In response to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Speech at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Eric Munoz, Policy Advisor for Oxfam said:
“Secretary Clinton has shown strong leadership in focusing world attention on the problems of hunger and malnutrition. But at a time when food prices hover near record heights enabling instability and unrest to sweep across the globe, the US and world governments are failing to meet their pledges to address food security.
“Just under two years ago at the 2009 G8 Summit in Italy, world leaders including President Obama pledged to provide $22 billion over three years to help deal with urgent threats that have pushed millions of people into hunger and poverty. Today, as Secretary Clinton addresses the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, governments including the US remain far behind in disbursing these desperately needed funds.
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