The Commissioner-General of the United Nations: Expo 2020 Dubai is an international occasion for the exchange and transfer of experiences

Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division of the United Nations Department of Global Communication, Commissioner-General of the United Nations to Expo 2020 Dubai, stressed that Expo 2020 Dubai is a good international occasion for exchanging experiences and transferring them to countries that need them.

Nasser said that World Food Day, which falls on October 16 of each year, is the first international day to be celebrated at Expo 2020 Dubai, and it is one of the most important international days to be celebrated as it is an issue that affects everyone in the world, and the celebration takes place in cooperation with the World Food Organization. International Food and the UAE.

He pointed out that the United Nations held in New York, last September, a summit on the world’s food systems, and a set of recommendations and decisions were taken, and one of the objectives of the celebration is to remind the people and compel the leaders who announced the decisions to develop a plan to implement them, so that we can achieve food security, and so that you can Food systems that preserve the environment and are less harmful to the earth.

On the date of implementing the plan, he said that implementation will take time.

One of the goals of the celebration is to remind people that people have a role, our actions are our future and that is our motto today, and I hope everyone will learn that the small thing we achieve has an impact on the lives of others and our lives on this planet.

He stated that the continent of Africa is inhabited by one billion and 800 million people, and is the second largest continent in the world in terms of population, and it is the continent that has the largest number of people who suffer from poverty, and this is the result of colonialism and war.. He pointed out that the United Nations is working with the African Union to develop plans A strategy that achieves integration between the goals of 2030 and the African countries’ plan for the year 2062.

He said that Expo 2020 Dubai is distinguished by its hosting of all countries of the world, including African countries, as it is a good international occasion for exchanging knowledge and achieving the slogan "Connecting Minds and Creating the Future";

For this purpose, the United Nations is present with other international organizations to work and benefit from successful experiences and transfer them to the countries that need them.