On Monday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced plans for a summit on the global food crisis at the 36th Session of the Conference of the Organization in Rome this November. The proposal for the meeting had already received support from the heads of State and Government of the League of Arab States at the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Kuwait last January, the African Union (AU) at its assembly in Addis Ababa in February this year, and the heads of state and governments of several other States.
After the announcement, FAO Director-General Jaques Diouf said this of the food security summit:
“The Summit should lead to greater coherence in the global governance of world food security. It will define how we can improve policies and the structural aspects of the international agricultural system by putting forward lasting political, financial and technical solutions to the problem of food insecurity in the world”
The announcement was made after the leaders of the countries of the Caribbean Economic Community (CARICOM) announced their support for the food summit. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil was among the supporters. Town Hall panelist Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota is minister counselor of the Brazilian Mission to the UN, and will be speaking about the impact of the food crisis on Brazil. Mr. Patriota’s bio can be found here.
Posted by Sara Chupein
