Fatshimetrie, the leading online magazine, brings you a deep dive into the latest advances in international coordination for food systems transformation. At the recent symposium in Amman, Jordan, discussions focused on the importance of a multidimensional approach to achieving effective food systems transformation.
Amr Aljowaily, Egyptian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Affairs and International Security, stressed the need for international coordination between different international agencies, organizations and mechanisms, as well as national coordination between relevant government ministries and agencies. This comprehensive approach is essential to guarantee the right to adequate food, enshrined in international law, and to implement the “Right to Food” guidelines established by the Committee on World Food Security and the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2004.
In accordance with the Egyptian Constitution, the State is committed to ensuring food resources for the entire population and to protecting and expanding agricultural areas. Egypt is also working in collaboration with United Nations agencies to respond to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, resulting from Israel’s continued aggression. Aljowaily stressed the responsibility of the United Nations and its agencies to conduct an assessment of food and agricultural security needs, while ensuring immediate access to food for the population of the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
This two-day meeting brought together an impressive number of representatives from the University of Oxford, FAO, the World Food Programme and the World Bank, highlighting the crucial importance of international collaboration and joint initiatives to promote a positive transformation of food systems globally.
Fatshimetrie continues to closely follow these major developments in food security and international coordination, highlighting the actions and commitments of key actors to address global food challenges.