Today (Thursday), the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist Tawakkol Karman will participate in the high-level launch of the Global Food Coalition, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The food coalition suggested by the Italian government and supervised by the FAO is aimed at dealing with the medium and long-term harmful effects of "Covid-19" on food systems and agricultural sectors.

According to a statement issued by the FAO, the launch will include the participation of FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Carola Schotten, several ambassadors and ministers of agriculture and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.

The statement indicated that the coalition will activate and mobilize resources and technical expertise for unified global action against "COVID-19", with the aim of helping countries get back on track to achieve the sustainable development goal of ending hunger by 2030.

The statement also clarified that the coalition will support the implementation of the FAO response and recovery program in the context of "Covid 19", as well as of the "Hand in Hand" initiative, pointing out that more than 30 countries have announced their support for the coalition, including many members of the G20 that Italy will chair next year.