Pope Francis to attend the Second International Conference on Nutrition

On 20 May 2014, at the 67^th World Health Assembly, Graziano da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced that Pope Francis will attend the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) scheduled to take place in Rome this year between 19 and 21 November. Graziano said “I welcome Pope Francis’s presence in ICN2 and his commitment to the future we want. A future that starts by ensuring food security and nutrition to every single person…the human and socio-economic costs of the multiple burdens of hunger and malnutrition are enormous. That is why all of us are working together to make this important conference happen”

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