The Enemy is Hunger: Rome Conference
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 5, 2008 – 9:31 am -“This is a fight we cannot afford to lose, the enemy is hunger”, so said Ban Ki Moon yesterday in Rome. However his words fell on deaf ears. So far only a measly 3 billions has been “promised” to feed the 900 million who are on the verge of starvation. Yesterday I reported that a figure of an annual 30 billion has been calculated by the UN as the ballpark figure to address world hunger. Unfortunately this conference has been highjacked by a brace of tyrants, namely the odious Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and the bearded buffoon from Iran, Ahmadinejad, who both managed to accuse the West for their ills. Additionally, Latin American countries are refusing to sign a declaration on dealing with the world food crisis, delegates at a UN food summit have told journalists (this is still developing) as a final declaration had been set to be released at 1500 GMT. Don’t hold your breath.
Tags: Ban Ki Moon, FAO, Mugabe, Rome Food Conference, Sarkozy, The Bearded Buffoon of Iran, UN
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The Hungry Look Towards Rome for Answers
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 4, 2008 – 1:20 pm -The primaries are over! Now is the time to solve the real problems as world leaders gather in Rome for the second day of talks on food price escalation and, with luck, to settle on a common strategy to deal with the crisis, the FAO has put a price on eradicating hunger: $30bn. Yep! That’s for one year.
Tags: Ahmadinejad, Community, FAO, Jacques Diouf, Mugabe, Rome, UN, World Food Conference
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