| Major group affiliation: |
- Non-governmental organization
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| Involvement in UN Partnerships: |
Yes |
| If yes, explain in detail: |
WhyHunger, then World Hunger Year, participated in most of the international UN conferences of the 1990s and early 2000s and prepared for these conferences, along with its civil society partners, through intensive dialogue with UN agencies such as UNDP (UN Development Programme), UNEP (UN Environmental Programme), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), and UNICEF (UN Children's Fund), as well as bodies such as DPI (Department of Public Information). As members of the SARD (Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development) Initiative within the CSD (Commission on Sustainable Development) process, WhyHunger has been closely involved in SARD partnerships around food security. Through our website, we share information on UN meetings and partnerships on sustainable development. We have also organized side events during CSD 16 and 17. Recently, we were invited to participate in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), a civil society engagement with FAO. |
| Affiliation with other organizations: |
IPSA (International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture); Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC); La Via Campesina; the National Family Farm Coalition; International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty; US Working Group on the Food Crisis. |
| Publications: |
WHY Magazine 1989-99 (four times per year); WHY Speaks (1999 to present), the online continuation of WHY Magazine. Fueling Disaster: A Community Food Security Perspective on Agrofuels (2007). Policies and Actions to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition, at http://www.eradicatehunger.org/pdf/Anti_Hunger_EN.pdf. To see a full list of WhyHunger publications, go to: http://whyhunger.org/resources/why-publications.html. |
Statements or documents submitted
Commission on Sustainable Development:
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Fueling Disaster (2007); Information on WhyHunger's Food Security Learning Center submitted to and accepted by the Division on Sustainable Development Database of Case Studies; Statements on behalf of NGOs to the CSD Plenaries in 2000, 2008, and 2009; Submitted commentaries in NGO newsletters (Outreach)during CSD in 2008 and 2009. |
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