Act Now to End Poverty and Inequality and Stop the Food Crisis

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Posted: May 30 08

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Food & health & development, Health, Poverty

desmond tutu, Every Human Has Rights, Food Crisis, GCAP, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, The Elders, Whiteband

This short video clip contains messages from The Elders (www.TheElders.org) on the right to food. The clip is part of The Elders' Every Human Has Rights campaign, and was created in partnership with GCAP to highlight our need to overcome the global food crisis.

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“The majority of the world live that way, without adequate food, waking up hungry, hearing children crying, babies dying in the arms of their mother or father because they couldn’t get food. We have enough food in the world. It’s a matter of whether we care enough”. said Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and member of The Elders.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chair of The Elders, said, “A number of wars are being fought because people are hungry. Almost everyone says I am going to do anything to make sure that my child goes to bed at least with one meal.”

“This meeting must not be another talking shop for leaders who go home and just look after their national interests. We need a sense of true solidarity with people living in poverty now. We need short and long term responses that tackle causes. We will monitor that any effort helps the poorest women and their families because we have seen in the past how easy it is to promise but how lame many leaders have been at delivery.” said Sylvia Borren, GCAP Co Chair

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