Senior UN official arrives in Myanmar for five-day visit
31 October 2011 –
A United Nations expert urged world leaders today to put the
right to
food before industry interests when committing to a
food security
plan later this week at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, warning of the negative impacts that biofuels and
financial speculation have on this basic
human right.
“The G-20 made an
important statement of
intent by placing
food security at the top of its agenda. But agreeing on a
food security action
plan without addressing biofuels and spec ....
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