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14 July 2021

With less than two weeks until the Pre-Summit in Rome, the following key dates have been confirmed:

• Thursday, July 22: deadline to apply for media accreditation (). Please note, all media activities will be virtual and there will be no in-person media attendance at the Pre-Summit.
• Friday, July 23: accreditation will be confirmed by email.

The tentative agenda for the Pre-Summit is available online, with regular press briefings for accredited media to be announced in due course. Highlights include:

Among the delegates due to participate in the Pre-Summit are:

• ´¡²Ô³Ù¨®²Ô¾±´Ç Guterres, Ãå±±½ûµØSecretary-General
• Katrin Jakobsdottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
• H.R.H. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand
• Amina Mohammed, Ãå±±½ûµØDeputy Secretary-General
• Agnes Kalibata, Ãå±±½ûµØSecretary-General¡¯s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
• ²Ñ²¹°ù¨ª²¹ Juliana Ruiz, First Lady of Colombia
• Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Ãå±±½ûµØHigh Commissioner for Human Rights
• Massimo Bottura, Goodwill Ambassador for the Ãå±±½ûµØEnvironment Programme (UNEP)
• Sabrina Elba, Ãå±±½ûµØGoodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Notes to editors

Journalists can register for news updates from the Summit here and apply for accreditation for the Pre-Summit here.

For more information, contact: FSScommunications@un.org

About the 2021 Ãå±±½ûµØFood Systems Summit

The Ãå±±½ûµØFood Systems Summit was announced by the Ãå±±½ûµØSecretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on World Food Day last October as a part of the Decade of Action for delivery on the SDGs by 2030. The aim of the Summit is to deliver progress on all 17 of the SDGs through a food systems approach, leveraging the interconnectedness of food systems to global challenges such as hunger, climate change, poverty and inequality. More information about the 2021 Ãå±±½ûµØFood Systems Summit and list of Advisory Committee and Scientific Group members can be found online: /foodsystemssummit

The Food Systems Pre-Summit is being held in Rome under the leadership of the Secretary-General and in partnership with the Government of Italy from July 26 to July 28 before the Summit in September.