ROME—The World Food Programme, taking the lead among UN agencies in the Eternal City, is tightening its policy against sexual harassment “to strengthen protection for victims as well as to find and
ROME – A senior World Food Programme executive responsible for the UN agency’s hunger-fighting operations in strife-torn Afghanistan has been suspended from duty in Kabul following an external inve
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ROME— One of the few women executives to reach a high-level position in the macho-dominated world of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Fernanda Guerrieri, has been
ROME – The World Food Programme boosted its income by up to dlrs 1 billion last year as the UN agency retained “strong support” in the United States while Britain, Germany and the EU also are stepp
ROME – A senior FAO official told a court Thursday that Italian Insider had "scandalously" accused him of "providing prostitutes" for former FAO director general Jacques Diouf, strongly denying any
ROME – FAO staff representation bodies have lambasted Director General José Graziano Da Silva at the UN agency’s annual council, saying that under his leadership “FAO seems to continue on a path to
ROME – A number of high level FAO staff are asking for and receiving from Director General José Graziano da Silva a special exemption to the UN agency’s official retirement age of 62, FAO sources s
ROME — FAO staff are up in arms over the Brazilian management’s decision to close the UN agency over Christmas week but t
ROME -- The FAO Director General, José Graziano da Silva, reportedly has applied for Italian citizenship but the Italian authorities evidently are dragging their feet over the request, perhaps bec
ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organisation, in an evident, costly move to provide support for the growing flock of rooky Latin American staff members hired by Director General José Graziano da Si
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
ROME – Will IFAD President Gilbert Houngbo be able to resist the charms of the UN agency’s veteran American spin doctor Cassandra Waldon?
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
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
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.
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
ROME — Despite the summer heat the FAO’s Latin American clique continues to consolidate its grip on top jobs at the UN agency.
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.
