Armenia will host the 18th Global Child Nutrition Forum in fall 2016, the head of the United Nations World Food Program’s Armenia office and the Minister of Education and Science disclosed at a meeting Friday, March 11.

Discussing the Forum with UN’s Pascale Micheau, Minister Levon Mkrtchyan said that organizing the event is a highly responsible task, Armenia being the first former Soviet republic to host the forum.

Representatives from around 50 countries are expected to participate in the gathering.