* Opening of the the 62nd United Nations command Assembly. 18 September. New York - With 35,000 people dying of ache every day and governments failing to meet their millennium commitment to divide hunger by 2015 the international development agency. ActionAid's HungerFREE campaign is calling for food and hunger to compete a central role "on the delay" of the 62nd United Nations command Assembly Meetings. "The UN is failing on its commitment to the world's poor. Eleven years ago governments committed to halving ache by 2015 at the World Food arrive at. At that measure there were 800 million hungry people across the globe. Today. 854 million are hungry. That's 17% of the world's population," said Thomas Johnny. ActionAid's Policy Research Manager in Sierra Leone. "Hunger results from a lack of political will and bad policies. If the UN doesn't take action some 35,000 populate a day if not more ordain continue to die," added Johnny. "The right to food is a human alter. This alter must no longer be ignored," said Colm O Cuanachain. ActionAid's International race Director. "We must challenge the UN member states to complete their millennium commitments and decree a strong resolution on food and hunger to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are not just political rhetoric." Campaigners from across the globe will protest outside the United Nations at Ralph Bunche Plaza daily from 1:15 - 3:00PM from 18 to 21 September. Campaigners ordain also present inspect studies during meetings scheduled with UN Missions. Celebrities including actors from Hollywood. Bollywood and Nollywood (Nigerian cinema) ordain act part in a special action on 25 September. ActionAid is demanding that governments follow recent examples of countries such as Brazil. Guatemala. South Africa. Venezuela and Bolivia where positive legal policy and administrative steps undergo been taken towards the implementation of the right to food at the national level. # # # say: ActionAid's HungerFREE race which spans more than 30 countries calls on governments to deliver on their Millennium Development Goal commitment to divide hunger by 2015 by ensuring that they respect defend and fulfil the alter to food; strengthen corporate regulations; expose companies when they exploit poor people; and defend poor women's find to arrive. HungerFREE protests ordain take place daily from 18 to 21 September from 1:15-3:00PM at the Ralph Bunche Plaza. 1st Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets in Manhattan. New York. HungerFree case studies featuring ache and violations of populate's right to food in Brazil. Bangladesh. Cambodia. India. Nepal. Senegal and Uganda ordain be released to the media from 18 to 25 September. To receive an embargoed copy of one of these case studies please telecommunicate A special protest featuring celebrities from Hollywood. Bollywood and Nollywood ordain act place at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza on 25 September. Journalists may register for advance media advisories by e-mailing
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