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    World Food Prize Winner Pioneers Dry-Area Irrigation

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    In Niger, Hope for Ending Hunger

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News from the Mission

  • Statement by the President on the Attack in Benghazi
    Statement by the President on the Attack in Benghazi

    September 12, 2012 -- I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts and prayers. 

  • Ambassador David J. Lane with Stefano De Caro, Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM).
    Ambassador David J. Lane Presents Diplomatic Credentials to Director-General of ICCROM

    Rome, August 2012 -- The Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, David J. Lane, presented his diplomatic credentials to Stefano De Caro, the Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) 

  • Ambassador David J. Lane Presents Credentials
    Ambassador David J. Lane Presents Credentials

    The Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), David J. Lane, presented his diplomatic credentials to the Director-General of the (FAO) José Graziano da Silva on Monday, August 6, 2012 at FAO headquarters in Rome. 

  • The White House
    White House on $12 Million More for Aid to Syria

    August 3, 2012 -- Press Statement [...] Today, on behalf of the American people, the President approved an additional $12 million in U.S. humanitarian assistance to support those most affected by the crisis in Syria. After nearly 17 months of conflict, the humanitarian situation is dire and rapidly deteriorating.  

  • Arrival of Ambassador David J. Lane
    Arrival of Ambassador David J. Lane

    Rome, July 23, 2012 -- USUN Rome welcomes the arrival of Ambassador David J. Lane as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 16, 2012, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2012, and officially sworn into office on July 19, 2012. 

  • USUN Chargé d’Affaires Karen E. Johnson and Julio de Castro, FAO Representative in Mozambique, with women from the Farmer Field School in Magude, Mozambique
    Chargé d’Affaires Karen Johnson Travels to Zimbabwe, Mozambique

    July 12, 2012 -- In late June 2012, USUN Rome Chargé d’Affaires, Karen Johnson, traveled to Zimbabwe and Mozambique on a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) field visit. Together with six other country representatives to the FAO—from the EU, Indonesia, Iran, France, Morocco, and Switzerland—Ms. Johnson met with local government officials and visited FAO projects in these countries. 

  • Chargé d’Affaires Karen Johnson
    USUN Rome celebrates the Fourth of July

    Rome, July 4th, 2012 -- Chargé d’Affaires Karen Johnson hosted this year’s 4th of July reception for the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome at Villa Laura, her residence.  

  • The U.S. announced $81 million in humanitarian assistance for the Sahel in Africa at the WFP in Rome on June 5th, 2012.  WFP/Rein Skullerud.
    U.S. Increases Emergency Assistance to the Sahel

    Rome, June 5, 2012 -- The United States is providing over $81 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help those most in need in the wake of the drought gripping the Sahel region of West Africa, Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced in Rome today.  

  • World Food Programme Executive Board 2012 – photo credit WFP/Rein Skullerud
    Opening Intervention by USUN Rome Chargé d’Affaires, Karen E. Johnson WFP Executive Board Annual Session

    June 4, 2012 -- [...] We are happy that FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva is here today. Your presence this morning reinforces the renewed focus on collaboration among the Rome-based agencies. And we are honored that you, Mr. de Mistura, are here with us also. 

  • Chargé d’Affaires Karen Johnson Honors Military Servicemen and Women at American-Italian Memorial Day Ceremony
    Chargé d’Affaires Karen Johnson Honors Military Servicemen and Women at American-Italian Memorial Day Ceremony

    Nettuno, May 28, 2012 -- [...] Over two-hundred veterans, United States and Italian military members, government representatives, families and students braved the rain to honor the fallen heroes for their extraordinary courage, valor and unwavering devotion. 

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Holiday Closure


  • The Mission will be closed on Monday, October 8, 2012 in observance of the Columbus Day American holiday.

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US Food Aid: Reducing World Hunger

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