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 World Food Summit five years later


This is as a follow up to  vol. 44.4 of Soc for lntl Dev (SID)  journal on
'Food
> Security and Livelihoods', and in order to update you on SID engagement in
> the preparations for the World Food Summit (WFS) five years later review.
>
> The WFS review will take place in Rome on June 10th-13th. The event will
be
> articulated around a number of plenaries and roundtables, open to country
> delegations as well as 606 representatives from NGOs and civil society
> organisations. Country representatives are already working on the draft
> document of the Declaration which will be issued as the Summit
declaration.
> This paper is available on the web at
> http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/practical.htm Comments on the text are
> sought and NGOs/CSOs are invited to express their views.
>
> Organisation of a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue (MSD) was endorsed by the FAO
as a  way of facilitating dialogue and enabling civil society
representatives to
> convey their views on food security issues to the government delegates.
The
> MSD has now been scheduled on Wednesday June 12th at 2.30 pm, with
> voluntary attendance by country delegations.
>
> Parallel to the official Forum, an event organised by NGOs/CSOs will be
> held on June 8th-13th.  Among the main themes identified for discussion in
the Forum are the right to food, food  sovereignty, alternative models of
agricultural production and access to resources. Street rallies and other
events are expected, with mobilisation
> of peasants, NGOs/CSOS, fisherfolks, agricultural workers, trade unions
and
> indigenous peoples of the world calling for food sovereignty.
>
> Planning on all the parallel events is fast advancing; workshops and
> small meetings are being organised in both the official and the NGOs/CSOs
> Fora. Please I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest
convenience.
> With warm regards,
Elena Mancusi-Materi
> Society for International Development (SID)
> E-mail:elenam at sidint.org                        Web:http://www.sidint.org