AsiaDHRRA is set to participate in the CSO Parallel Consultation held in conjunction with the 30th FAO-Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea on September 27-October 1, 2010.
The consultation will bring together representatives of farmers, fisherfolk, Indigenous Peoples, rural women, rural youth, cooperatives, NGOs and other civil society organizations, to discuss the priority issues that are affecting the food security of the region.
The CSO Consultation aims to provide the official FAO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference (APRC) process critical inputs from the various CSO perspectives and positions on the priority issues they  have identified in the February 2010, Manila FAO-CSO Consultation, anchored on the experiences from the ground, especially by the basic rural sectors. These priority issues will be deliberated on keeping in mind the official APRC agenda and possible windows for engagement during the official interphase.  It also aims to further strengthen the solidarity and cooperation among existing broad-based civil society mechanisms to sustain the engagement and cooperation among themselves and with FAO and its Member States based on a shared agenda of pursuing agriculture and trade policies that are responsive and appropriate. The event also aims to raise public opinion on the issues affecting food security and sovereignty and the need for urgent and immediate actions from FAO and the Member States, especially in the  context of the new framework for global governance in food and agriculture aimed at addressing the weaknesses in the global fight against hunger and malnutrition, which is the goal of the reform of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).