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| HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT Statements by Heads of Delegation |
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Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic, noted his country's potential to become the “granary of the Caribbean.” |
João Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea Bissau, stressed the need to increase investment in agriculture, especially in Africa. |
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María Gloria Penayo de Duarte, First Lady of Paraguay, noted that solidarity is the best pathway to social wellbeing. |
Absalom Themba Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland, drew attention to the linkages between climate change and the food crisis. |
Gabriel Ntisezerana, Vice President of Burundi, underscored that bioenergy should not threaten food security. |
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Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister, Lesotho |
Sahas Bunditkul, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | Jim Anderton, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of New Zealand |
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Sheikh Abdurrahman bin Khalifa bin Abdul aziz al Thani, Minister for Municipality Affairs and Agriculture of the State of Qatar |
Jamil Ahmad and Nazar Mohammad Gondal, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Pakistan |
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Michalis Polynki Charalambides, Minister for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus |
Erik Solheim, Minister for International Development of Norway, said the food crisis provides the opportunity to invest in improving agriculture. |
Franco Frattini, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, underlined that infrastructural development is key in combating hunger. |
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Eva Kjer Hansen, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark, supported the use of GMOs for biofuels production, with the necessary precautions. |
Marigen Hornkohl Venegas, Minister for Agriculture of Chile, emphasized the role played by the Rome-based institutions in complementing the work of the UN High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis. |
Gerda Verburg, Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands, noted that we consume more resources than can be regenerated.
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Nazar Mohammad Gondal, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Pakistan |
Sayyadi Abba Ruma, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources of Nigeria |
Dato Mustapa Bin Mohamed, Minister for Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry of Malaysia |
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Taua Tavaga Kitiona Seuala, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of Samoa |
Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland |
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| Delegates in the plenary room |
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Charles Michel, Minister of Development Cooperation of Belgium |
Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development | Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, Adviser for Agriculture of Bangladesh |
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Maria Madalena De Brito Neves, Minister of Environment and Agriculture of Cape Verde |
Josep Borrell Fontenelles, Chairman of the Development Committee of the European Parliament |
Arthur C. Yap, Secretary for Agriculture of the Philippines |
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| COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE |
Roundtable 2: Climate change and food security
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Participants addressed mitigation and adaptation strategies, public-private partnerships, economic growth, and local agricultural development. |
Erik Solheim, Minister for International Development of Norway, asked the group to consider, inter alia: incentives for local land users; how to represent vulnerable groups’ interests; and how climate change affects food access. |
Roundtable 4: Bioenergy and food security
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| Guillermo Salazar Nicolau , Minister of Agricultural Development, Panama, identified the present food crisis as an opportunity to promote sustainable development. | Pat Mooney, Executive Director of the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group), said even second-generation biofuel crops will inevitably displace food crops, calling this “morally unacceptable.” |
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| Common themes throughout the sessions included empowering small-scale farmers, water resources management and the importance of linking public policies across sectors. |
| SIDS Forum From environmental to food security concerns in Small Island Developing States |
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| Africa Forum: African livelihood responses to climate change and bioenergy |
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| Ndiogou Fall, President of the Executive Committee of ROPPA (Network of Farmers and Peasants Organizations in West Africa), and Victoria Tauli Corpuz, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
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