BBC news from M.S(Mary Small)
The United Nations has announced for plans for a task force to deal with worldwide rise in food prices. At the summit of international agencies in Swizerland, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the immediate priority was to find enough funds to feed the hungry. It's reported from D.L(David Loyn)
"There was no doubt in the sense of the emergency of the UN meeting , the head of World Bank Robert Zoellick said that what the world is facing may not be a natural disaster but it is still a disaster, and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -Moon said the there is risk of the social unrest on the an unprecedented scale. He said it has to is to head a task force to come up with solutions in the medium term and he is asking the richest countries for urgent funding of food aid now. Mr Zoellick said there had been many pledges but pledges do not feed hungry mouth."
posted @ 2008-05-01 21:04
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