03 December 2021 - World Soil Day 2021 - (Composite picture from left): QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General; Alexandra Valkenburg, Permanent Representative of the European Union to FAO and the Holy See; Mr Pyotr Ilyichev, Director of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Lydia-Stella Koutika winner of the Glinka Prize; Thanawat Tiensin, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to FAO; Victor Chude, Nigeria Institute of Soil Science; Lucrezia Caon, International Consultant on Soil; Laura Bertha Reies IUSS; Lifeng Li, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO; Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General.