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Italian leaders favor global food bank
ROME, June 4 (UPI) -- Italian leaders at the Rome summit have proposed a sort of "global food bank'" to tackle the world food crisis. ''We will ask the European Union to help set up an international mechanism to create strategic resources to cope with emergencies,'' said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, ANSA, the Italian news agency reported Wednesday. Frattini also said Italy supported United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's planned task force on the crisis, calling for ''global governance'' of food needs.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_New...ood_bank/8579/
Italian leaders favor global food bank
ROME, June 4 (UPI) -- Italian leaders at the Rome summit have proposed a sort of "global food bank'" to tackle the world food crisis. ''We will ask the European Union to help set up an international mechanism to create strategic resources to cope with emergencies,'' said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, ANSA, the Italian news agency reported Wednesday. Frattini also said Italy supported United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's planned task force on the crisis, calling for ''global governance'' of food needs.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_New...ood_bank/8579/
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