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UN Economic and Social Council to hold meeting on emerging
food crisis
Accra, April 16, Ghanadot/GNA - The
President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has
announced plans to hold a meeting of the Council early next
month to discuss how to respond to the growing food crisis
around the world.
Ambassador Léo Mérorès of Haiti, the current ECOSOC
President, made the decision after consultations with the
Bureau of the Council and with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
UN spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters, according to
a statement from the UN Information Centre in Accra on
Thursday.
Earlier this week, Mr. Ban told a joint meeting of ECOSOC,
the Bretton Woods financial institutions, the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and the UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) that it was time for both short and
long-term measures to deal with the rising cost of basic
foods.
“The rapidly escalating crisis of food availability around
the world has reached emergency proportions,” he said.
Public protests and tensions have already broken out in many
countries, including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal,
Morocco and Haiti, because of the surging cost of living.
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