Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación
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URL: https://www.fao.org/
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Founded
1945-10-16 Québec QC Canada
History
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Achieve food security for all; make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
Events
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Cooperates closely with other UN agencies and bodies, particularly:
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XJ5752 - UN-OCEANS;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS);
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (Permanent observer status);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO);
- B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO) (Observer Status).
Specialized Consultative Statuts to: E-XE2467 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Instrumental in setting up: F-XM4857 - Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF); F-XJ4086 - Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust); E-XK2156 - FAO-ICARDA International Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus (CACTUSNET); F-XF1457 - Inter-American Citrus Network (IACNET). Partner of: F-XF4234 - Regional Seas Programme; E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Also links with: B-XB2183 - ILO; B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU); E-XE3381 - UNCTAD; F-XF3380 - UNICEF; B-XE3386 - UNIDO; 'United Nations/Department of Technical Cooperation for Development (UN/DTCD)'; E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Represented on: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Has been represented in meetings of: Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD. Joint programmes: Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division (JEFAD). Observer member of: E-XE4655 - Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). Member of: E-XE3727 - Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF); E-XE4205 - United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG); E-XE4201 - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC); E-XJ2271 - UN-Water. Partner of: F-XF6300 - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF); E-XE4317 - World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). Participates in: F-XM0470 - Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
Cooperation agreements approved by FAO Conference:
- D-XD8572 - African Union (AU);
- D-XD5526 - Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD);
- E-XF0634 - Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Arab Region (INFOSAMAK);
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- D-XD0467 - Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA);
- F-XF2121 - INFOPECHE;
- F-XF0645 - INFOPESCA;
- F-XE4083 - Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Asia and Pacific Region (INFOFISH);
- E-XC3899 - International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT);
- F-XF6276 - International Organisation for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Europe (EUROFISH);
- E-XE4240 - Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO);
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- F-XF2226 - Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- E-XE3888 - Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East.
Relationship agreements concluded under the form of Memorandum of Understanding, exchange of letters or other appropriate documents:
- D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice);
- C-XC0030 - African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO);
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS);
- H-XD2430 - African Oil Palm Development Association (AFOPDA);
- H-XD4615 - African Timber Organization (ATO);
- H-XC0277 - Alliance of Cocoa Producing Countries (COPAL);
- Commission of the F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- E-XE5527 - Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD);
- D-XD1444 - Arab Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining Organization (AIDSMO);
- E-XE7392 - Arab Planning Institute (API);
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- D-XD0090 - Asian Productivity Organization (APO);
- C-XC0359 - CABI;
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- E-XF3184 - CIHEAM - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM);
- D-XD2685 - Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XF3714 - Communauté économique et monétaire d'Afrique centrale (CEMAC);
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- D-XD5661 - Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa (CPLP);
- D-XD0433 - Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD3153 - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO);
- D-XD0544 - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);
- D-XD9187 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);
- E-XE1083 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA);
- D-XD1107 - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC);
- U-XF5373 - Inter-State School of Rural Equipment Engineers;
- B-XC2404 - International Cocoa Organization (ICCO);
- B-XB1509 - International Coffee Organization (ICO);
- B-XB1720 - International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC);
- C-XC1732 - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES);
- B-XB2812 - International Grains Council (IGC);
- B-XB2159 - International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR);
- B-XB2136 - International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT);
- H-XE4444 - International Jute Study Group (IJSG);
- C-XC2302 - International Olive Council (IOC);
- B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM);
- C-XC2803 - International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV);
- G-XG2334 - International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC);
- C-XD4364 - International Pepper Community (IPC);
- C-XC2426 - International Rubber Study Group (IRSG);
- C-XC2455 - International Sericultural Commission (ISC);
- B-XB2606 - International Sugar Organization (ISO);
- H-XC5804 - International Tea Promotion Association (ITPA);
- C-XC2811 - International Whaling Commission (IWC);
- E-XE2837 - Italian-Latin American Institute (ILAI);
- H-XD2841 - Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Aviarian Organization;
- D-XD0335 - Latin American Fisheries Development Organization;
- D-XD2879 - Latin American Integration Association (LAIA);
- D-XD0445 - Mano River Union (MRU);
- D-XD1542 - The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM);
- D-XD1768 - North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO);
- D-XD3007 - North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- D-XF4346 - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS);
- E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- D-XD8972 - Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Gambie (OMVG);
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- F-XF9594 - Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA);
- E-XE4630 - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
- G-XG0863 - Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC);
- H-XD2939 - Permanent Consultative Committee of the Maghreb (PCCM);
- H-XD3105 - Permanent Council of International Convention of Stresa for the Use of Appellations d'Origine and Denominations of Cheeses;
- D-XD3154 - Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA);
- E-XD0996 - Secretaria Permanente del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA);
- E-XE8554 - Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Secretariat);
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- F-XF0820 - South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP);
- E-XE4956 - Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- H-XD4840 - Unión de Paises Exportadores de Banano (UPEB);
- B-XB2745 - UN Tourism.
Other major multilateral funding institutions with which the FAO cooperates include:
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the single most important source, whose funds are channelled through B-XB1791 - International Development Association (IDA);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- F-XF5161 - United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
With ICSU, UNESCO, UNEP and WMO, cooperating in design and planning phase of: F-XF3429 - Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS). Participates in developing and implementing: H-XF1927 - West and Central African Action Plan (WACAF).
In addition, a number of United Nations and other intergovernmental bodies indicate close links with FAO. These include:
- E-XF2724 - Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP);
- African Centre for Gender (ACG);
- E-XE8763 - African Regional Centre of Technology (ARCT);
- F-XF0448 - African University for Cooperative Development (AUCD);
- E-XE2429 - AGRHYMET Regional Centre;
- F-XF9018 - Andean Parliament;
- D-XD0361 - Arab Federation of Fish Producers (AFFP);
- F-XE4484 - Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND);
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- D-XD0785 - Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA);
- H-XE3150 - Bioversity International;
- E-XE3268 - Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI);
- E-XF6074 - Caribbean Fisheries Training and Development Institute (CFTDI);
- H-XD0213 - Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI);
- H-XE5207 - Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA-ESCAP);
- E-XE6070 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD);
- E-XE3480 - Center for Information on Migration in Latin America;
- H-XE0088 - Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa (CIRDAFRICA);
- E-XE4468 - CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR), especially E-XE4115 - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT);
- D-XD8477 - Comisión Sudamericana para la Lucha contra la Fiebre Aftosa (COSALFA);
- F-XD9557 - Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution;
- E-XE0990 - Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry (ECIAF);
- F-XF6592 - ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID);
- H-XF0022 - Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean;
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- E-XE3954 - Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC);
- E-XD1035 - Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP);
- E-XE3869 - Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (AU-IAPSC);
- H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD);
- E-XE1118 - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
- E-XE2966 - Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC);
- H-XE6010 - Inter-Secretariat Committee on Scientific Programmes Relating to Oceanography (ICSPRO);
- E-XE4241 - Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-Stat);
- E-XE3867 - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR);
- E-XE5928 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA);
- E-XE0116 - International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB);
- E-XE6053 - International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE);
- E-XD4447 - International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI);
- E-XE0128 - International Civil Service Commission (ICSC);
- E-XE5305 - United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC);
- B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO);
- H-XE3175 - International Institute for Adult Education Methods (IIAEM);
- U-XE4035 - International Institute of Biological Control (IIBC);
- F-XF5816 - International Nuclear Information System (INIS);
- H-XF0185 - International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS);
- D-XD2406 - International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA);
- E-XE2639 - International Trade Centre (ITC);
- B-XB0100 - International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO);
- E-XE3195 - IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Blooms (IPHAB);
- K-XE1187 - IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC);
- E-XE9922 - Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations (JIU);
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- H-XF9914 - Marine Environmental Data Information Referral System (MEDI);
- F-XF1881 - Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP);
- E-XE2491 - Mekong River Commission (MRC);
- E-XE4854 - Middle Eastern Regional Radioisotope Centre for the Arab Countries (MERRCAC);
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- E-XE8387 - Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PAFMDC);
- E-XE3060 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);
- F-XE4356 - Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB);
- H-XE8777 - Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS);
- D-XD0319 - Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME);
- E-XE7377 - Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA);
- E-XE8681 - SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED);
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- D-XD3257 - Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO);
- E-XE7078 - Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO BIOTROP);
- E-XE8148 - Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC);
- E-XE0295 - Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP);
- E-XE1355 - Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC);
- H-XF5537 - UNEP DTIE Chemicals Branch;
- E-XE9760 - UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States (UNEDBAS);
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF2671 - Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales (UPOV);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- H-XF5178 - United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP);
- U-XF1522 - United Nations International Emergency Network (UNIENET);
- F-XF5941 - United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF);
- E-XE7655 - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS);
- E-XE3388 - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD);
- F-XF4104 - United Nations Volunteers (UNV);
- H-XE0968 - WHO Pan African Emergency Training Centre (PTC-Addis);
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- H-XF0660 - WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI).
Links indicated by: F-XJ7918 - Asia-Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network (APIRAS); F-XF2625 - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Relationship agreement with:
- F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);
- B-XA2303 - International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Supports: F-XG5302 - Africare; U-XG4745 - World Education (WE). Partner of: E-XE5021 - WorldFish. National Committees facilitate liaison between the Organization and the governments and peoples of countries. They are national institutions, with constitutions and functions normally laid down in a governmental or ministerial instrument.
Publications
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- Living Conditions → Living Conditions
- Living Conditions → Food
- Living Conditions → Undernourishment
- Health → Nutrition
- Agriculture → Agriculture
- Agriculture → FAO Bodies
- International Relations → United Nations
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB0971
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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