World leaders meet on soaring food prices

2008-06-04 00:04:29 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

  ·World leaders gathered in Rome Tuesday to seek ways of tackling soaring food prices.
·The summit was hosted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
·Main topics on agenda: rising food prices, climate change, increasing production of biofuels.

    ROME, June 3 (Xinhua) -- World leaders gathered here Tuesday for a three-day summit, seeking ways of tackling soaring food prices and helping millions of people in the fight against hunger.

    The summit, hosted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is the first global response to the recent cycle of food prices hike.

Aregentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on the sidelines of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) summit in Rome, capital of Italy, on June 2, 2008.(Xinhua Photo/Telam)
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    It is aimed at winning donor pledges for urgent aid as short-term solutions and generating longer-term strategies to safeguard food production.

    The main topics on the agenda are rising food prices, climate change and the increasing production of biofuels, with the last set to spark controversies.

Aregentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) is invited to take a seat by Jacques Diouf, General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), during the FAO summit in Rome, capital of Italy, on June 2, 2008.(Xinhua Photo/Telam)
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UN chief calls for immediate lift of restriction on food exports

    ROME, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Some countries should immediately lift restrictions on food exports amid higher prices, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.

FAO chief: World needs $30 bln yearly to eradicate hunger

    ROME, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday appealed to world leaders for 30 billion U.S. dollars a year to re-launch agriculture and avert future threats of conflicts over food.

Mugabe will address UN food summit

    HARARE, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Delegations from 162 countries gathering in Rome to seek ways out of a global food crisis, will be addressed Tuesday by President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, according to local media reports.

Ahmadinejad: Iran has plans for fair distribution of food worldwide

    TEHRAN, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that his country has clear strategies, proposals and plans for fair and appropriate distribution of food worldwide, the official IRNA news agency reported.

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