Committee on World Food Security focuses on SDGs, youth and protracted crises
Tuesday, 2015/10/13 | 08:04:08
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FAO’s Director-General welcomes delegates to first international meeting since agreement on Sustainable Development Goals
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva addresses the Committee on World Food Security.
FAO 12 October 2015, Rome-The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) opened its plenary today, marking the first international gathering on food security and nutrition since global leaders approved the Sustainable Development Agenda's goals.
That agenda includes eradication of hunger by 2030 as one of its core goals. Its approval at last month's United Nations summit "brings new momentum to our efforts," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told delegates at the CFS plenary.
"Now the world has a set date to end hunger, to achieve food security and to end malnutrition in all its forms," he said. "I do not doubt that we can become the Zero Hunger generation."
"CFS is different. So let's go out there and make this difference," said Gerda Verburg, who has served as Chairperson of the Committee for the past two years. "We are running one single race, all together, to goal Zero Hunger."
The four-day plenary, also addressed by IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze and WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, will feature debates over nutrition policies as well as focusing on initiatives centering on nutrition and youth engagement in the global pledge to eradicate hunger. Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, will give a keynote speech during a session focusing on ways to strengthen global linkages and dialogue between CFS and other food security and nutrition stakeholders.
CFS will also discuss water and food security and nutrition based on the report on the subject by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition.
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