15 October 2021, Rome Italy - World Food Day Global Ceremony and WFD Lecture. Composite photo from left: FAO Director-General QU Dongyu; Messagge from His Holiness Pope Francis read by Monsignor Fernando Chica Arellano, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Holy See; Message from Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic read by Vincenza Lomonaco, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Italy to FAO; Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General;FAO Goodwill Ambassador Astronaut Thomas Pesquet;Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD;David M. Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, WFP;Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General;Professor Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum; Yasmina Bouziane, Deputy Director of the Office of Communications and Mr. Andre Vornic, Communications Specialist, moderators.