In a meeting on the margins of the 51st Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) held at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome on 23-27 October 2023, Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio, Spain’s Ambassador at Large for Global Food Security and the current Chairperson of the CFS expressed his sincerest gratitude to Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Panganiban for gracing his invitation to meet with him and for accepting the invitation to be a speaker in the panel discussion on monitoring CFS policy recommendations on social protection for food security and nutrition. The CFS Chair also expressed his appreciation for the Philippines’ unwavering support and contribution to the work of the CFS.