The trend in hunger reduction in developing countries means that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of undernourished
people by 2015 is within reach with the requisite political commitment, UN
spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a press conference.
The annual report is published jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
and the World Food Program (WFP).
More than 800 million people -- or one in every nine on the planet -- suffer from hunger, but a new joint UN agency report released Tuesday stated that the
Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs) of halving the proportion of undernourished
people by 2015 is still within reach, he said.
MDGs are a set of eight anti-poverty targets to be reached by 2015.
The report confirmed a positive trend Nike Air Force 1 Scontate , which has seen the number of hungry people decline globally by more than 100 million over the last decade and by more than
200 million since 1990-92.
"China alone has reduced the number of undernourished people by 138 million in this period, while the 10 countries that have achieved greatest success in
reducing the total number of hungry people in proportion to their national
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release.
To date, 63 developing countries have reached the MDGs, and six more are on track to reach it by 2015, said the report.
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UN food agencies wrote in their foreword to the report.
The report noted that access to food has improved rapidly and significantly in countries that have experienced economic progress, notably in Eastern and
Southeastern Asia.
Food access also improved in Southern Asia and Latin America, but mainly in countries with adequate safety nets and other forms of social protection.
Despite significant progress overall, several regions and sub-regions lag
behind.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than one in four people remain chronically undernourished, while Asia Nike Special Field Air Force 1 Marrone Alte Boots Scontate , the world's most populous region, is also home to the majority of the hungry -- 526 million
people, said the report.
"Very slow progress was recorded in several African countries, including Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi Nike Air Force 1 Flyknit Basse Tutte Bianche Scontate , Namibia, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, where the number as well as prevalence of undernourished
people in the population increased, according to the report.
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the good performance of the region as a whole.
With the number of undernourished people remaining " unacceptably high," the agency heads stressed the need to renew the political commitment to tackle
hunger and to transform it into concrete actions.
Latin America and the Caribbean have made the greatest overall strides in increasing food security. Meanwhile Oceania has accomplished only modest
improvement. The report specified that hunger eradication requires establishing
an enabling environment and an integrated approach.
This year's report includes seven case studies -- Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti, Indonesia Donne Nike Air Force 1 Basse Grigie Bianche Scontate , Madagascar, Malawi and Yemen -- that highlight some of the ways countries tackle hunger and how
external events may influence capacity to deliver on achieving food security and
nutrition objectives.
The findings and recommendations of the report will be discussed by governments, civil society, and private sector representatives at the Oct. 13-18
meeting of the Committee on World Food Security, at FAO headquarters in Rome.
The report will also be a focus of the Second International Conference on Nutrition in Rome from Nov. 19-21, which FAO is jointly organizing with the
World Health Organization. This high- level intergovernmental meeting seeks
renewed political commitment to combat malnutrition with the overall goal of
improving diets and raising nutrition levels.
BUENOS AIRES, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Three Argentinian businessmen appeared to be involved in the FIFA scandal investigated by the United States Department of
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charge of sports marketing for FIFA (International Federation of Association
Football), said local media on Wednesday.
The investigation is led by U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of New York and thus far has 14 defendants: nine FIFA officials and five corporate
executives.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, seven FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich this Wednesday at the request of the United States, among
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(Paraguay) Uomo Nike Air Force 1 Basse Strata Grigie Scontate , the latter is the former President of South American Confederation of Football (CONMEBOL).
Among accusations are awarding the seat of the World Cup tournament and the broadcasting rights, for which they would have allegedly committed fraud,
mismanagement and money laundering.
Up until 17:30 local time (20:30 GMT), Argentinian football authorities had publicly addressed this issue.
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