food crisis

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Ban hails potential of new Mediterranean Union at Paris summit

14 July 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Union for the Mediterranean, a new initiative aimed at boosting ties across the region which was launched at a high-level summit in Paris over the weekend.

Lauding G-8 resolve to tackle food crisis, UN urges practical steps to help hungry

10 July 2008
Welcoming the commitment shown by the leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) leading industrialized nations at their summit in Japan to combat the global food crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for practical steps to alleviate hunger for millions around the globe.

UN seeks $400 million to feed Afghans hit by food crisis and drought

9 July 2008
The United Nations and the Government of Afghanistan today appealed for just over $400 million to feed 4.5 million people who are struggling as a result of rising food prices, poor harvests and drought.

UN urges G-8 to boost investment in agriculture to reduce global hunger

8 July 2008
The United Nations agencies working to alleviate global hunger have called for decisive action by the Group of Eight (G-8) most industrialized countries, currently meeting in Japan, to boost investment in agriculture to help feed the world.
Secretary-General addresses student body of Hokkaido University

In Hokkaido, G-8 leaders have ‘unprecedented’ chance to halt global food crisis – Ban

8 July 2008
The Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Hokkaido, Japan, bringing together the heads of the world’s richest nations, provides an “unprecedented” opportunity for global leadership to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging millions around the world into hunger, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.