International Year of the Potato 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 25 November 2005 by the Food and Agriculture Organization, which was to facilitate the implementation of the year, affirmed "the need to revive public awareness of the
Armenia and the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. Armenia was included in the initial group of 50 countries to conduct national consultations on the global Post-2015 development agenda. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations mission is to stop the starvation in the world. They have to insure whether people around the world have access to healthy meal for daily bases. This is the main goal of FAO’s performance. Since 1993, Armenia is a member of FAO. The office in Yerevan was built in 2004. From the beginning of corporation, Armenia has been receiving by FAO assistance in giving live(realizing) to