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Emergency meeting on drought crisis
21.07.2011 09:45 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
FAO is convening an emergency ministerial-level meeting on Monday 25 July 2011 to address deteriorating drought conditions in the Horn of Africa and several other regions worldwide.
Organized at the request of the French Government, currently chairing the G20, the meeting will look at possible measures to address the crisis, which is affecting food supplies and prices in several countries. The meeting itself does not intend to be a pledging conference.
In a special report published on 20 July 2011, the FAO-managed Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network officially declared a state of famine in two regions of southern Somalia. The report warns that in the next one or two months famine will become widespread throughout southern Somalia.
Participation in the meeting is by invitation. In addition to FAO Member Governments, and the UN System, a wide range of international nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations are expected to attend.
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