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
Azerbaijan and the United Nations and participatory consultations with a number of partners. The mutual relations between Azerbaijan and the UN developed rapidly in many fields. Azerbaijan joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Industry Development Organization (UNIDO) and implemented different projects and programmes in order to improve living standards, structural adjustments of economy in close cooperation with these organizations. So far different UN agencies have implemented about 50 projects which are totally cost $96.6 million. Presently United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is implementing 10 projects in different fields in Azerbaijan. UN`s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is implementing three national