Political Quotes

“I rise today to join people from more than 150 nations in celebrating October 16 as World Food Day. World Food Day brings much-needed attention to hunger and malnutrition around the world. Inadequate nutrition is an unremitting global health threat. Over 840 million people in the world are hungry, including more than 300 million children. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has worked for 59 years to help both developed and developing nations create their own sustainable food supply. Because of the organization's achievements, many people who did not know where their next meal would come from can now live healthy and productive lives. Workers from the Food and Agriculture Organization have assisted farmers in Swaziland with growing new crops to combat problems of hypertension and sugar diabetes. They have offered alternatives to more than 2000 poor coca farmers in Bolivia, helping to curb the production of cocaine. Recently, the organization approved $400,000 in emergency relief funding for Caribbean countries devastated by this year's hurricanes.”