World Bank Chief Calls for G8 Help to Feed World’s Hungry
WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2008 (ENS) – When the Group of Eight, G8, leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries open their annual meeting Monday in Japan, the twin issues of food and fuel costs will be front and center on the agenda. On Wednesday, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick called on the G8 leaders [...]
Read More »UN: Biofuel Production ‘Criminal Path’ to Global Food Crisis
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 28, 2008 (ENS) – The United States and the European Union have taken a “criminal path” by contributing to an explosive rise in global food prices through using food crops to produce biofuels, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food said today. At a press conference in Geneva, Jean [...]
Read More »Angry Food Riots Are the New Face of Hunger
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 9, 2008 (ENS) – Warning that spiralling food prices are leading to increased poverty and unrest, several senior United Nations officials are calling for urgent measures to tackle the global crisis, which is causing the most suffering among the world’s poor. The World Food Programme’s deputy executive director is warning [...]
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