Peter Power (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

That is correct. USAID now has a real focus on food security and hunger. By holding this political event on the margins of the Millennium Development Review conference in September, and inviting all the major players - including countries, multilateral organisations the largest NGOs - we will be telling the UN that hunger and food security must be at the top of the conference agenda. It will allow a small country such as ours, with a real focus and interest in this area, to use or international reputation to ensure that other countries come on board also. That is where the collaboration and synergies will really bear fruit for people on the ground.

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