BRASILIA: More than 100 countries are expected to back a global alliance against hunger that Brazil has proposed to counter the increasing number of people going hungry in the world, a Brazilian minister said.
Minister of Social Development Wellington Dias told Reuters in an interview on Thursday (Jul 11) that he will travel to the United Nations next week to promote the alliance, a cornerstone initiative of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to reduce poverty in Brazil and worldwide.
Since Lula took office last year for a third non-consecutive term, Brazil has made strides in reducing food insecurity and poverty in Latin America’s largest economy, the minister said.
Brazil expects substantial support for the initiative within the G20 group of rich nations that the South American country presides over this year.
The official launch of the so-called Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty is planned for the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, but all issues regarding the agreement texts have been fully resolved, Diaz said, paving the way for several countries to announce their endorsement as early as July at a G20 meeting in the Brazilian city.
“We are working signed commitments, and I think it is possible to reach over a hundred countries by November,” he said.
