by Beth | Jun 10, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
VATICAN, Jun 10, 02 (CWNews.com) — In a message to participants in the World Food Summit, which opens today in Rome, Pope John Paul II said that “poverty and hunger constitute a concrete threat to peace and international security.” The Pope expressed...
by Beth | Jun 10, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Daughters of Charity music group raises approximately £2,000 in 12 hour musicthonSee photos and story
by Beth | Jun 10, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
ROME–At 3:00 AM on Monday morning the United States stood alone among all nations of the world in blocking further discussion of the draft text of the declaration that governments will sign at the World Food Summit. What was leading the U.S. to stop the all...
by Beth | Jun 9, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
For first draft see http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y6684E/Y6684E00.HTM For related links see World Food Summit 5 Years Later http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/english/index.html For background information and facts on hunger see...
by Beth | Jun 8, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Fighting hunger is not only a moral imperative, it also brings large economic benefits,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, proposing a new global “Anti-Hunger Programme” on the eve of the World Food Summit: five years...
