{"id":15496,"date":"2013-06-10T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T12:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e1f687e19e700f34c73da6069d7d2a6c"},"modified":"2013-06-10T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T12:31:27","slug":"news-story-scotland-has-vital-role-in-ending-global-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=15496","title":{"rendered":"News story: Scotland has vital role in ending global hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Secretary of State for Scotland and the International Development Minister spoke as they attended a roundtable with the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland (NIDOS). <\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s aid agencies outlined their key issues and priorities with the Ministers and they discussed what more needs to be done to end global hunger.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the visit, they were also met by SCIAF and a number of schoolchildren to discuss their role in the Enough Food for Everyone IF Campaign, which highlights the persistence of global hunger, despite recent progress in reducing poverty worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcomed the opportunity to meet with Scotland\u2019s aid agencies and school children campaigning to end world hunger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlobal hunger is unacceptable in the 21st century. The UK Government is listening to these concerns and is committed to tackling this issue head on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst we are living in difficult economic times, things are so much more tougher for the world\u2019s poorest people. Nearly a billion people around the world do not get enough food. And lack of nutrition holds back the growth and development of millions of children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScotland, through the UK has played a leading role on this issue including using our presidency of the G8 to highlight what more needs to be done to achieve the collective goals to end world hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s meeting with NIDOS demonstrates how Scotland is committed to helping the world\u2019s poorest people tackle the chronic issues of undernutrition. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK Government supports Scottish aid agencies so they can address the inequalities of poverty around the globe. In particular, we support Malawi, a country which has close historic ties to Scotland, to lift itself out of poverty, aim for economic growth and improve women\u2019s rights. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the \u00a35.75m that Scotland gives Malawi through the Scottish Government, Scotland also contributes through the \u00a3115m of targeted UK support: with the UK our money and our shared values go further.   Helping poorer countries develop economically benefits us all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2013 is a crucial year for international development. It is the year we host the G8 and the year in which we will become the first country to keep the pledge on 0.7%.  The UK\u2019s commitment to this pledge shows that we are not a nation who is prepared to stand by when other countries are facing extreme poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland has  a vital role in the campaign to end global hunger, Michael Moore and Lynne Featherstone said on a visit to Glasgow today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}