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6 Interview with CITES 40 Decolonization of a
Secretary-General museum?
Ivonne Higuero
42 Nouvelle législation Suisse
14 Prime Minister Cabo Verde en matière d’analyse
Jose Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva génétique
the Swiss referendum
16 Azerbaijan and Armenia :
Reflecting on the peace process 45 À la découverte des “Have you noticed,” my colleague point on how food has come to play also to promote knowledge about
institutions politiques asked one day, “how much we are an important role in international their own countries, including
18 India’s G20 Presidency Suisses paying attention to food prices these relations. The United Nations set up – and sometimes especially! – their
days? Prices increase every month, the Grain Initiative assuring exports cuisine. So, what can we do, we
20 Une nouvelle Égypte 48 Humeurs technologiques and wherever you turn, you see of both Russian and Ukrainian ordinary people, on our level?
creative cooking receipts to do more cereal crops. What we might call
with less, advice on nutritious and food diplomacy seems to be the rise. “Well,” my colleague reflected, “the
24 Interview avec Alain Moser 50 The Sannas inexpensive food, and so forth. The In diplomacy there are many ways to creator of the World Trade Center
Directeur général A Couple, a Northern COVID pandemic aftermath, and the excel in the use of food. Some might Twin Towers in New York, Guy
de l’Ecole Moser Outpost and an conflict in Europe have led us to realize use it as a means of exercising power Tozzoli, used to say, ‘When people
Extraordinary Restaurant the extent to which our different and influence, whereas others might trade together, they do not fight,’
33 Discovering Saudi Arabia : economies are interconnected, and use it as a way to create friendly and claiming that trade and diplomacy
peaceful relations among neighbors go hand in hand.”
how much we need one another.
Al Ula and friends. The Black Sea Grain
“We did not think much about it has proven itself to work very So, let me change that a little and put
36 United in “Moitié-Moitié”? earlier, but all of a sudden, we all well, and it has saved a lot of food- it this way: in many parts of the world,
It’s bigger - it’s called woke up to the harsh reality about importing countries from social you can see how people gather around
The Welsch ! a year ago. Let me give you an unrest, not to mention food riots. one or several dishes. In fact, more
example,” he continued. “One day, Of course, we have the Food and often than not, a meal of some sort is at
there was no more mustard in the Agricultural Organisation striving the center of a gathering be it business
shops in France, then the same thing to achieve food security, trying or social. And such is the case for the
happened to sunflower oil. There was to make sure people have regular typical Meze in the Middle East or a
literally no more to be found in the access to enough high-quality food meal in Africa, Asia or elsewhere.
markets for a while, until the various to lead active, healthy lives. Their
importers found new suppliers. In a mandate is to improve nutrition, So, while the politicians are debating
country like France, where people increase agricultural productivity, and disputing, let’s meet for some
use a lot of mustard and oil in their raise the standard of living of personal food diplomacy events.
The views expressed are the Mailing address: Editor: Marit Fosse salads, it came as a huge shock. You rural populations and contribute Such occasions are an excellent
responsibility of the authors and do DIVA International Diplomat Deputy editor: Evelina Rioukhina considered yourself lucky if your to global economic growth. The opportunity to get to know one’s
not necessarily reflect the views p/a Salle de Presse 1 shopkeeper was kind enough to be World Food Programme, a United neighbors and to discover something
of DIVA Palais des Nations Graphic Design: Iris Hariz willing to sell you one jar of mustard. Nations member state organization, of the culture they are a part of when
© www.divainternational.ch 1211 Geneva 10 ® Can you imagine?” is another one, also addressing it is different from our own. If we eat
Tel: +41 22 917 43 01 Contributing to this issue: hunger and promoting food security, together, we are not going to fight,
DIVA International is a publication Robert J.Parsons, Annegret Matari, The last twenty years or more of especially in difficult situations. are we? Rather, these occasions can
of Graficim Media Ltd E-mail: Jean-Michel Wissmer, Evelina globalization have made it obvious be used to launch long, continuing
29 Linconl’s Inn Field, Holborn, diva.international@gmail.com Rioukhina, Christian David, Sanjay that we cannot go back to the pre- On a personal level, diplomats conversations leading to at least a
WC2A3EE, England Acharya, Pierre-Michel Virot, Cold-War basis of international organize dinner parties and little less tension in the world and a
Véronique Vesval, Alex Caire, Gheed relations, although some would receptions, not only to celebrate little more harmony. Upon this note,
ISSN: 1660-1934 El Bizri, Christian Pauletto like us to do so. This leads us to the events and national holidays, but we wish you all a wonderful day!

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