20 July 2021
WHAT: The three-day Pre-Summit gathering of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food Systems Summit is less than a week away, starting on Monday, July 26.
Virtual media accreditation will close this Sunday, July 25 (register here).
A schedule of press briefings, press conferences and media events throughout the Pre-Summit will be published for accredited media only by Friday, July 23.
WHEN: The Pre-Summit begins with the opening plenary at 09:00 CEST, Monday, July 26. The tentative agenda for the Pre-Summit is available online.
WHO: Among the delegates due to participate in the Pre-Summit are:
- Mario Draghi, Prime Minister of Italy
- Katrin Jakobsdottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
- H.R.H. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand
- Beatriz Argimon, Vice President of Uruguay
- ´¡²Ô³Ù¨®²Ô¾±´Ç Guterres, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General
- Amina Mohammed, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy Secretary-General
- Agnes Kalibata, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General¡¯s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
- Karina Gould, Minister of Development, Canada
- Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, US
- ²Ñ²¹°ù¨ª²¹ Juliana Ruiz, First Lady of Colombia
- Ban Ki-moon, Former Secretary-General, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Sabrina Elba, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The Summit will also be supported by representatives from across Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies including:
- Inger Andersen, Chair, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Task Force and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵEP)
- David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
- Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF)
- Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Women
- Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
- Peter Thomson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Special Envoy for the Oceans
- Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCCD)
- Thanawat Tiensin, CFS Chairperson and Permanent Representative of Thailand to FAO,
- IFAD and WFP
- Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵ) Movement
- Naoko Yamamoto, Chairperson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Nutrition
Notes to editors
Journalists can register for news updates from the Summit here and apply for accreditation for the Pre-Summit here.
For more information, contact FSScommunications@un.org
About the 2021 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food Systems Summit
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food Systems Summit was announced by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on World Food Day last October as a part of the Decade of Action for delivery on the SDGs by 2030. The aim of the Summit is to deliver progress on all 17 of the SDGs through a food systems approach, leveraging the interconnectedness of food systems to global challenges such as hunger, climate change, poverty and inequality. More information about the 2021 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food Systems Summit and list of Advisory Committee and Scientific Group members can be found online: /foodsystemssummit
The Food Systems Pre-Summit is being held in Rome under the leadership of the Secretary-General and in partnership with the Government of Italy from July 26 to July 28 before the Summit in September.
