World Food Security
2008-06-04T05:09:09-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYjkxXC8yMDU4MDktbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the opening ceremony of the three-day World Food Security Conference in Rome. With some third-world countries experiencing riots in recent weeks over a lack of food, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders to lower food-related export restrictions and import tariffs. He also called for global food production to rise by 50 percent in the next 20 years to meet growing demand.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the opening ceremony of the three-day World Food Security Conference in Rome. With… read more
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the opening ceremony of the three-day World Food Security Conference in Rome. With some third-world countries experiencing riots in recent weeks over a lack of food, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders to lower food-related export restrictions and import tariffs. He also called for global food production to rise by 50 percent in the next 20 years to meet growing demand. close
People in this video
Hosting Organization
Related Video
-
Global Water Supply
At an event at the Russell Senate Office Building marking world water week, Senator Durbin spoke about global water…
-
Meghan McCarthy on Food Safety Bill
Meghan McCarthy spoke about efforts to bring food safety legislation to the floor of the Senate for debate.
-
Senators Reid and Coburn on Food Safety
Senators Reid (D-NV) and Coburn (R-OK) spoke about food safety and recent salmonella outbreaks in the country.
-
Senate Debate on Food Safety
Senators debated food safety regulations following a series of salmonella outbreaks.