Holidays
World Food Day
WorldFood Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO). It marks the date of the founding of FAO in 1945. The aim
of the Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and
strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
In 1980, the General Assembly endorsed observance of the Day in consideration
of the fact that "food is a requisite for human survival and well-being
and a fundamental human necessity."
Birthdays
Ilya Lagutenko (born
16 October 1968) is the founder and lead singer of the band Mumiy Troll
Dmitri
Hvorostovsky (born October
16, 1962),
is a baritone opera singer from Russia
Ivan Dykhovichny (16
October 1947 – 27 September 2009) was a Russian film
director and screenwriter;
the chief Director and head of the design Studio of the TV channel Russia
World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945. World Food Day aims to heighten public awareness of the plight of the world's hungry and malnourished and to encourage people worldwide to take action against hunger. More than 150 countries observe this event every year. In the United States, 450 national, private voluntary organizations sponsor World Food Day, and local groups are active in almost every community. First observed in 1981, each year World Food Day highlights a particular theme on which to focus activities.
ReplyDeleteUN-sponsored World Food Day, the annual event to draw attention to global hunger, malnutrition, and poverty, is being marked around the world.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of this year’s observance is “Agricultural cooperatives key to feeding the world.”
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says the theme was chosen to highlight the role of cooperatives -- or voluntary associations of people who work together for their common benefit in improving food security and contributing to the eradication of hunger.
The UN’s latest hunger report, released this month, warns that nearly 870 million people around the world, or one in eight people on the planet, suffered from chronic undernourishment in 2010-12.
It says the vast majority of the hungry, 852 million, live in developing countries, while 16 million people are undernourished in developed countries.
Ivan Vladimirovich Dykhovichny was a Russian film director and screenwriter.
ReplyDeleteHe directed ten films between 1984 and 2009. His film "Muzyka dlya dekabrya" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
His father Vladimir Abramovich Dykhovichny (1911–1963) was a well-known Soviet song writer, mother Alexandra Iosifovna Sinani was a ballerina. Dykhovichny was a close friend of Vladimir Vysotsky who dedicated a long poem to him.
Internationally acclaimed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born and studied in Krasnoyarsk. He is 50 years todaY! A celebrated recitalist in demand in every corner of the globe--from the Far East to the Middle East, from Australia to South America-- Hvorostovsky has appeared at such venues as Wigmore Hall, London; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh; Carnegie Hall, New York; the Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow; the Liceu, Barcelona; the Suntory Hall, Tokyo; and the Musikverein, Vienna. The singer regularly performs in concert with top orchestras like the New York Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and conductors, including James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Yuri Termikanov and Valery Gergiev.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that the 16th of October is not only the birthday of Ilya Lagutenko but also of his rock band Mumiy Troll. It was founded in 1983 in Vladivostok by vocalist and songwriter Ilya Lagutenko. The literal name of the band, 'The mummies' troll', is a pun on Moomin Troll, the series of Finnish children's books by Tove Jansson.
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