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UNHCR asks EU to continue relocation scheme
FAO mulls hosting IFAD, new Graziano incarnation
ROME – The FAO plans to close shops and commercial banks in its building evidently to prepare for hosting a UN secretariat to coordinate the work of UN agencies in the Eternal City and provide a
New IFAD chief tested by spin doctor's charms
ROME – Will IFAD President Gilbert Houngbo be able to resist the charms of the UN agency’s veteran American spin doctor Cassandra Waldon?
New IFAD president's honeymoon over with frustrated staff
Italian government support Syrian child refugees Jordan
HR chaos at FAO as Peruvian 'cabby' drives agency to brink
ROME – Peruvian former cab driver Fernando Servan’s appointment as top Human Resources honcho at the FAO has made the UN agency seem like a Latin American junta more than ever with senior executive
FAO 'tightens screws' on consultants' contracts
ROME – The FAO introduced draconian new employment terms for consultants this week, stating that consultancies won’t be renewed if less than six months in duratio
Washington to cut FAO funding by dlrs 30 million
ROME – The United States has told the Food and Agriculture Organisation it will slash its funding of the UN agency by some 20 percent, or some dlrs 32 million, FAO sources say.
Nadine arrest, Lula conviction tarnish FAO image
ROME — The arrest of Nadine Heredia on corruption charges has underlined the imprudence of FAO supremo José Graziano da Silva’s decision to hire the former Peruvian firs
'Palace coup' at FAO human resources?
ROME — Despite the summer heat the FAO’s Latin American clique continues to consolidate its grip on top jobs at the UN agency.
Finland becomes member of FAO Council
ROME - Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä participated in the 40th FAO Conference's session in Rome, which begun on July 3 and ends July 8.
FAO focuses on small islands in new programme
Pope Francis calls for action as FAO conference 2017 starts
FAO chief 'buys support' through Conference side events
ROME – As the FAO 40th annual Conference opened Monday, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva is believed to be bolstering support from member countries b
FAO staff mull protests ahead of Conference
ROME -- Professional staff at the Food and Agriculture Organisation are considering protesting at the upcoming FAO Conference to dramatise a “systematic erosion of conditions of service” and a “ne
Exclusive: WFP chief spurns predecessors' lavish lifestyle
ROME – The World Food Programme Executive Director, David Beasley, says he “would probably sleep in a tent” rather than live in a lavish villa of the kind enjoyed by some other United Nations food
Beasley to use "9 out of 10" Bertini WFP savings wheezes
ROME — WFP Executive Director David Beasley has told his predecessor Catherine Bertini he expects to follow “all but one” of 10 recommendations she made for cost savings
WFP all-staff meeting convened for 'pep talk'
ROME — World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley has called an all staff meeting of the UN agency at headquarters Tuesday in an evident effort to bolster fla
IFAD denies forging partnership with Wells Fargo
Migrant workers' remittance lifts millions out of poverty
World Refugee Day 2017 in Italy
Ex IFAD czar Nwanze new Graziano cheerleader at FAO
ROME – Controversial former IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze has been hired by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva to drum up support in Africa as a goodwill ambassador for the Brazilian agron
'Insider trading' concern over FAO watchdog election
ROME – FAO supremo José Graziano da Silva is seeking to consolidate his vice-like grip on the UN agency by backing the candidature of veteran Pakistani hungercrat Khalid 'booby' Mehboob as 'Indepen