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<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rome</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, 3-5 June 2008</span></font></b></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website: <a href="http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/hlc-home/en/" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/hlc-home/en/</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"….Securing world food security in light of the impact of climate change may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century. <br>
<br>An estimated 850 million people in the world today suffer from hunger. Of those, about 820 million live in developing countries, the very countries expected to be most affected by climate change. Governments, international organizations, civil society, the private sector and other actors, must work together to address these challenges and to devise appropriate strategies and responses…."<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></b></span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SOARING FOOD PRICES: FACTS, PERSPECTIVES, IMPACTS AND ACTIONS REQUIRED</span></font></b></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 28 May 2008</span></font></b></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Available online PDF [50p.] at: <a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/foodclimate/HLCdocs/HLC08-inf-1-E.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/foodclimate/HLCdocs/HLC08-inf-1-E.pdf</span></font></a> </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"….Further sharp price hikes and continued volatility in markets for food supplies appear to be likely for the next few seasons, according to a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the run-up to a summit on the global food crisis which is being held in Rome.  </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FAO lists 22 countries that it says are particularly vulnerable to food price increases because of high levels of chronic hunger and because they are net importers of both food and fuel. The report cites Eritrea, Niger, Comoros, Haiti and Liberia as being especially at risk. </span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Participants at the 3-5 June summit will discuss how agriculture can be harnessed to produce enough food to meet the demands of the world's growing population. Many Heads of State and Government , as well as UN Secretary-General and the heads of many UN organizations and the Bretton Woods institutions, will attend the event. The new international task force – brings together the heads of key UN agencies, the International Monetary Fund IMF, the World Bank and other international experts – on the global food crisis is due to present its action plan…."</span></font></p>

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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I.    Introduction </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">II.   Brief assessment of recent developments </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">III.  What next?</span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A.  Country-level impacts </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">B.  Household-level impacts of high food prices </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Climate-related transboundary pests and diseases</span></font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"><a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/foodclimate/HLCdocs/HLC08-inf-7-E.pdf" target="_blank"><b><font color="#996600"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #996600; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><img height="16" src="cid:image001.gif@01C8C18B.2A234AB0" width="16" border="0">></span></font></b></a></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HLC/08/INF/8</span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Provisional list of documents</span></font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt"><a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/foodclimate/HLCdocs/HLC08-inf-8-E.pdf" target="_blank"><b><font color="#996600"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #996600; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><img height="16" src="cid:image001.gif@01C8C18B.2A234AB0" width="16" border="0">></span></font></b></a></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HLC/08/INF/9-Rev.1</span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arrangements for the High-level Conference and  information for participants</span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HLC/08/BAK/1 </span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the food and agriculture sector </span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Climate change, water and food security</span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HLC/08/BAK/4 </span></font></p></td>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Climate-related transboundary pests and diseases</span></font></p></td>
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