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Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman
CATHERINE BERTINI was Executive Director of the UN World Food Program from 1992 to 2002. DAN GLICKMAN was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 to 2001. They are Co-Chairs of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Global Agricultural Development Project, from whose final report this essay is drawn. The project's full report is available online at www.thechicagocouncil.org/globalagdevelopment.
It is not easy for Americans to understand the starvation... full story
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I want to thank President Rodríguez Zapatero for hosting this High Level Meeting on Food Security for All. This is a welcome occasion, and I pledge my support with you to work to address global hunger.
I am sorry that I could not attend today, but I am sending a strong team composed of senior officials from across the United States government who will report back to me after the meeting.
President Obama has made clear that alleviating hunger worldwide is a top priorit... full story
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(UN) On 11 September 2008, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008. This report was one of the key inputs for the High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals held on 25 September 2008.
The Report is the most comprehensive global assessment of progress as of August 2008. It is based on work carried out by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the official MDG Indicators. It provides hard evidence for each of the eight MDGs, showin... full story
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During Passover, MAZON asks rabbis, cantors, and synagogue social action committees to encourage their congregants to help fight hunger. By donating to MAZON what they would have spent to invite one additional person to their seder table, these individuals and their families can fulfill the ancient Passover tradition of allowing “all who are hungry to enter and eat.” Download Passover 2009 materials and learn more today.During Passover, MAZON asks rabbis, cantors, and synagogue socia... full story
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