We cannot afford to wait to battle the disease in pharmacies and hospitals, ... but need to get rid of the virus in affected farmers' backyards.

Some of the wounded are serious ones and we need choppers to transfer them to hospitals for immediate treatment. That is the biggest problem but shelter is required too.

Reducing hunger should become the driving force for progress and hope,

None will reach the more ambitious (1996) World Food Summit goal of halving the number of hungry people.

If each of the developing regions continues to reduce hunger at the current pace, only South America and the Caribbean will reach the Millennium Development Goal target of cutting the proportion of hungry people by half,

The oceans play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth,