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Linguistic info


Arabic
   منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة

English
   Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
   - Remarks The Food and Agriculture Organization (the Organization), was established on 16 October 1945. Its headquarters are in Rome, Italy. The purpose of the Organization is to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; secure improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products; better the condition of rural populations; and thus contribute toward an expanding world economy and ensure humanity's freedom from hunger. 
   - Source FAO Conference, FAO, 2005. 
   FAO
   - Form Abbreviation

Spanish
   Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
   - Remarks Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación 
   - Source Denominación obsoleta. 
   FAO
   - Form Abbreviation

French
   FAO
   Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture
   OAA
   - Remarks Le sigle officiel est « FAO »; il est d’ailleurs déposé et protégé – comme faisant part de l’emblème de l’Organisation – depuis le 1er juillet 1964 auprès de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (alors Bureaux internationaux de la protection de la propriété intellectuelle) au titre de l’article 6 de la Convention de Paris pour la protection de la propriété industrielle. 

Italian
   Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura
   - Source GB, FAO, 2005. 
   FAO
   - Source GB, FAO, 2005. 

Portuguese
   Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação
   - Remarks Lang=Pt 

Russian
   Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций
   - Source TRG/KCCM, FAO, 2007. 
   ФАО
   - Source TRG/KCCM, FAO, 2007. 

Chinese
   联合国粮食及农业组织


Record info

Entry Number 46063
Status Validated
Location Public
Reliability 5  - International Standard (or formally accepted title)
Source Language English
Category Bodies
Source TRS, 1982;  TRG/KCCM, FAO, 2007.;  CCLM, FAO, 2011 (MA232);  37th Session of the FAO Conference (C 37) MB767.;  AC2011/19 Official Name of FAO in Spanish, August 2011.; 
Haeadquarters Rome, Italy 
Subject TITLES 
Remarks Also [OAA]in French. The use of OAA is restricted to the title of the Permanent Representative and to the Director-General's invitations only. The proposal that the official name of FAO in Spanish be brought into line with the other languages of FAO to read “Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura” will be presented to the Thirty-seventh Session of the FAO Conference (Rome, 25 June-2 July 2011) for endorsement.