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UN task force to tackle food crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said he will head a task force set up to tackle the global food crisis.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:51 April 29, 2008
Bern: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said he will head a task force set up to tackle the global food crisis.
Ban said the UN had decided to meet the $755 million (Dh 2.8 billion) short fall in funding for the World Food Programme.
He also said the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization had a $1.7 billion (Dh 6.2 billion) plan to provide seeds for farmers in the world's poorest countries.
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