Rome – Irate FAO professional staff staged a walk-out protest Thursday in solidarity with general service staff who were on strike for a fourth day against "autocratic" management at the UN agency

 ROME – General service staff at the FAO have voted for three days of strike action starting Monday to protest what they call “the autocratic approach” of the UN agency’s management and “lack of re

ROME – FAO chief "hatchet man" Denis Aitken, stepping up his attack on union rights, ordered Friday systematic monitoring of staff taking part in demonstrations and strikes “so that the appropriate

NEW YORK - Ban Ki-moon has obtained the approval of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to pay more to senior staff, financed by cuts to junior and mid-level staff, union officials sa

ROME - FAO management ratcheted up pressure on staff unions last week-end, issuing written reprimands to union officials for organising a protest against job cuts, union sources said Monday.

ROME - Irate FAO staff staged a protest strike over threatened job cuts this week and management said salaries will be cut in reprisal, union sources said Friday.

ROME – “More than 120 countries” reputedly endorse the re-election of the FAO director general but which nations officially support José Graziano da Silva remains a mystery, diplomatic sources say.

ROME - Most OECD countries have stopped short of endorsing FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva's bid for re-election, evidently waiting to see if there is another candidate, FAO sources say

ROME– Samba-dancing executive Telma Viale’s bid to be FAO HR chief failed but the statuesque Salvadorean is spearheading a pricy headhunting firm the UN agency is using to recruit honchos, FAO sour

ROME – He claimed to be a Kenyan diplomat in charge of hiring staff for the FAO, but in reality he was a conman with a long track record of similar tricks in Italy.

ROME – Dr Sarah Al Rakayan outlined Kuwait’s plans to combat an ever-changing food culture at a panel at FAO’s international conference on nutrition this week.

ROME – FAO Latin America Chief Forestry officer Jorge Meza evidently has disregarded the director general’s ban on croneyism, adjudicating a long term consultancy to girlfriend Maria Mercedes Proañ

ROME – The Dutch Ambassador to the FAO, Gerda Verburg, is considering running as a candidate for election as Director General of the UN agency, diplomatic sources said Thursday.

ROME -The FAO is laying off 111 of its staff in Somalia and Kenya, raising concern about the agency's capacity to deal with a future famine, FAO sources say

ROME –The FAO will follow “precautional measures recommended by Italian authorities” against Ebola when thousands of delegates arrive for an international nutrition conference, the UN agency says.

ROME --A World Food Programme (WFP) staff member tested negative for Ebola at a Rome hospital Wednesday having felt unwell after returning from Guinea, WFP said.

ROME – FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva insisted the UN agency buy him a brand new Mercedes despite at least seven other limousines being in the car pool for him to use, FAO sources said