20 October 2021 - High Level Opening Session of the Global Symposium on Salt Affected Soils (GSAS21). (Composite picture from left): QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Jamshid Khodjaev, Minister of Agriculture, Government of Uzbekistan; Penelope Wensley AC, National Soils Advocate, Australia; Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD); Aziz Karimov, Head of International Center on Biosaline Agriculture Regional office for Central Asia and South Caucasus (ICBA); Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez, President of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS); Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, Moderator.