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Ukraine adopted as a member of FAO
Ukraine has become a member of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNIAN news agency has informed (the news distributed by www.ArtUkraine.com).
According to the press-service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, such a decision has been made at the 32nd FAO conference, which took place in Rome on November 29.
UN's FAO is a specialized institution, founded as early as in 1945. Its main aim is boosting of the living standards in all countries of the world, provision of efficiency of agricultural production and spread of all kinds of foodstuffs and agricultural production. As of today, 187 world countries are FAO members.
Ukrainian delegation chairman at 32nd FAO conference, Agricultural Policy Minister Serhiy Ryzhuk thanked the delegates of the FAO member countries for the support of Ukraine in its intention to become a full-fledged member of this organization. Having underscored that Ukraine, by its potential and natural wealth is one of the most perspective countries of Europe, he expressed a belief that Ukraine will be able to render real support to the efforts of the world community in the solution of such a global problem as hunger overcoming.