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General view of the World Food Day 2008 ceremony held in the Plenary Hall of FAO headquarters.

General view of the World Food Day 2008 ceremony held at FAO headquarters as FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf addresses the Plenary.

FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf opening the World Food Day ceremony in the Plenary Hall of FAO headquarters.

FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf delivering the World Food Day ceremony address.

FAO Goodwill Ambassador Senator Rita Levi Montalcini follows proceedings during the 2008 World Food Day ceremony.

Her Excellency Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of the Arab Republic of Egypt, delivering the keynote address during the 2008 World Food Day ceremony.

FAO Goodwill Ambassadors follow proceedings during the 2008 World Food Day ceremony. Pictured are Senator Rita Levi Montalcini (right), Justine Pasek (centre), and Al Bano Carrisi (left).

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General view of the World Food Day 2008 ceremony held in the Plenary Hall of FAO headquarters.

16 October 2008, Rome - World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy is the theme of this year's World Food Day held on 16 October, the day that FAO was founded in Quebec City in 1945, and now observed annually in some 150 countries. Speaking at the 28th World Food Day ceremony, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf called for a political and financial push to boost agriculture in the world's poor countries, double global food production and free the world of hunger and malnutrition.

10/16/2008

Location Rome

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