At the World Affairs Councils of America’s (WACA) Annual Meeting in February, Charles MacCormack , president and CEO of Save the Children, spoke about how the 2008 Global Food Crisis has impacted the UN Millennium Development Goal (MGD) for fighting global hunger. Watch the video of his remarks at the conference and hear him address factors affecting to food scarcity and threatening food security.
Some questions to consider: Since the Millennium Development Goals aim to halve global hunger by 2015, how close is this goal to being achieved? What are the most pressing obstacles that the UN community would have to overcome to achieve this MGD?
