CA Joins Brazilian President and FAO DG to Inaugurate Global Alliance Office in Rome

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus joined Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and FAO Director-General Dr Qu Dongyu in inaugurating the new office of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at the FAO headquarters in Rome.

The event took place on Monday, according to a statement from the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.

Brazil and Bangladesh are co-founders of the Global Alliance, an initiative originally proposed by President Lula nearly a decade ago.

The three leaders formally opened the facility, marking the occasion with a symbolic handshake inside the newly inaugurated office space.

Describing the initiative as a major milestone in the global fight against hunger, they underscored the urgency of collective action—particularly as the world faces two major famines in Gaza and Sudan and more than 300 million people remain food insecure.

“Let’s work together to fight hunger and combat poverty,” Professor Yunus said while addressing the gathering.

President Lula and Dr Qu also made brief remarks, stressing the importance of the new partnership and its potential to drive coordinated global action against food insecurity.

The ceremony was attended by several Brazilian ministers, as well as Bangladesh’s Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder and Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter.