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Pledge to end famine by 2,000
ROME. Dec 12: Faced with starvation tn Somalia and new emergencies in Mozambique ‘and Sudan, the world's gov ernments on Friday pledged to eliminate famine by the year 2,000. reports Reuter.
"Hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world that has both the knowledge and the resources to end this human catastrophe." stated a resolution adopted by delegates at the end of a six-day UN nutrition conference.
Government ministers from about 160 countries partici pated tn the international conference on nutrition, sponsored by the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
According to UN figures, the world produces enough food to feed the entire planet, but 780 million people still go hungry.
But there was disagreement
over the concept of foreign powers Intervening in countries where war has kept food aid from reaching the starving, as in Somalia.
The conference's declaration addressed the Issue in a section on war and civil disturbances. stating — "all responsible parties should coop erate to ensure the safe and timely passage and distribution of appropriate food and medical supplies to those in need."
Delegates from Mexico. Venezuela and Guatemala, while not objecting to the statement, cautioned that it should not be seen as license to use food aid as a political weapon.
"The Mexican delegation believes that this guarantee should not be used to breach the sovereignty of nations." Mexico said.
Pope John Paul, in his opening address to the conference on Saturday, said the international community had a
duty to intervene if war or internal strife led to starvation.
During the conference^ a FAO expert warned that next food emergency after Somalia could be in Mozambique, where refugees returning after a 16-year civil war have no food. He also said civil war threatens starvation for people tn southern Sudan.
Brushing aside criticism that the gathering was little more than a bureaucratic rub berstamp. organisers Insisted the conference would raise awareness and give govern ments the direction needed to end the world hunger prob 1cm.
The World Declaration on Nutrition, adopted by the gov ernment ministers set a number of goals, including ending all famine and famine-related deaths by the end of the decade.
It also pledged substantially to reduce starvation.
widespread hunger and malnutrition. especially among women, children and the elderly.
Working from the premise that poverty was the underlying cause of hunger, the con ference also adopted a plan of action for ministers, to follow upon return to their countries. It contained strategics for such areas as agricultural policies, family planning and Improving access to food.
Ministers have been asked to report their progress to FAO and WHO before the end of 1994.
FAO Secretary-General Edouard Saouma acknowledged that • the conference Sied a framework to end , but offered no special •r developing countries to implement It.
He called for Increased aid from rich countries despite the problems they face in their redressing their own economies.