Chair of Near East Regional Group of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Holds Virtual Meeting

On May 26, 2021, the Near East Regional Group of the FAO held a virtual meeting chaired by the Permanent Representative of Iraq, Ambassador Safiya Al-Suhail, during which three candidates for the position of the Independent Chairperson of the Council of the (FAO) were hosted.
The meeting discussed topics on its agenda related to the group’s membership in the committees of the FAO as well as the upcoming meetings of the General Conference of the Organization, and Iraq’s hosting of the FAO Regional Conference for the year 2022 in Baghdad, in the presence of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Member States, the Director-General and senior officials of the organization at regional and national levels.