With respect to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), consider the following statements:

It is a specialised agency of the United Nations.

It monitors the Desert Locust situation throughout the world.

It publishes the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA), the State of the World\'s Forests (SOFO) etc.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16^th The day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of the FAO in 1945.
It is one of the UN food aid organisations based in Rome (Italy). Its sister bodies are the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
It monitors the Desert Locust situation throughout the world.
It publishes the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA), the State of the World\'s Forests (SOFO), the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI), the State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO).

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FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16^th The day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of the FAO in 1945.
It is one of the UN food aid organisations based in Rome (Italy). Its sister bodies are the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
It monitors the Desert Locust situation throughout the world.
It publishes the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA), the State of the World\'s Forests (SOFO), the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI), the State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO).