Israel Joins UN’s New Food Coalition
9 December, 2020 |
5 years ago
Jerusalem, 9 December, 2020 (TPS-IL) -- Israel and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed an agreement to support the newly launched Food Coalition.
The goal of the Food Coalition is to facilitate access to food, increase the resilience of agri-food supply chains, and transform agri-food systems to be more sustainable and equitable.
The Food Coalition also aims to “mobilize financial resources, innovation and technical expertise, promote advocacy initiatives and establish a neutral space for dialogue among diverse and key stakeholders in support of countries most in need.”
Since the formation of the Food Coalition, Israel “has been actively participating and committed voluntary financial contributions,” the FAO stated Wednesday.
Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol stated that she is “delighted that Israel will be supporting these vital initiatives. This is a much-valued contribution, which will go towards the essential task of mitigating the impact of COVID-19.”
Ambassador Yael Rubinstein, Permanent Representative of the State of Israel to FAO said that “Israel is excited to be part of the global effort to deal with concrete projects and steps that will help us achieve better solutions to solve the food problems we face now at an extreme level, as a result of C0VID-19.”
