FAO Secretariat

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The FAO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and implements the programs and decisions of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations under the leadership of its Director-General.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative body
organ of an international organization
secretariat
technical body
affiliatedWith United Nations system
coordinates FAO’s day-to-day operations
employs administrative staff
international civil servants
technical experts
follows decisions of FAO member states
goal support FAO mandate to achieve food security for all
support sustainable agriculture and rural development
hasComponent FAO country offices
FAO headquarters departments
FAO liaison offices
FAO regional offices
FAO subregional offices
hasLeader Director-General of FAO
headquarteredIn Italy
Rome
implements decisions of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
programs of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
languageOfWork Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
operatesUnder FAO Basic Texts
authority of the FAO Director-General
partOf FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
prepares technical documentation for FAO meetings
provides policy advice to FAO member countries
technical assistance to FAO member countries
subjectTo oversight by FAO governing bodies
supports FAO Conference
FAO Council
FAO Programme of Work and Budget
FAO emergency and resilience activities
FAO field programmes
FAO governing bodies
FAO knowledge management
FAO normative work
FAO partnerships and outreach
FAO policy assistance
FAO statistical work
FAO technical committees

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Director-General of FAO
hasAuthorityOver
FAO Programme of Work and Budget
preparedBy
SOFI ("FAO Statistics Division")
producedBy
FAO headquarters ("FAO Director-General’s office")
tenant

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