WFP Says World Leaders Need to do More to Tackle Hunger

(21 Sept 09 - RV) In the week that will see the meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York and the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, the World Food Programme is calling on world leaders to keep the issue of hunger high on the agenda. WFP says that for the world’s most vulnerable, hunger is a stark reality.Moreover, its budget to feed 108 million people in 74 countries this year is US$6.7 billion.  But to date the UN organization has less than a third of their estimated costs.
WFP spokesman Greg Barrow says the world’s leaders need to step up to the plate in a bigger way...