The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced that Her Royal Highness, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, has graciously agreed to represent the Organization as an FAO Special Ambassador for Zero Hunger.

The announcement was made during a special presentation to the Princess at a ceremony to mark the 36th World Food Day at FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

Achieving a world of zero hunger by 2030 is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2) developed and agreed by the international community. FAO has been identified as a UN “custodian” agency of SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).

“The acceptance of Her Royal Highness to represent the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization as a Special Ambassador for Zero Hunger will greatly improve awareness of both policy makers and the public of what, collectively, we must do to achieve a world without hunger,” said Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific. “With political will and commitment we can be the zero hunger generation.”

Her Royal Highness, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, has long been a champion of projects to end hunger and improve nutrition in her own country Thailand and also in other countries of the Asia-Pacific region, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Timor Leste.

It was because of the many years devoted by Her Royal Highness in the fight against hunger and support for improvements to nutrition, that FAO’s Director General José Graziano da Silva proposed the role of FAO Special Ambassador for Zero Hunger.

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