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World Food Summit: Food security in armed conflicts — The ICRC's approach and experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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The World Food Summit, organized by the FAO and attended by some 150 governments, was held in Rome in November 1996. The ICRC took part in the proceedings as an observer and its Vice-President addressed the conference. A paper outlining the ICRC's approach and experience regarding the issue of food security in armed conflicts was distributed to the participants. The text of that document is reproduced below.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 36 , Issue 315 , December 1996 , pp. 637 - 645
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1996

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1 Poverty and hunger: Issues and options for food security in developing countries, World Bank, Washington, 1986 Google Scholar.

Elements to be included in a draft Declaration and Plan of Action on World Food Security, Report to the Committee on World Food Security, FAO, CFS: 95/4, Rome, 1995.Google Scholar

2 Only a selection of recent ICRC assistance programmes are mentioned (in italics).