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"Mr President, Minister, Mr President-in-Office, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, once again, a World Food Summit has just ended and a World Summit on Sustainable Development is about to begin. Summits should do more than simply pay lip service to the global fight against poverty and hunger. Yet the horrific statistics – 800 million people suffering from malnutrition, including 300 million children – have not changed at all. Every day, 24 000 people still die of hunger. Global population growth of 2.5 billion people by 2020 means that almost 90% of this increase will take place in the developing countries. The gap between prosperity and poverty is likely to widen, not narrow, as a result.
According to the FAO, we are still a long way off achieving our target, which we adopted six years ago, of halving the world's hungry by 2015. Combating hunger and poverty is also an integral part of combating terrorism, international crime and illegal migration. This fight requires a holistic approach. The national strategies must focus on rural development and food security. Access to education and skills must be promoted, and water, renewable energies, health and agriculture must be put on the list of priorities for a new partnership to combat hunger in the world. We also need clear objectives and timescales, for otherwise, all these programmes will consist of nothing but empty promises.
Of course, the opening of the markets is important as well. However, the "Everything but
Arms" policy must not be over-estimated
The USA, too, must adapt its policies here within the WTO framework. The division of labour mooted by some people – whereby the developed world supplies industry and high-tech and the rest of the world, i.e. the less developed countries, is responsible for global food production – has nothing to commend it, in my view. Furthermore, not all the problems are due to poor distribution and re-distribution. The principle of good governance must be adopted and adhered to. The confiscation of the property of white farmers in Zimbabwe is at odds with good governance and will simply propel Southern Africa deeper into hunger. Here, too, the international and European community should clearly signal their indignation."@en1
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