The Sub-Committee for the Eradication of Hunger in the Arab Region is a sub-committee formed in 2018 by the League of Arab States (LAS), to follow up on the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab region, particularly Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) which focuses on eliminating food insecurity and malnutrition and enhancing sustainable agriculture practices. The committee includes governments and specialized international and regional institutions. APN is a member of this sub-committee, and a co-chair of Working Group (5) on Ending Hunger in Conflict-Affected Countries, alongside UN- ESCWA.

Main Headlines:

• We highlighted Gaza during the 10th Meeting of the Subcommittee for the Eradication of Hunger at the League of Arab States on 10 December 2023. (More)

• Zuayter presented recommendations for the Arab Food Security Strategy at the League of Arab States (LAS) on 27 July 2023. (More)

• Zuayter actively participated in the 9th meeting of the Sub-Committee for the Eradication of Hunger in the Arab Region on 4 June 2023. (More)

• Zuayter reaffirmed the importance of advancing the implementation of the "Arab Tree Path" during the 7th meeting, held on 19 June 2022, and the 8th meeting, held on 28 November 2022.

• Zuayter calls the Sub-Committee to conduct field visits in the Arab region during the 8th meeting for the Sub-Committee, held on 28 November 2022. (More)

• APN Chairperson, Razan Zuayter, attended the signed ceremony of the statement for the "Initiative for the Eradication of Hunger in the Arab Region". The statement emphasized the need for rapid tackling of the new food security challenges in the Arab region. LAS Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and several Arab and international organizations were present at the ceremony which was held on 31 October 2022. (More)

• APN was selected among the invitees by the Sub-Committee to prepare a paper on the food crisis in the Arab Region, on 15 August 2022. (More)

• Zuayter delivered an important intervention at the 7th meeting of the Sub-Committee for the Eradication of Hunger, held on 19 June 2022. (More)

• APN presented a set of questions to different Arab countries, in the context of researching the possibility of implementing the "Arab Tree Path" project in each country, during a meeting of the Sub-Committee for the Eradication of Hunger in the Arab Region of the League of Arab States, held in December 2021. (More)

• On June 22^nd, 2021, APN presented a general and initial conception for implementing the "Arab Tree Path" project during the fifth meeting of the Sub-committee on the Eradication of Hunger of the League of Arab States (More)

• APN completes an important milestone in December 2020 by implementing the 'Arab Tree Path' in cooperation with the Arab League. (More)

•  APN and the FAO Meet in Cairo to Discuss the Promotion of the "Arab Tree Path" in collaboration with the Eradication of Hunger of the League of Arab States. (More)

• APN proposes a joint regional agricultural project titled “The Arab Tree Path” to the “sub-committee” and prepares to hold its first consultation on January 14, 2020.  (More)

• APN participated in the 3rd meeting of the Sub-committee for the Eradication of Hunger in the Arab Region, at the headquarters of the Arab League in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.  

• On April 3^rd & 4^th, 2019, APN presented the Million Tree Campaign as a success story to the 2^nd meeting of the “Subcommittee” at the LAS Headquarters in Cairo.

• APN contributes to setting the Terms of Reference for the Working Group concerned with Ending Hunger in Conflict-Affected Countries in the Arab region at its first meeting held at the UN ESCWA Headquarters in Beirut on March 20th, 2019. 

• The “Subcommittee” meets for the first time at the Arab League in Cairo Egypt on September 2018. APN was invited to the meeting to contribute to its preliminary road map.