Mario Arvelo at FAO
The Dominican Republic has risen to positions of prominence and prestige in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), whose objective is to achieve the eradication of hunger and malnutrition throughout the world. Since 2019, the country has held a seat on the FAO Council representing Latin America and the Caribbean, a historic milestone achieved during Mario Arvelo‘s tenure as Ambassador. The links that appear at the bottom of this page show the reader responsibilities that Arvelo has carried out in the Council and in other governing bodies of the organization.
The Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva congratulates Mario Arvelo on his election as president of the Committee on World Food Security. Graziano led FAO from 2012 to 2019. [©FAO/Giulio Napolitano]
Mario Arvelo, representing the Group of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, presents a commemorative plaque to Jacques Diouf on reaching the end of his mandate as Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which he led between 1993 and 2011.
Mario Arvelo presents his credentials as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf. [©FAO]
Other links to Mario Arvelo’s work in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Mario Arvelo at FAO
- With the Director-General
- In Council
- In the Committee on World Food Security
- In the Committee on Agriculture
- In the Global Soils Partnership
- In the Commission on Finance, Budget, and Reform
- In the Programme Committee
- In the Appeals Committee
- In the Regional Conferences
- In the Committee on Forestry
- In field inspection visits
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