[cid:image001.gif@01CE2593.74B767C0] Contact FAO Media Office (+39) 06 570 53625 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Coordinated action key to Mexico’s Crusade Against Hunger Mexican President meets FAO Director-General 20 March 2013, Rome – FAO will support Mexico’s efforts to ensure that no one is left out in the fight against hunger, José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General assured the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto during an encounter today in Rome. “The National Crusade Against Hunger is a government priority. All our efforts should converge to assist vulnerable populations,” Peña Nieto said. “The Crusade focuses on those who do not benefit automatically from growth.” Graziano da Silva and the President discussed ways to strengthen governance mechanisms for food security, including the coordination of government action and participation of civil society and the private sector in the anti-hunger and poverty-reduction efforts. “No one can walk the path to food security alone. It is important for government at all levels, plus civil society and the private sector, to coordinate their efforts and take action together. FAO can help to identify and build synergy among those who are working to fight hunger, so that they can better direct those efforts,” said Graziano da Silva. The Director-General accepted the President’s invitation to visit Mexico in the near future. He said FAO fully supports the objectives of the Crusade to reach out to those who fall between the cracks economically and socially. Peña Nieto added that Mexico’s anti-hunger initiative would work to change underlying social conditions that contribute to hunger, and stressed the importance of mobilizing communal social energy. [2013/37/en] Tools for journalists & editors Photo requests: (+39) 06 570 53082 / 53393 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Photos also available via the FAOnews Flickr account<http://www.flickr.com/photos/faonews> Video material/b-roll: (+39) 06 570 55980 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Audio clips: (+39) 06 570 53223 RSS feed<http://www.fao.org/news/rss-feed/en/> of FAO news releases FAO's online newsroom<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-home/en/> Follow FAO on Twitter<http://www.fao.org/news/fao-twitter-accounts/en/> Additional tools<http://www.fao.org/news/newsroom-journalists/en/> This news release was issued by the Media Office at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). To unsubscribe from this news service click the link below or send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with "signoff Media-G-Eng-L" as the only text in the message body. You can also manage your subscription online, here<https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa>. To receive news releases in plain text format rather than HTML, contact us. FAO | Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy | (+39) 06 570 53625 | www.fao.org<http://www.fao.org> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Media-G-Eng-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Media-G-Eng-L,SIGNOFF);