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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a global meeting at its Rome headquarters June 10-13, 2002, to review progress towards ending hunger. Participants at the meeting, the World Food Summit: Five Years Later, tracked progress achieved since the 1996 World Food Summit and considered ways to accelerate the process.

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Photo of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman "Global food security will be greatly enhanced by continued trade liberalization. And in emergency situations, food aid will remain an integral tool for providing humanitarian relief."
Ann M. Veneman
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

 

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