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I view in a very positive light the proposal to modify the previous Food Aid Convention (FAC 1999) in order to provide for the setting up, through the Food Assistance Convention 2012, of an international, legally binding framework that defines and provides the commitments and instruments for the delivery of food assistance to developing countries. Food assistance policies capable of meeting the challenges of hunger and malnutrition need to be pursued. The needs of the poorest populations demand that we make a major effort to improve the instruments of intervention. The FAC 2012 will have a longer-term perspective of supporting rehabilitation and recovery programmes by strengthening local production and livelihoods. I believe that, by making targeted changes to the previous Convention, it is possible to remove the most vulnerable countries from long-term aid dependency, for example by including on the list of Eligible Products not only those that contribute to meeting food needs, but also those that protect livelihoods in emergency situations. With the prospect of these ambitious commitments being pursued, I voted in favour."@en1
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