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Bolivian President Evo Morales to speak at G77-led ‘Dialogue on Nutrition’

‘Communicating to Inspire Change’ event at FAO, 30 October



The numbers on malnutrition are startling. Today, two billion people suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies. Over one billion are overweight. Twenty six percent of the world's children under five are stunted due to poor diet.



Why? What approaches are being successfully used to tackle the problem? What more needs to be done? These questions will be at the center of the debate at a G77-led roundtable event at FAO on Thursday, 30 October 2014.



The G77 ‘Dialogue  on Nutrition’ takes place in the lead up to the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) set for late November in Rome.



Evo Morales Ayma, Current Chair of the Group of 77 and President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva will open the event.



What:        Communicating to Inspire Change: Dialogue on Nutrition’ led by G77

Who:         President Evo Morales of Bolivia
                  David Chuquehuanca, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolivia

                  Essimi Menye, Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and
                  Rural Development
                  Representatives of other G77 countries
                  FAO Director-General Graziano da Silva

When:       15:00-16:30h on Thursday, 30 October 2014

Where:      FAO, Sheikh Zayed Centre



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Better Nutrition, Better Lives: The Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) to be held from 19 – 21 November, 2014, is about transforming food systems; mobilizing political will and resources to improve nutrition www.fao.org/icn2

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