Mario Arvelo at IFAD

**Mario Arvelo** congratulates **Gilbert Houngbo** for his election as President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). This was one of the first congratulatory handshakes that the new IFAD leader received, minutes after his victory in the vote held during the 40th session of the Governing Council, in February 2017. The Dominican support for the Togolese candidature in the second round of voting became crucial for securing Houngbo’s triumph.

The Dominican foreign policy has been able to insert the country in frontline and other prestigious positions at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), whose objective is to eradicate rural poverty. In 2015, during Mario Arvelo‘s leadership of the Dominican Republic’s Permanent Mission, the country was elected —for the first time in history— to a seat in the institution’s Executive Board. The links at the bottom of this page connect to responsibilities that Arvelo has undertaken in other IFAD instances.

**Mario Arvelo** partakes in a debate during an Executive Board session at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), where the Dominican Republic represents the Latin American and Caribbean countries.

**Mario Arvelo** with the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) **Rossana Polastri**.

**Mario Arvelo** during a field inspection visit on behalf of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to rural development projects in Morocco. Next to him is Egyptian diplomat **Ahmed Shalaby**.

**Mario Arvelo** with **Kanayo Nwanze**, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) between 2009 and 2017.

**Mario Arvelo** presents his letter of credentials as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to **Lennart Båge**, IFAD President between 2001 and 2009 .

Other links to the work Mario Arvelo performs at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

With the President of IFAD
At the Executive Board
At the Governing Council

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