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Challenges to Zero Hunger in Conflict/Crisis Areas in NENA Region-Somalia and Yemen
©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti
10 May 2018, Rome--- The region is currently home to the largest number of conflicts in the world, leading to widespread food insecurity and massive displacement.

Some of such challenges include: i) ensuring respect for the human right to adequate food and for International Humanitarian Law (in accordance with the Article 1, Geneva Convention); ii) challenges in accessing affected populations; iii) building effective coordination amongst all stakeholders; iv) developing and adapting effective financing mechanisms; v) integrating emergency interventions and medium, long‐term policies to promote resilience.

Statement by José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General.
11min. 53sec.

Statements by (00:00) Ghazi Zeaiter, Chairperson of NERC34, Minister for Agriculture of the Lebanese Republic (in Arabic); (11:22) Othman Hussein Faid Mujali, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of the Republic of Yemen (in Arabic); (25:32) Hamud Ali Hassan, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
32min. 29sec.

Statements by (00:00) Amir Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director, World Food Programme; (10:37) Darine El-Khatib, FAO’s Special Goodwill Ambassador for Zero Hunger in NENA Region.
16min. 15sec.

Ministerial Discussion, interventions, and wrap‐up and the way forward.
38min. 01sec.
Topic(s): Agriculture & crops, Food production & stocks, Food Security, Meeting, Resilience, Rural or agricultural development, SDGs, Zero Hunger
Produced by: FAO
 
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