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Rik
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Posted : Oct 16, 2003 16:25
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I know this isn't really the place to post this, but i just wanted to point this out, specially with all the activity the past few days... be aware of the wold people, realise how lucky most of you really are:
Every seven seconds, a child under the age of 10 Dies from Hunger.
by Jean Ziegler
UN Commission On Human Rights
UN expert urges speedy action to fight global hunger
23 October,2002
Voicing outrage that millions of people around the world still suffer from hunger, a United Nations expert has urged speedy action by governments and the UN system to meet the target of cutting the number of chronically malnourished people in half.
Every seven seconds, a child under the age of 10 dies from hunger directly or indirectly every year, Jean Ziegler, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights on the right to food, writes in a new report to the UN General Assembly.
Mr. Ziegler says the most disappointing conclusion of a recent summit on food security was that little progress has been made in reducing hunger, despite the commitments made by countries in 1996 to halve worldwide levels. The only small victory of the World Food Summit: five years later meeting was the recognition of the right to food, as a stronger concept than food security, as this makes addressing hunger a legal obligation, not just a policy choice, he adds. Governments also agreed in the final Declaration to prepare a set of voluntary guidelines for the realization of the right to food.
In a bid to spur greater action, the Special Rapporteur recommends that governments be held more accountable to the voluntary guidelines on the right to adequate food proposed in the Summits final Declaration.
More than 815 million people still suffer from hunger and chronic malnourishment, and 36 million people die from hunger directly or indirectly every year, Mr. Ziegler points out, blaming this in part on the failure to question the impact of the current market-fundamentalist model and emphasis on trade-based food security.
The Special Rapporteur suggests that the profound internal contradictions within the United Nations system and in the actions of certain States be reviewed. The obligations of States towards the populations of other countries, particularly their right to food, must be recognized, he says. This suggests, for example, that trade relationships must be examined to ensure that the trade policy of one nation does not have negative effects on the right to food of people in other countries.
He also proposes giving greater attention to the alternative models proposed by global civil society if hunger in the world is to be seriously addressed, including the concept of food sovereignty, which puts the right to food above all other concerns, including international trade.
Each day that passes means the premature death, or the physical and mental deterioration, of women, children and men as a direct result of hunger and malnutrition, he observes. In a world that is overflowing with riches and food, this is a scandal.
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Anak
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Posted : Oct 18, 2003 10:58
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nobody_3
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Posted : Oct 18, 2003 11:50
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A very sad reality that many people close their eyes to. It's would be nice to see our "responsible" leaders of the "free" world actually do something about the problem to hunger. It's so easy and cost nothing compared to fighting war's. All it take is the will to help the less fortunate but sadly we rather close our eyes and become more rich and fat on the expense of the less developed countries. We should be ashamed of ourselves!"
And where are the artists and organisers in our scene? Why don't they do donation parties, donate their music ect. ect.? Whenever I do my next album I will donate some percentage (?) to a good cause. I just hope someone will buy it then 
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morpheon
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Posted : Oct 18, 2003 12:28
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Cant we ppl make a section in the forum for some charity work and at least once a month a raver can either contribute to some charitable institute or maybe work i mean to help suffering in any way possible ............................
P.S. this has been on my mind since long Thanks to start the thread RIK |
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P_Mac
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Posted : Oct 18, 2003 14:49
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