Dr. David Nabarro, SUN Lead Group member and Dr. Lawrence Haddad, SUN Executive Committee member, were announced today as the 2018 World Food Prize Laureates during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Prize rewards their individual but complementary global leadership in elevating...
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On Monday 7 December 2020, the SUN Movement Lead Group gathered for their annual meeting virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was hosted and moderated by the Chair of the SUN Lead Group, Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF. At this meeting, Lead...
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* Originally published by Nutrition International Even before COVID-19, the global burden of malnutrition was shifting to Africa, said His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, the former President of the Republic of Tanzania and Nutrition International board member, and SUN Movement Lead Group member, in his keynote address...
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP). The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. In 2019, the WFP provided assistance to close to...
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Dear colleagues, I would like to send you my best wishes at this difficult time. The spread of the COVID-19 virus is having unprecedented effects. People have lost loved ones and fear for their families. At the same time this crisis has changed the way many...
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On February 2020, Martin Chungong, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and member of the SUN Movement Lead Group, sent a letter to the Speakers of Parliament of all 179 IPU member countries encouraging them to take an active role in ending all forms of...
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The SUN Movement welcomes the three new SUN Country Focal Points on board of the SUN Movement Executive Committee: Dr. Cecilia Gamboa from Costa Rica; Dr. Azucena Dayanghirang from the Philippines; and Dr. Kiran Rupakethee from Nepal. The participation of SUN country voices in the Executive...
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For the first time ever, the SUN Movement attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change #COP25 which took place in Madrid, Spain. The conference was designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN climate change process. Through a variety of engagements the SUN...
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Parliamentarians from 20 countries participating in the 2019 Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Global Gathering in Nepal 4-7 November 2019 jointly signed a pledge where they committed to take action on nutrition ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Nutrition For Growth Summit and beyond. Martin Chungong,...
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Every country in the world now faces a serious nutrition-related challenge, whether stemming from undernutrition, overweight/obesity, including non-communicable diseases. High-level representatives and over 1,200 participants from 73 countries committed to urgent actions to create a healthier, better-nourished future for all people and planet at the...
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