Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-454-687"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110927.26.2-454-687"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-27-Speech-2-454-7502
lpv:speaker	lp:Phil Prendergast2
lpv:spoken text	"It can be easy to solely focus on the economic difficulties facing Europe and to ignore more pressing issues abroad. Food insecurity is one such vitally important issue. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated the number of hungry people in 2010 at 925 million. Nine hundred and twenty-five million people who are hungry in this day and age! We are also currently witnessing the most severe famine for the last 40 years in the Horn of Africa. The EU must promote agriculture in the developing world as a way to address this issue. However, issues such as speculation in commodities, water shortages and climate change must also be addressed in order to promote agriculture. The right to adequate food has to become a reality. The EU must do more to promote the eradication of poverty and the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals. To this end, we must limit speculation in food and agricultural commodity markets, as this has a devastating impact on food scarcity. I welcome this report and the recommendations therein."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2011-04-21--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2011-05-09--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Labour Party (2011-04-21--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2011-05-05--2012-01-18)3 member; IMCO (2011-05-09--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2011-05-05--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2011-05-05--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Phil Prendergast (S&D ),"1 "in writing."1

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