UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has told the just-concluded UN Economic and Social Youth Forum that it supports the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in creating a facility to further strengthen its efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security in developing countries.

“We have considerable potential in the agriculture sector and could play an important role in building the global food supply chains,” Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative, said at the forum attended by over 1,000 youth leaders and activists from around the world.

At the same time, he extended Pakistan’s support to the UN secretary general’s call for urgent reform of the global financial system, saying it was critical for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2) to end world hunger.

Published in Dawn, April 23nd, 2024