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Barguna, 18-21 November 2011: Mr Manoj Juneja, FAO Deputy Director-General (Operations) visited Bangladesh during 18 to 21 November 2011. During his visit, Mr Juneja went for field visit in Bamna of Barguna district to observe activities on food security and nutrition for the poor, especially women and children under the development project, jointly implemented by three UN agencies –UNICEF, WFP and FAO, funded by the Spanish Government. Mr Juneja also visited project area of the World Bank funded Emergency Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project and distributed agricultural inputs and power tillers among the project beneficiaries (who are the affected by Cyclone Sidr). During the field visit, Mr Juneja was accompanied by Mr Luis Tejada, Ambassador of Spain, Mr Neal Walker UN Resident Coordinator, Ms Christa Rader, WFP Representative and Country Director, Mr Michel Saint Lot, Deputy Country Director, UNICEF and Mr Dominique Burgeon, FAO Representative in Bangladesh.
Apart from the field visit, Mr Juneja had meetings with high level government officials including Ministers for Finance, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Food and Disaster Management and Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests. |