The
U.S. National Committee for World Food Day
presents:
Twenty-First
Annual World Food Day Teleconference
Watch
it live on CCCSAT!
Broadcast
date: Friday, October 15, 2004
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Channel: CCCSAT Channel 90
Although
this event is being presented free of charge, please register
with CCCSAT if you plan on participating.
(It
will take less than one minute!)
POLITICS
OF HUNGER: WHAT'S AT STAKE?
Decisions
affecting the state of food insecurity in the world take place
at all levels and in many places from civil society meetings
to corporate boardrooms to UN conferences. Politics, broadly
defined, is "the art of allocating resources" or "who gets
what, when and how." In spite of summits and studies and surveys
indicating a high degree of support for ending hunger, the
world community has been unable to meet the goal of cutting
hunger in half by 2015 much less of achieving a world free
of hunger. This year's program will examine the decision-making
process involved in developing food policies.
Dr.
Werner Kiene, World Food Program representative to the Bretton
Woods Institutions (World Bank and IMF), will be the special
guest on the program. Dr. Kiene brings broad knowledge of
the policymaking process and worldwide practical experience
from a lifetime spent in working on economic and social programs,
especially in the developing world. In addition there will
be a live uplink with the World Food Prize laureate from the
ceremonies in Iowa and one or two taped cameo commentaries.
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