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Rome Hosts Meeting On Haitian Food Security

Published on 12 February 2010

Geri Benoit, Haitian Ambassador to the Rome-based UN agencies, addresses the high-level meeting at WFP headquarters.

 

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On the one month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, WFP hosted a high level meeting in Rome to discuss how UN agencies, donors and governments can support Haitian-led food security in the future. See what seven speakers said.

See below clips from the addresses made by seven key speakers (in order of speaking):


Supporting Haitian-led Food Security

 

 

Haitian Ambassador to Italy Geri Benoit


 

Haitian Minister of Agriculture Joanas Gue'


 

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran


 

FAO Director General Jacques Diouf


 

IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze


 

Cheryl Mills, Counselor and Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton


 

Brazilian Foreign Relations Minister Milton Rondó Filho

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Martin Penner, a former journalist, has worked for WFP since 2008.