SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER CATHERINE BERTINI,
IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO SYMPOSIUM IN DES MOINES, IOWA
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the World Food Prize Symposium, held in Des Moines, Iowa, 16 October:
I add my voice to yours, on this World Food Day, in congratulating Catherine Bertini on winning this year’s World Food Prize.� She fully deserves it.�
Thanks to her outstanding leadership, the World Food Programme is today on the front lines of the world’s battle against hunger.� Its staff have made many sacrifices in the line of duty, and have helped save millions from the scourge of famine.� Let’s congratulate them, too.�
I am also very pleased that you are reviewing the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.� At a time when many difficult issues divide the international community, these Goals are a shining example of consensus among all nations on what is needed to build a better world.� Let’s all work together to achieve them� -– and especially to halve world hunger -– by 2015!
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