Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
World's Religions Come Close to Fight Against Global Hunger | |
|
| |
The UN's chief met the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople on Friday as the UN food agency was looking for support from world religious leaders in the fight against global hunger.
"Eradicating hunger not only makes economic and political sense, it is also a moral issue," Food and Agriculture Organisation director-general Jose Graziano da Silva was quoted in a FAO statement as saying at the meeting.
The FAO chief met Bartholomew I, a noted environmentalist, in Istanbul.
FAO said Graziano da Silva had actively sought "to involve the world's religions more closely in the fight against hunger" and this month also wrote to Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning.
In his letter to the mosque's Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, Graziano da Silva asked for support in efforts to eradicate global hunger and informed him of FAO's activities in the drought-prone Horn of Africa.
"We must achieve global food security in order to have a more secure world," Graziano da Silva was quoted as telling the grand imam.
Similar letters will be sent to other religious leaders, the FAO said.
In June, Graziano da Silva was received in a private audience by Pope Benedict XVI in which he called for "renewed support of the Catholic Church in the fight against hunger at the global and local levels".
Source-AFP
| |
|
|
 Comment & Contribute
|
Related Links
Answer to the Global Hunger Is No-Till Farming
On 'Satyamev Jayate', Aamir Khan recently spoke about the harmful effects of pesticides and requested the Central and the state governments to adopt ...
Anti-Hunger and Anti-Obesity Projects Forever Fall Short: Probe
With hunger hounding developing nations and obesity rapidly becoming a global epidemic, all efforts by governments, scientists, non-government ...
Hunger Games Beats Harry Potter as Best-Selling Book Series
Amazon.com on Friday announced that the three "Hunger Games" books has surpassed the Harry Potter series to become the best-selling book series of ...
Food Additive to Quell Hunger
A new 'anti-hunger' powder that dieters can just mix into curds or smoothies for freedom from the pangs of hunger is on the anvil. The ...
General News
Coronavirus Claims New Life in Saudi Arabia
The health ministry announced on its website that a man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the ...
Concept Vaccine may Protect Against Flu
Scientists unveiled a concept vaccine against flu that they said may protect against various strains with a single jab. Tested in ...
Life Expectancy Gap Widens Among Mental Illness Patiets
Among mental illness, the association of higher death rate has been extensively documented, but most of the attention has focused on the elevated ...
Glaucoma Drug can Cause Droopy Eyelids: Study
Prostaglandin analogues (PGAs) are drugs which lower intraocular pressure. PGAs are often the first line of treatment for people with glaucoma, but ...
Early-life Traffic-related Air Pollution Exposure Linked to Hyperactivity: Research
According to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, early-life exposure to ...
Telerehabilitation Allows Accurate Assessment of Patients With Low Back Pain: Study
A study in the May 15 issue of Spine reports that a new "telerehabilitation" approach lets physical therapists assess patients with low ...
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
| News Categories: |
| » | Experts Recommend US Approval of a New Merck Sleeping Pill |
| » | Common Drug for Depression Reduces Stress-related Heart Condition |
| » | New, Effective Sleeping Pill from Merck to Hit US Markets |
| » | EU Agency Says Acne Pill Benefits Outweigh Blood Clot Risk |
| » | Reduce Ambien's Dose to Avoid Drowsy Driving |
| More Drug News | |
|
Ask an Expert
