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The first World Food Conference was held in 
The FAO commemorated this conference with the issue of a CERES Medal featuring
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Rome
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in 1974 (5-16 November) by the United Nations under the auspices of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
(FAO), in the wake of the devastating famine in Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
in the preceding two years.
Perhaps the most famous statement made at the conference was by then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...
who made the declaration that within 10 years no child would go to bed hungry.
In the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition
The Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition was adopted on 16 November 1974, by governments who attended the 1974 World Food Conference that was convened under General Assembly resolution 3180 (XXVIII) of 17 December ...
, governments attending the World Food Conference proclaimed that ''"every man, woman and child has the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition in order to develop their physical and mental faculties."''
Among other outcomes, the conference put in place a World Food Council World Food Council (WFC) was a United Nations organization established by the UN General Assembly in December 1974 by recommendation of the World Food Conference. Its headquarters was in Rome, Italy. WFC's goal was to serve as coordinating body for ...
(subsequently disbanded) and led to follow-up World Food Conferences.
The FAO commemorated this conference with the issue of a CERES Medal featuring Germaine Tillion
Germaine Tillion (30 May 1907 – 18 April 2008) was a French ethnologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government. A member of the French resistance, she spent time in the Ravensbrück concentration ...
.
See also
*Right to food
The right to food, and its variations, is a human right protecting the right of people to feed themselves in dignity, implying that sufficient food is available, that people have the means to access it, and that it adequately meets the individual ...
*World Food Summit World Food Summits are convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1974 World Food Conference
The first food summit, the "World Food Conference", took place in Rome in 1974.
1996 World Summit on Food Security
The World ...
References
External links
www.fao.org
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