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39th Session of the Committee on World Food Security FAO steps up
Rome, 15 October 2012- The 39th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) started today at FAO headquarters; an opportunity for FAO to renew its commitment to reduce the number of hungry people. Today, 870 million people are still hungry, especially in Africa and the Near East, and governments attending CFS are urged to promote responsible agricultural investments that respect rights, livelihoods and resources.

Ban Ki Moon, United Nations Secretary-General
"You are showing the world a promising way to realize our shared goal"
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2min. 7sec.

José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of FAO, at the opening of the 39th session of CFS
"We should be very concerned that hunger has risen in Africa and the Near East, and we need to concentrate our efforts in these two regions"
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7min. 38sec.

Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of IFAD, at the opening of the 39th session of CFS
"870 million people are getting far too little food for the life of heavy toil of the most food insecure people"
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5min. 54sec.

Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of WFP, at the opening of the 39th session of CFS
"This is not the time to slow our efforts, our time for reflection will be nearly exhausted"
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8min. 17sec.
Topic(s): Food Security
Produced by: FAO
 
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