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Food Insecurity seminar

In October, the Australian Embassy to the Holy See held a Conference on Food Security for an audience of Vatican officials, NGO representatives and diplomats accredited to the Vatican and to the FAO.

Guest speakers were Mr Julian Cribb, former CSRIO (Australia’s premier scientific research organisation) official and author of "The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis" and Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Speech by Julian Cribb

Speech by Mons. Sanchez Sorondo

In introducing the speakers, Ambassador to the Holy See, Mr Tim Fischer, noted the importance Australia gave to this issue and referred to the speech of 29 September by the Foreign Minister, Mr Rudd, on the current challenges to global food security (http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2011/kr_sp_110929.html ).
 

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