INDEPENDENT NEWS

UN Economic Council To Meet On Growing Food Crisis

Published: Thu 17 Apr 2008 10:10 AM
UN Economic and Social Council to hold meeting on emerging food crisis
16 April 2008 - 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.
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.
ENDS
Latest World News | Top World News | World Digest | Archives | RSS

Next in World

UN Envoy Backs Demand For Immediate Gaza Ceasefire Amid ‘Cataclysmic Suffering’
By: UN News
Cholera Cases Soar Globally; Malawi, Haiti Deadliest Outbreaks, WHO Reports
By: UN News
US Urged To Halt First Execution By Nitrogen Asphyxiation
By: UN News
View as: DESKTOP | MOBILE © Scoop Media