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- CairoScene
Egypt Becomes First Arab Nation to Chair FAO Council
Egypt becomes the first Arab country to hold the Independent Chairperson position at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Council. Jul 04, 2025 Egyptian diplomat Mina Rizk has been elected as the Independent Chairperson of the Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the first Arab official to assume the post since the agency was founded in 1945. The election took place during the FAO's 44th session in Rome, where Egypt also secured a seat on the General Committee of the FAO Conference. The role, held for a renewable one-year term, includes guiding consensus on strategic policies, programme priorities, and budgetary decisions within the Council. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rizk's election reflects Egypt's expanding role in multilateral governance related to agriculture, sustainability, and food systems. It aligns with the country's broader agenda of increasing influence within global development institutions. The FAO Council, comprising 49 regional member countries, acts as the organisation's executive arm. As Independent Chairperson, Rizk will oversee high-level discussions on critical issues such as climate resilience, food insecurity, and sustainable agricultural development.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Now Trump Wants the Federal Government to Take Over D.C.
Trump trashed Washington D.C.'s crime and homelessness on Wednesday night while calling for the District of Columbia to be put under the federal government's control. 'I think that we should govern the District of Columbia, it's so important, the D.C. situation,' Trump said when asked about his thoughts by a reporter aboard Air Force One on his way back to the White House from Miami. 'I think we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawlessly beautiful and I think we should take over Washington, D.C.,' Trump added. 'Make it safe, people are getting killed, people are being hurt,' Trump said, without adding any context. The district is run by a council of representatives and its mayor. Council members number 13 and serve for four-year terms. Congress, however, does have the right to intervene under the home rule law, according to the Council of the District of D.C. Columbia's website. Passed in 1973, the home rule means 'Congress reviews all legislation passed by the Council before it can become law and retains authority over the District's budget,' it states. 'Also, the President appoints the District's judges, and the District still has no voting representation in Congress.' Trump said D.C. has a 'great police department' but 'somehow they're not utilized properly.' He added he got along 'great' with its mayor, Muriel Bowser, 'but they're not doing the job. Too much crime. Too much graffiti. Too many tents on the lawns of... those magnificent lawns and there's tents... and you know, it's a sad thing, homeless people all over the place. We gotta take care of the homeless. But you can't have that in Washington D.C. 'When they come in to see me... like Macron is coming, the prime minister of the UK is coming, all these people coming over to see me,' he continued. 'We'll have ultimately President Xi, we'll have everybody. … You can't let that happen.' Trump's dismissal of the city as a graffiti-ridden crime hotspot is not new; he made numerous criticisms of the municipality on the campaign trail, including an appearance in Porstmouth, New Hampshire, on Jan. 20, 2024, where he labeled it 'one of the most unsafe places you can go to, anywhere on earth.'
