February 7, 2002
World Hunger Demands Attention -- Now
As the aftermath of September 11 prompts questioning about anti-Western rage, a good starting point is a statistic: 800 million. That's the number of people in the developing countries who lack "food security" -- who don't have enough food to perform the basic tasks of daily living.
Nearly 30 years ago, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger made a promise to the first World Food Conference: "Within a decade, no child will go to bed hungry." No one has made good on Mr.
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