Mario Arvelo in the FAO regional conferences
Mario Arvelo has participated in the Regional Conferences of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) both on behalf of the Dominican Republic and in the exercise of institutional responsibilities as Chair of the UN Committees on World Food Security and Agriculture. In these meetings, the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development of the 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries draw up the strategic lines of technical cooperation that FAO will provide each biennium both individually to national governments and collectively to the region. Arvelo has twice been conference Vice-Chair (in 2008-10 and 2012-14, also serving as Acting Chair in the latter); he is the conference’s Rapporteur for the 2020-22 biennium.
Mario Arvelo delivers a speech to the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 35th Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 5 to 8 March 2018. At the main table are the conference Rapporteur Antônio de Sá Ricarte; FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva; Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, Trade & Fisheries and conference Chair Karl Samuda; and FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for South America and conference Secretary Eve Crowley. Arvelo has been Vice-Chair of the body on two occasions, and is Rapporteur for the 2020-22 biennium.
Mario Arvelo greets Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto before the ‘family photo’ with Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 34th Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held in Mexico City in 2016. To the left is FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Mario Arvelo with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet before the ‘family photo’ with Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 33rd Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held in Santiago de Chile in 2014. To the right is FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
Mario Arvelo —as Acting Chair of the XXXII Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)— makes a presentation on the progress made in the first year of the 2012-14 biennial cycle, and the preparations for the subsequent session.
Mario Arvelo, in the center of the image, talks with the Dominican Vice-Minister of Agriculture Pedro Pablo Peña during a break in the working sessions of the 30th Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia. Arvelo was elected Vice-Chair of the conclave, a responsibility he shared with Celso Amorim, the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations.
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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