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ROME / CLINTON FOOD PRICES
STORY: ROME / CLINTON FOOD PRICES
TRT: 2:27
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 6 MAY 2011, ROME, ITALY
1. Med shot, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arriving at FAO headquarters
2. Med shot, Clinton meeting head of FAO Jaques Diouf
3. Pan left, Clinton arriving at conference room
4. Cutaway, audience
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of States, United States:
“Global food prices are once again on the rise. The FAO Food Price Index reached an all-time high in February. Yesterday's update showed little decrease. The World Bank estimates that 44 million people have been pushed into poverty since just last June because of rising food prices. I know that you have been working very hard around the world as a voice for market-based approaches to managing the impact of rising food prices.”
6. Cutaway, audience
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of States, United States:
“First, we must embrace smart policy responses to protect the most vulnerable among us. Second, we must redouble our commitment to sustainable agriculture and food security. And third, we must improve our coordination within and across all organizations so that everything we do can be more effective.”
8. Cutaway, audience
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of States, United States:
“I know the headlines are filled with other matters. I know that there are many issues that are on the minds of everyone. I like to look at the headlines, but I like to keep my eye on the trend lines. And the trend lines are that if we do not act now to increase the opportunity for food security, we may never catch up. Demography, climate, other problems are militating against our efforts, which therefore requires us to be even more determined. Let's move relentlessly ahead in advancing food security not only for more of the world's people, but a goal of all of the world's people.”
10. Cutaway, audience clapping
Addressing a conference on food security today (6 May), United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned “if we do not act now to increase the opportunity for food security, we may never catch up.”
The conference, which took place at the headquarters of the Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), addressed the state of food security and food price volatility.
According to FAO’s latest Food Price Index released yesterday (5 May), food prices have remained virtually steady in April after falling in March following eight months of successive increases.
Clinton said that the Index had “reached an all-time high in February” adding that “yesterday's update showed little decrease.”
Recent World Bank estimates show that 44 million people have been pushed into poverty since last June because of rising food prices.
The conference, which was organized by FAO, included about 400 officials from the World Food Programme (WFP), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).
Urging the audience to “move relentlessly ahead in advancing food security” Clinton called on the international community to improve “coordination within and across all organizations so that everything we do can be more effective.”
At the G8 Summit two years ago in L’Aquila, Italy, world leaders pledged their commitment and collectively committed $20 billion to agricultural development and world food security.
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