Task Force Participants
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- UN Development Programme (UNDP)
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World Bank
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- Department of Political Affairs (DPA)
- Department of Public Information (DPI)
- Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Food Security for All meeting 26-27 January 2009, Madrid, Spain
On 28 April, 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General established a Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis under his chairmanship and composed of the heads of the United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes, Bretton Woods institutions and relevant parts of the UN Secretariat.The Task Force is chaired by the UN Secretary-General. FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf is the Vice-Chairman. The Secretary-General appointed Assistant Secretary-General David Nabarro as Coordinator of the Task Force, effective 1 January 2009. He replaces UN Under-Secretary-General John Holmes, who returns to full time engagement with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.The primary aim of the Task Force is to promote a unified response to the challenge of achieving global food security, including by facilitating the creation of a prioritized plan of action and coordinating its implementation.
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