International Year of the Potato Peru. Several functions and events were held throughout the world, including those by the United Nations Association in Canada, honouring Wallace McCain, co-founder of McCain Foods Limited. International Year of the Potato The year 2008 was declared the International Year of the Potato by the United Nations, noting that the potato is a staple food in the diet of the world’s population, and affirming the need to focus world attention on the role that the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty. Food and Agriculture Organization was invited to facilitate its implementation. The corresponding resolution adopted on
Permanent Representatives of Russia to international organisations in The Hague, Netherlands (part-time representatives are appointed ambassadors in the Netherlands) The Permanent Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation (representatives of part-time since 1998, appointed by the Permanent Representative of the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation) Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, the Eurasian Economic Community Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Food Program (WFP) (representative concurrently appointed Ambassador to Italy) Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organisation of