Pre-Summit National UNFSS Meeting on “Pakistan’s Food System Transformation” UNITED NATIONS FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT- 2021

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Type of Dialogue

Member State

Stage

Stage 2

Convened by

Abdul Ghufran Memon, Federal Secretary for National Food Security & Research

Language of Dialogue Event

Bi-Lingual, English & Urdu

Date/time

From: Friday, July 16, 2021 at 05:00 UTC
To: Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:00 UTC

City

Islamabad, Pakistan

Geographical focus

Pakistan

Format

In-person

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Curator

Dr. Azeem Khan- Chairman PARC

Description

Time Slot

(PST)

Description

Presenter

09:50- 10:00

Guests to be seated

All Participants

10:00- 10:05

Tilawat-e-Quran-e-Pak

10:05- 10:10

National Anthem

10:10- 10:15

Message of Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan

His Excellency Mr. Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

10:15- 10:25

Welcome Speech, Secretary Ministry of National Food Security & Research (NFS&R) & National Convenor UNFSS-2021 State Dialogues

Mr. Ghufran Memon,

Secretary, MNFSR

10:25- 10:55

Sharing of Pakistan’s Progress on United Nations Food System Summit Preparations “A Synthesis of UNFSS – Game Changing Priorities in Country Context”

Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan

Curator for UNFSS Pakistan Dialogues

Chairman Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), MNFS&R, Islamabad

10:55- 11:00

Remarks by UN Resident Coordinator

Mr. Julien Harneis

UN Resident Coordinator – Pakistan

11:00- 11:10

Remarks by Special Assisstant to Prime Minister (SAPM) for BISP/EHSAAS

Dr. Sania Nishtar,

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) of Pakistan/Federal Minister, Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (PASS) Division

11:10- 11:20

Remarks By Ex-Governor State Bank Pakistan

Dr. Shamshad Akhtar,

Global Advisory Committee UNFSS,

Ex- Governor State Bank

11:20- 11:40

Remarks Action Track Global Leads (3 minutes each)

Global Leads UNFSS Action Track

11:40- 11:55

Address by Chief Guest

Syed Fakhar Imam

Honorable Minister NFS&R

11:55- 12:00

Closing Remarks by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM), NFS&R

Mr. Jamshed Iqbal Cheema

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM), Ministry of NFS&R

Acknowledgement

Ministry of National Food Security & Research, FAO, UFAD, WFP, GAIN, Provincial Governments, Mr. Faiz Rasool (Senior Policy Advisor) facilitated the event.

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Image credit: PARC