by Resident Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez, met with Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar on March 23 to convey the UN’s commitment to support national dialogues being organized around the UN Food Systems Summit. DAR was nominated as the Philippines’ National Dialogues Convenor for the UN Summit to be held in September 2021.