Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Topic I: Ensuring Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a biennial conference where the global community, composed of government delegates, ministers of agriculture, civil society organizations, and the private sector, continues an eight-decade long campaign to eradicate hunger and ensure global food security. Since its founding in 1945 at a historic meeting in Quebec City, Canada, the FAO has brought together representatives from 194 member countries and the European Union at its headquarters in Rome, Italy. The conference aims to foster global policy, knowledge exchange, and joint action to address challenges in the primary economic sector worldwide. The 44th iteration of the FAO conference centered on the theme “Fostering Innovation for Food Security,” with an emphasis on climate resilient and sustainable agriculture systems transformation. At SECSY, delegates will be asked to develop comprehensive strategies to protect global food systems against escalating climate threats while ensuring equitable access to nutrition, especially within the world’s most vulnerable agricultural communities.
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Juan Carlos Gonzales
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
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Laiba Effendi
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Laiba is a first-year student at Yale University, majoring in Data Science on a Pre-Dental track. After two years of high school debate, she decided to branch out into Model UN and is thrilled to be competing for the first time this year as a member of MUNTY.
Outside of Model UN, Laiba is a dedicated volunteer for CodeHaven, where she works with New Haven fifth graders to teach programming fundamentals in Scratch and Python. She also serves as an intern at EducateUS, where she advocates for menstrual health education and equity, an issue she’s deeply passionate about.
When she’s not coding or preparing for conferences, you can find Laiba trying new outdoor sports like canoeing and adventure parks, exploring local matcha spots with her friends, or rewatching her favorite comfort shows and movies (she’ll never say no to New Girl, How I Met Your Mother, or Mamma Mia!).