ROME – Veteran FAO hatchet man Basharat Ali became interim human resources director of the FAO Thursday, replacing for the time being disgraced Peruvian honcho Fernando Servan, who was suspended f

 ROME — UN investigators have opened three separate cases against FAO human resources chief Fernando Servan including alleged charges of sexual harassment, corruption in hiring and abuse of power,

 ROME -- Food and Agriculture Organisation Director General Qu Dong Yu ordered the suspension from duty Tuesday of the Peruvian Human Resources director Fernando Servan, who was dubbed a 'sex  pred

  ROME — The Chinese FAO Director General,

ROME – The new Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has vowed to make the agency more dynamic, transparent and inclusive.

TRIPOLI, Libya – A boat carrying some 300 migrants traveling to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya Thursday, with some 150 believed to have drowned according to a spokesman for the United Natio

DHAKA, Bangladesh – The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) is working to help more than 275,000 people affected by floods in north western Bangladesh with an innovative forecast-based finan

ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider  John Phillips was convicted Friday on charges of besmirching the image of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of cha

ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider was found guilty at the Rome Tribunal Friday of criminal libel against the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of charges relating

ROME –  A defense witness who worked in the communications department of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) gave testimony Tuesday in the trial at the Rome Tribunal brought by the UN

ROME – UN Refugee Agency UNHCR is appealing to Eritrea not to close the Umkulu refugee camp after hundreds of refugees left the site in recent weeks, amidst reports that local authorities had asked

ROME -- The FAO's unctuous Uruguayan staff captain congratulated himself Friday on a "highly successful election process" won by China, announcing the UN agency would celebrate in time honoured fas

ROME – The UN’s International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) will look to stengthen its partnership with Mali and provide employment opportunities for rural youth, improve food security an

ROME – The Brazilian Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva, is set to visit Cuba from June 29 to July 1, according to a press release from the

 ROME — Western nations are considering asking the World Food Prog

ROME – Italy broke ranks with the EU at the last minute and secretely voting for the Chinese candidate Qu Dongyu in FAO elections, according to a source verfied b

ROME -- China may have 'bought votes' in the FAO election by paying the back dues to the UN agency of up to 24 poor countries in return for a pledge to vote for Beijing's candidate, diplomatic sour

ROME - David Kirvalidze told the Italian Insider Wednesday about his campaign to become the next Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

 ROME – Georgia’s candidate for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General, Davit Kirvalidze, pledged Wednesday to involve all professional staff at the UN agency in planning a bo

 ROME -- India pulled its candidate out of the race to become Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Thursday, leaving Georgia as the only developing country in the contest ag