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World Food Programme races to support surge of Darfur refugees arriving in Chad
FAO hired offspring of IAEA chief as quid pro quo for Grossi appointing Chinese DDG, diplomats say
VIENNA – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi appointed a Chinese former vice minister as a deputy director general of the agency as a quid pro quo for the recent
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FAO consuitants up in arms over ‘nepotistic’ appointment of IAEA chief's offspring
ROME – FAO consultants are up in arms over a raft of promotions and appointments by just re-elected Director General Qu Dongyu, at least three of them in his off
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FAO chief promoting Chinese controversial pesticides mars murky re-election, ARD discloses
BERLIN – FAO director general Qu Dong-Yu during his first term that ended last week “manipulated the UN agency to the advantage of Beijing,” including encouraging the supply in Africa, Asia and O
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UN agency executives,'dodge Insider subscription fee'
ROME -- FAO senior economist Paolo Lourenco Dias Nunes and senior executives of the WFP, FAO, IFAD and UNESCO are among UN agency executives and diplomats who have failed to upgrade their subscrip
Montevideo marxists lobbied China for Uruguayan to head FAO latin american division
ROME – The Chinese Communist Party ordered FAO director general Qu Dongyu to appoint Mario Lubetkin as the head of the UN agency’s latin american division after the Uruguayan Communist party lobbi
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FAO sex harassment fiasco 'underlines need for external investigations'
ROME – Investigations of cases of alleged sexual harassment and other misconduct at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other UN agencies will never be fair until they are carried out
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Sexual harassment allegations divide FAO staff
ROME – Alleged complicity between senior managers at the FAO purportedly sexually harassing women employees and members of the agency’s Office of the Inspector General that examines sex harassment
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FAO manager 'asked female colleagues about sexual encounters,' investigators told
ROME – A senior FAO officer during a coffee break on the FAO panoramic terrace with female colleagues "openly discussed his preferences about women’s physical attributes," investigators at the UN
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WFP welcomes Republic of Korea's decision to double rice aid for lifesaving operations
Murdered envoy’s father attacks Italian government complicity with 'arrogant' WFP
Candidates challenging re-election of Chinese FAO chief mysteriously withdraw from race
ROME – The abrupt withdrawal of two candidates from Iraq and Tajikistan from their official bid to challenge the re-election of the Chinese director general of the FAO, Qu Dongyu,
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Hunger set to hit record high in Sudan as fighting continues
WFP deeply concerned by diversion of food aid in Ethiopia
ROME – The World Food Programme (WFP) is deeply concerne
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Number of people facing acute food insecurity rose to 258 million in 2022
ROME – The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter
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Over 100,000 euros raised by ‘Restaurants Against Hunger’ initiative
Ambassador Cindy McCain takes over WFP at critical moment for Global Food Security
WFP responds to impact of cyclone Freddy in Malawi as government declares state of disaster
Hunger spreads in Syria as conflict passes 12-year milestone and earthquakes worsen current situation
Italy seeks FAO support for EXPO 2030 despite Saudi pressure
ROME – Italian officials preparing for an inspection next month of the Eternal City’s capacity to host the EXPO 2030 are concerned that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gene
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Chinese-run UN agencies 'hired softwear engineers to snoop on staff'
ROME – The FAO and a constellation of other Chinese-run UN agencies have hired softwear engineers from hi-tech companies such as Bytedance, Huawei, Zoom, and ZTE software to run surveillance of st
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FAO sleuths spied on ADG’s emails during nepotism probe
ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization’s internal oversight investigators carried out covert surveillance of former Assistant Director General Roberto Rido
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World Food Programme board welcomes Cindy McCain as new leader
As Putin threatens nuclear tests, Russian influence at CTBT, UNIDO, continues
VIENNA -- As Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to withdraw from the Comprehensive Nucear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and resume nuclear testing, two Vienna-b
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