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Organization
Record information and status
Record ID
15816
Status
Published
Date of creation
2006-08-23 14:16 UTC (philippe.leblond@cbd.int)
Date of last update
2019-02-22 21:31 UTC (anastasia.beliaeva@cbd.int)
Date of publication
2019-02-22 21:31 UTC (anastasia.beliaeva@cbd.int)

General information
Name of the Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) - Biotechnology
Coordinates
Coordinates
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) - Biotechnology
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome
Italy, 00153
Phone:+39 (0) 6 57051
Fax:+39 (0) 6 570 53152
Email:biotech-website@fao.org,FAO-HQ@fao.org,Official-Correspondence-Group@fao.org
Url:Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) - Biotechnology
Contact Information
Type of organization
  • UN and other specialized agency of the UN Common System
Thematic areas
Environmental, food and feed safety
Organization’s profile
The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.
Linked organizations
Red de Cooperación Técnica en Biotecnología Vegetal (REDBIO/FAO)
P.O. Box 10095
Santiago
Chile
Phone:+56 2 337 2224
Fax:+56 2 337 2101
Email:redbioargentina@gmail.com
Url:Red de Cooperación Técnica en Biotecnología Vegetal (REDBIO/FAO),REDBIO/FAO (English)
Codex Alimentarius Commission (Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome
Italy, 00100
Phone:+39 06 5 7051
Fax:+39 06 5705 4593
Email:Codex@fao.org
Url:Codex Alimentarius Commission
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
AGDI, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome
Italy, 00153
Phone:+39 (0) 6 5705 4812
Fax:+39 (0) 6 5705 4819
Email:IPPC@fao.org,IPPC-Secretary@fao.org
Url:International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
Contact person
Dr. Andrea Sonnino
Senior Agricultural Research Officer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome
Italy, 00153
Phone:+39 (0) 6 5705 5499
Fax:+39 (0) 6 5705 6361
Email:andrea.sonnino@fao.org
Url:http://www.fao.org/
Additional Information
Additional Information
FAO recognises the potential of biotechnology in promoting human well-being, particularly in meeting critical needs for food, agriculture and health care, and the need to promote the safe adoption of biotechnology through biosafety as defined in the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Biosafety refers to the need to protect human health and the environment from the possible adverse effects of the products of modern biotechnology.

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