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Food & nutrition security focus of tenth summit of CPLP heads of state
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Friday, 25 July, 2014, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Dili
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fiogf49gjkf0d At the Tenth Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), which ended in Dili, Timor-Leste, food and nutrition security was placed at the centre of the Bloc’s agenda.
Speaking at the opening of the summit, José Graziano da Silva, director general, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) congratulated the leaders for this decision and reiterated the United Nations’ agency’s commitment to consolidate the food and nutrition security projects in the CPLP.
The initiatives that have been developed by FAO include supporting the design and implementation of the Regional Strategy for Food and Nutrition Security (ESAN-CPLP); strengthening public institutions; support to the implementation of National Councils of Food and Nutrition Security and the participation of civil society in the fight against hunger; a diagnosis of the state of family farming and food security, and the launch of the Together Against Hunger campaign that aims to raise not only funds for the implementation of food security projects in the CPLP, but also awareness of the importance and possibility of guaranteeing the right to food for all.
Investments using FAO’s own funds, or those received directly by the Organisation to implement projects in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, reached $14 million in 2013 and almost $10 million in the first semester of 2014.
Dili Declaration: Support to FAO
After the summit, CPLP’s heads of state and government approved the Dili Declaration, which among other things highlighted the need to eradicate hunger and poverty in the CPLP and placed food and nutrition security as a permanent issue on the agendas of the presidencies of the CPLP and of the Summits of Heads of State and Government until 2025.
The Dili Declaration also looked at different aspects of FAO’s work: the signing of a technical cooperation agreement with the CPLP; the framework of cooperation for the eradication of hunger and poverty in the member states; the promotion of activities carried out within the framework of 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming; and the organisation of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), to be held in Rome between November 19 and 21, 2014, as an opportunity for strengthening healthy food and nutrition as a public issue.
”On the way to building the world without hunger that we want, I appreciate the support of this community to the proposals I have made as director general of the organisation,” said Graziano da Silva in his speech.
It was Graziano da Silva’s first official visit to Timor-Leste. During the visit, he participated in the launch of the national action plan to eradicate hunger and malnutrition.
The plan was a response to the call made by Ban Ki-moon, secretary general, United Nations, under the Zero Hunger Challenge, which was developed with the support of FAO.
Graziano da Silva also met with Timor-Leste prime minister Xanana Gusmão and other national authorities.
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