Akıncı condemns vote to celebrate Enosis referendum
13 February, 2017Akıncı: “The negotiations will lose their meaning if no steps are taken on enosis issue”
14 February, 2017Turkey’s official candidate for the presidential election of the Governing Council of IFAD is Raşit Pertev. Alongside Pertev, Bambang Brodjonegoro from Indonesia, Maria Eugenia Cesar Perez from Mexico, Paolo De Castro from Italy, Ismhane Elouafi from Morocco, Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo from Togo and Josefine Stubbs from Dominican Republic will compete for the presidency. The President of the IFAD is appointed for four years with a term-limit.
IFAD was created in 1977, and since then has focused exclusively on rural poverty reduction, working with the local populations in developing countries to eliminate poverty, hunger and malnutrition; raise their productivity and incomes; and improve the quality of their lives.
The 40th meeting of the Governing Council, in which financial policies are determined on agriculture and rural areas in the world, will start tomorrow to appoint the new President. In accordance with the Agreement Establishing IFAD, the Governing Council of IFAD will appoint the President at its annual meeting on 14-15 February 2017. The appointed President will take office on 1 April 2017. Turkey’s official candidate Raşit Pertev is supported by Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and many farmers’ organizations.