<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Maryam, <div>Wonderful news. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this effort - congratulations all! </div><div>Warm regards</div><div>Dana<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 17 Jun 2021, at 4:28 am, Louhaichi, Mounir (ICARDA) <M.Louhaichi@cgiar.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Maryam,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Indeed this is excellent news. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to everyone who contributed reaching this stage.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More work remains to be done, but I am certain we will be successful at the end.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maryam Niamir-Fuller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 16 June, 2021 5:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu; iyrpgenerallist@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IYRPsupportgroup] FAO Conference endorses IYRP proposal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends of IYRP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are very happy and pleased to inform you that the FAO Conference today endorsed the proposal from the Government of Mongolia for the designation of IYRP. Now the next step is for this proposal to be tabled at the UN General Assembly
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will know more details by the end of this week when the formal FAO Conference Report is published.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you immensely for all the good work that so many of you have done to raise awareness about the importance of having an IYRP.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now we need to pull together all of our energy, support and innovativeness towards September in New York !<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://www.iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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