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1、Africa:TradingFoodAidforFoodSecurityNAIROBI,Kenya,Aug.24(IPS)—InavisittotheHornofAfricathisweek,theheadoftheU.N.FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)expressedfrustrationwiththeworldbody'seffortstoeliminatehunger."Today,inanageofstunningtechnologicalachievements,itissocially,economicallya
2、ndpoliticallyunacceptablethat790millionpeopleindevelopingcountriessufferfromchronichunger,"saidFAOchiefJacquesDiouf."Theworldproducesenoughfoodtofeedallthepeoplewhoinhabitit—anditcouldproduceevenmore."Dioufstressedthatwhileuniversalfoodsecuritywillnothappenovernight,itisaneminentlyachi
3、evablegoal.InareportpresentedinMayattheMillenniumForum,Secretary-GeneralKofiAnnancalledontheorganization'smemberstoshareina"renewedsenseofmission"toidentifyandfacethechallengesofthe21stcentury,aheadoftheMillenniumSummitplannedforSept.6-8inNewYork.HeproposedreshapingtheUnitedNationsinto
4、abodythatmakes"arealandmeasurabledifferencetopeople'slivesinthenewcentury."ExtremepovertyandrecurrentfamineinAfricaarepressingissuesthatwillbegivenspecialconsiderationatthesummit.Annanhasemphasizedtheneedfornewagriculturalstrategiestoreplacetheregion'sdependenceonyearlyfoodaidfromabroa
5、d."Wedecidedtogobeyondemergencyaidandlookatlong-termfoodsecurity,"Diouftoldjournalistshere."Weneedtoaddressthebasicrootcausesoftheproblemsinthesepartsoftheworld."ThisisthemessageofhopethatDiouf,whoseorganizationcoordinatesagriculturalinitiativesaroundtheworld,broughtwithhimtotheHornofA
6、fricawhenhetouredtheregionthisweek,aspartofaU.N.multi-agencytaskforceappointedtodevelopanewstrategyforfoodsecurityintheregion.Some180millionpeople,aquarteroftheworld'shungry,liveinAfrica.However,futureprospectsforfoodsecurityintheregionremainfairlybleakduetofactorsrangingfromrecurringd
7、roughtstointractablearmedconflicts.About80percentofthecontinent'spopulationdependsonagriculturefortheirlivelihood,andacombinationoffrequentdrought,poorfarmingtechniques,ailingnationaleconomiesandpoliticalinstabilityhaveconspiredtoconfinethemajoritytoextremepoverty.Thisyearalone,accor
