Celebs shine a spotlight on world hunger
- 13 years ago
Delegates and celebrities converged at the Rome headquarters of the United Nation's food agency to discuss ways of helping the world's hungry.
The meeting, entitled "Food prices - from crisis to stability", took place as World Food Day was marked around the world.
British actor Jeremy Irons was named a special ambassador for the agency.
SOUNDBITE: Jeremy Irons, actor, saying (English):
"We have to listen to the people on the ground and help them in the way they need help."
[Reporter's question: "What does it mean for you to become an ambassador?"]
SOUNDBITE: Jeremy Irons, actor, saying (English):
"A great honour, a great honour to become an ambassador. I hope I will be of some use in some small way."
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that globally every day, one billion people around the world go without enough food, of which ninety-eight percent live in developing countries.
Alicia Powell, Reuters.
The meeting, entitled "Food prices - from crisis to stability", took place as World Food Day was marked around the world.
British actor Jeremy Irons was named a special ambassador for the agency.
SOUNDBITE: Jeremy Irons, actor, saying (English):
"We have to listen to the people on the ground and help them in the way they need help."
[Reporter's question: "What does it mean for you to become an ambassador?"]
SOUNDBITE: Jeremy Irons, actor, saying (English):
"A great honour, a great honour to become an ambassador. I hope I will be of some use in some small way."
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that globally every day, one billion people around the world go without enough food, of which ninety-eight percent live in developing countries.
Alicia Powell, Reuters.