Begum Fauzia Gilani to represent Pakistan at 2nd NAM First Ladies Summit today.

ISLAMABAD, November 13, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Begum Fauzia Gilani, wife of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, will represent Pakistan at the 2ndNAM (Non Aligned Movement) First Ladies Summit being held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on November 15 (today). Begum Gilani, who leaves for Italy on Saturday, will also address the summit, being held in conjunction with the World Food Summit at the FAO Headquarters in Rome in full coordination with the Food and Agriculture Organization and its Director General. The Second NAM First Ladies Summit aims at addressing the many aspects of hunger and malnutrition, and identifying concrete steps that NAM first ladies could play to address these issues, including through the exchange of national experiences in ensuring womens access to resources, particularly land and credit, as well as human capital and knowledge. The First NAM First Ladies Summit held in Sharm El Sheikh, on July 15-16, 2009, provided a good opportunity for a rich interactive debate and a fruitful exchange of views on best practices and lessons learned on ways and means to address a number of persisting global crises, on top of which the global food crisis. As the global food insecurity situation continues to represent a serious threat to humanity, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the number of people suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition could increase by a further 100 million in 2009 and pass the one billion mark.

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