UNITED STATES OFFICIAL CHOSEN FOR SENIOR POST AT UN ANTI-HUNGER AGENCY

UNITED STATES OFFICIAL CHOSEN FOR SENIOR POST AT UN ANTI-HUNGER AGENCY
New York, Jun 19 2007 7:00PM
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today that James G. Butler of the United States has been appointed Deputy Director-General of the Rome-based anti-hunger agency.

Mr. Butler, who is expected to assume his new post in January 2008, succeeds David Harcharik, who has held the number two position at the <"http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2007/1000606/index.html">FAO since the start of 1998.

In a statement announcing the appointment, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said Mr. Butler has worked at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture since December 2005 and before then served as a senior official with the US Department of Agriculture.
2007-06-19 00:00:00.000

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