WHAT: Follow the Second International Conference on Nutrition| Better Nutrition, Better Lives currently taking place in Rome, Italy.
WHO: 170 Ministers and senior officials responsible for health, food or agriculture and other aspects of nutrition adopted the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, and a Framework for Action, which set out recommendations for policies and programmes to address nutrition across multiple sectors.
WHEN: 19-21 November, 2014
WHERE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
The Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), an inclusive inter-governmental meeting on nutrition jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF), IFAD, IFPRI, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WFP and the WTO, is taking place at FAO Headquarters, in Rome.
The conference is reviewing progress made towards improving nutrition since 1992, reflecting on nutrition problems that remain, as well as, on the new challenges and opportunities for improving nutrition presented by changes in the global economy, in food systems, by advances in science and technology, and identifying policy options for improving nutrition.
Today, Pope Francis addressed political leaders attending the conference. The Pope told delegates from the 170 nations attending the conference to make sure their pledges to assure food security to all citizens are put into concrete practice, saying that the right to a healthy diet was about dignity, not charitable handouts.
Don’t miss any of the important statements and addresses which can be viewed online.