With more than one billion people now suffering hunger the international
community meets to reverse the situation and set the world on a path to achieving the realization of the right to adequate food.
Adoption of the Summit Declaration on Food Security followed by Statements by Heads of State and Government.
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Rising global hunger figures mask the fact that several countries have registered a significant decline in the number of undernourished people since the early nineties.
With an estimated increase of 105 million hungry people in 2009, there are now 1.02 billion malnourished people in the world, meaning that almost one sixth of all humanity is suffering from hunger.
Programme of the Summit
