FAO Conference 40th Session: 9 Things to Know.
The Conference is FAO’s highest governing body.
The 40th Session of the FAO Conference will be held on 3-8 July, 2017.
The Conference is the organization’s highest governing body and sessions are held every two years.
The Quebec meeting is considered the first Conference, and since then the Conference has been held biennially for more than 70 years.
Built in 1951, the Plenary Hall is the most important room at FAO Headquarters and is especially designed to hold high-level meetings such as the FAO Conference.
It has a seating capacity of 1,180 people including the main floor and the gallery.
The dominant colour in the hall is blue, a reminder of the blue of the United Nations flag.
Measuring around 500 square metres over 18 panels, the figurative work is an allegoric representation of the sky and the ocean floor.
The Conference is multi-lingual.