FAO NOBEL LAUREATES for Food Security and Peace

11 May 2016 FAO, Rome, Italy FAO NOBEL LAUREATES 11 May 2016 for Food Security and Peace FAO, Rome, Italy

PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS

9:00 to 10:00 Muhammad Yunus Registration and Reception As the founder of Grameen Bank, Muhammad 10:00 to 10:05 Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Welcoming Remarks for his ground-breaking work in the use of Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships, Advocacy microcredit and microfinance to build economic and Capacity Development, FAO and social development in poorer countries. 10:05 to 10:20 Key Note Address Oscar Arias Sánchez José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO Former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias 10:35 to 11:30 Sánchez was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Nobel Peace Laureates Addresses 1987 for his tireless efforts to end the civil wars that ••Prof Mohamad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank plagued Central America at the time. His peace ••Oscar Arias, former President of Costa Rica plan was approved by Costa Rica, Guatemala, El ••Tawakkol Karman, former member of the UN Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. post-2015 High-Level Panel ••Betty Williams, President, World Centers of Tawakkol Karman Compassion for Children International ••Kofi Annan, President, Kofi Annan Foundation Tawakkol Karman is a Yemeni women’s rights (video message) activist and advocate for peace. She won the 11:30 to 12:15 Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work in the non- violent struggle for the safety of women. General Discussion Permanent Representatives and Audience from the floor Betty Williams

12:15 to 12:30 1976 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Betty Williams is Launch of the FAO-Nobel Peace Laureates a Northern Irish activist for peace. Together with Alliance for Peace and Food Security fellow recipient Mairead Corrigan, she founded the Community of Peace People to campaign 12:30 against violence and discord between Catholics Closing Remarks and Protestants in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. 2016 I5583E/1/0.16 ©FAO