food crisis

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.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

Ban welcomes move by Saudi King to tackle ‘abnormally high’ oil prices

16 June 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the decision by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah to convene a meeting of the world’s major oil producers to discuss ways of dealing with soaring fuel prices.