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World Food Summit, FAO


FAO sponsored conference, held in November 1996. There are numerous information sites on the conference, including:

(a) Official FAO site: has information on the conference, news items, documentation produced by the Summit (technical papers (full text and summaries, plus technical atlas of maps/tables), resolutions, policy statement, plan of action, agenda, report of regional NGO consultations). WWW: http://www.fao.org/WFS/homepage.htm

(b) LACSA/IIRM: the summit from a Latin American perspective. http://www.nmsu.edu/~lacsa

(c) Summit from an Australian perspective: http://www.dpie.gov.au/dpie/conference/wfs

(d) USDA position on food summit: http://ffas.usda.gov/icd/summit/summit.html

(e) NGO forum: includes the programme, agenda and logistic information for those attending the forum. http://free.rmnet.it/~ngoforum

(h) Institute of Development Studies: policy briefing paper and other materials on the Summit. http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/news/wfs/index.html

(i) Canadian position on the Summit: http://www.agr.ca/cb/fao/emain.html

Website: http://www.fao.org/WFS/homepage.htm