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A 2023 study by the NGO [[Corporate Accountability]]<ref>https://corporateaccountability.org/who-we-are/</ref> pointed to how the FAO was controlled: | A 2023 study by the NGO [[Corporate Accountability]]<ref>https://corporateaccountability.org/who-we-are/</ref> pointed to how the FAO was controlled: | ||
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{{QB|A silent revolution is underway at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). [[Corporations]] are being given increasing influence at the expense of states, small scale food producers, [[Indigenous Peoples]] and [[civil society]]. The FAO increasingly considers the private sector to be an important [[stakeholder]] in the organization's mission<ref>https://corporateaccountability.org/resources/corporate-capture-of-fao/</ref>}} | {{QB|A silent revolution is underway at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). [[Corporations]] are being given increasing influence at the expense of states, small scale food producers, [[Indigenous Peoples]] and [[civil society]]. The FAO increasingly considers the private sector to be an important [[stakeholder]] in the organization's mission<ref>https://corporateaccountability.org/resources/corporate-capture-of-fao/</ref>}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:53, 23 November 2024
 FAO  (UN agency)    | |
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| Formation | 16 October 1945 |
| Parent organization | UN |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Victim of | Big Food, Big Ag, Big Chemical |
| Leader | FAO/Director-General |
| Sponsor of | Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance |
| Sponsored by | Bayer AG, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Subpage | •FAO/Director-General |
| UN agency captured by Big Food, Big Ag and Big Chemical. | |
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
Funding
The total FAO budget planned for 2022-23 was USD 3.25 billion. Of this amount, 31% comes from assessed contributions paid by member countries, while 69% is expected to be mobilized through voluntary contributions from Members and other "partners". The voluntary contributions remain under the control of the donors (public or private), who set priorities and determine how these resources are used, with strict principles of conditionality. The FAO provides very little publicly available information that details the financial relationships that exist with the private sector and corporate donors.[1]
Corporate capture
A 2023 study by the NGO Corporate Accountability[2] pointed to how the FAO was controlled:
A silent revolution is underway at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Corporations are being given increasing influence at the expense of states, small scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples and civil society. The FAO increasingly considers the private sector to be an important stakeholder in the organization's mission[3]
GMOs
The FAO signed a Letter of Intent with CropLife International (CLI) in October 2020. CLI is a global trade association whose members are the world's largest agrichemical, pesticide and seed companies: BASF, Bayer Crop Science, Corteva Agriscience, FMC Corporation and Syngenta. CropLife member companies make over one-third (35%) of their sales from Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). CLI asserts that it aims to provide sustainable plant science technology through the genetically modified (GM) seeds that its member corporations produce. Often these seeds are engineered to be used in conjunction with proprietary chemical herbicides.
In 2021 UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri raised this capture in his report to the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: "institutionalized agreements between organizations, such as CropLife International, representing and lobbying for the pesticide producers, and United Nations agencies may raise questions of conflict of interest and result in undue corporate influence over international policymaking." Fakhri's recommendation strongly encouraged the FAO Council "to review the agreement with CropLife International with an eye to human rights concerns" and "to consider directing the Director-General of FAO to rescind the agreement."[4]
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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| Anthony Fitzherbert | FAO/Consultant | July 2002 | As of June 2003 | |
| Louise Fresco | Director of Research and Assistant Director General | 1996 | 2006 |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
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| Bayer AG | Owner of Monsanto |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Very influential and rich foundation established to take leadership of global health. |
References
- ↑ https://corporateaccountability.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CorporateCaptureoftheFAO-EN.pdf
- ↑ https://corporateaccountability.org/who-we-are/
- ↑ https://corporateaccountability.org/resources/corporate-capture-of-fao/
- ↑ UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. (2021). Report to the Human Rights Council Forty-ninth Session.
