FAO Director-General recognizes progress in hunger fight, 16th June 2013
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FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva formally recognized 38 countries for reducing hunger by half well ahead of international targets for the year 2015. During a high-level ceremony attended by several heads of state, 18 countries received diplomas for early achievement of targets set by both Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG1) — to halve the proportion of hungry people by 2015 — plus the more stringent World Food Summit (WFS) goal of halving the absolute number of hungry people by 2015. "To each and every one of you, I want to say that you are living proof that when societies decide to put an end to hunger, and when there is political commitment from governments, we can transform that will into concrete action and results," Graziano da Silva said. "FAO is proud to work with all our Member Nations, developed and developing, to reach our common vision of a hunger-free and sustainable world," he added. © FAO: http://www.fao.org
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