GLOBAL RINDERPEST ERADICATION - Commemorative Ceremony
FAO ceremony celebrates global eradication of killer cattle plague
When: Saturday, 25 June 2011, 08.30h
Where: FAO Headquarters, Plenary Hall
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf unveiled a plaque to celebrate global freedom from rinderpest, a cattle virus and long-time threat to food security. The commemoration took place in the presence of high-level representatives of member countries, partner agencies, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Nobel Prize-winner Peter Doherty and FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Mory Kanté, Anggun, Pierre Cardin and others.
The celebration event was part of the opening day of the 37th biennial FAO Conference, the meeting of the highest governing body of the Organization, which will formally recognize global freedom from rinderpest the following week.
News: www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/80728/icode/
News: www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/80894/icode/
Background: www.fao.org/about/features/70551/en/
FAO Photo Library: photo-library@fao.org
When: Saturday, 25 June 2011, 08.30h
Where: FAO Headquarters, Plenary Hall
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf unveiled a plaque to celebrate global freedom from rinderpest, a cattle virus and long-time threat to food security. The commemoration took place in the presence of high-level representatives of member countries, partner agencies, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Nobel Prize-winner Peter Doherty and FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Mory Kanté, Anggun, Pierre Cardin and others.
The celebration event was part of the opening day of the 37th biennial FAO Conference, the meeting of the highest governing body of the Organization, which will formally recognize global freedom from rinderpest the following week.
News: www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/80728/icode/
News: www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/80894/icode/
Background: www.fao.org/about/features/70551/en/
FAO Photo Library: photo-library@fao.org
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