Joint Press Release
Website for The High Level Meeting For Africa on ENDING Hunger launched
Addis Ababa, 17 June 2013- From 30th June to 1st
July, African and international leaders as well as other key
stakeholders in the food security sector will meet at the African Union
headquarters with a focus on renewing partnership for a unified approach
to end hunger in Africa.
The High Level Meeting on Renewed Partnership for a Unified Approach to
End Hunger in Africa is jointly convened by the African Union, the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Lula
Institute. The meeting will commit to a set of principles, policies and
strategies to resolve the problem of hunger by 2025, which will feed
into the national and regional Comprehensive Africa Agriculture
Programme (CAADP) Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans.
The
meeting will also brainstorm ways to support African countries, their
governments and organized civil society to incorporate successful
experiences from other countries.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of
the Lula Institute will deliver the keynote address on Ending Hunger
through a Unified Approach, in which he will share the Brazilian
experience.
The major outcomes of the meeting will be:
· A
declaration expressing political commitment to promote and unify
African and international efforts: to fight hunger; to share technology;
to boost the resilience of rural communities; to build or rebuild rural
livelihoods; and assure food security for urban populations.
· Identification
of immediate joint action to be taken in a specific place in Africa, to
showcase the potential of this coordinated initiative.
A RECEPTION FOR THE AFRICA UNION CHAIRPERSON IN LONDON
A RECEPTION FOR THE AFRICA UNION CHAIRPERSON IN LONDON
