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Rome, 2 juin 2008 -- A high-level meeting on Haiti opened in Rome on the eve of FAO's Summit on World Food Security (Rome, 3-5 June 2008).
In the wake of the "Friends of Haiti" initiative, last April, that enabled the World Food Programme to raise additional US$ 14 million for Haiti, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva considered appropriate to take advantage of the presence of high authorities at FAO Headquarters and gather a High-Level Meeting on Haiti. 1. President Lula, who will address the FAO Summit on 3 June, was represented by his Minister of
In the wake of the "Friends of Haiti" initiative, last April, that enabled the World Food Programme to raise additional US$ 14 million for Haiti, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva considered appropriate to take advantage of the presence of high authorities at FAO Headquarters and gather a High-Level Meeting on Haiti. 1. President Lula, who will address the FAO Summit on 3 June, was represented by his Minister of
2. Haiti, on its part, was represented by Agriculture Minister François Séverin. He welcomed solutions for short, medium and long term actionsfor the development of national agriculture and promotion of food security in Haiti but was keen on expressing his country's specific needs. (below, in French).
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