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Noa
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La
FAO designa embajadores a otras cinco celebridades
internacionales
16 de octubre de 2003, Roma, Italia -- Otras cinco
celebridades internacionales se suman a la campaña de la
FAO contra el hambre mundial, anunció hoy la Organización
durante la celebración del Día Mundial de la Alimentación
2003.
Se suman a los embajadores de la FAO: Khaled, la estrella
del rai; el grupo de rock Maná; la cantante israelí Noa;
Miss Universo 2002, Justine Pasek; y la cantante del Mali
Oumou Sangaré.
Este grupo participó en una serie de acontecimientos
celebrados en la Sede de la FAO, en Roma, durante los cuales
la Organización hizo hincapié en la necesidad de que la
comunidad mundial una su esfuerzo para erradicar el hambre,
tema del Día Mundial de la Alimentación 2003.
El 15 de octubre los cinco embajadores recién designados
participaron en una mesa redonda sobre la colaboración de
los embajadores con la Organización en la lucha contra el
hambre. Los acompañaron otros embajadores de la FAO
designados los años anteriores: los cantantes Al Bano
Carrisi, Magida Al Roumi, Mory Kanté, Youssou N'Dour,
Massimo Ranieri y Dionne Warwick; la atleta Debbie Ferguson;
la Doctora Rita Levi Montalicini, Premio Nobel de Ciencias;
y la actriz Gina Lollobrigida. Vijay Amritray, Mensajero de
la Paz de las Naciones Unidas también participó en el
debate para hablar de su experiencia y alentar a los
embajadores de la FAO a desempeñar activamente su función.
Al terminar la reunión el grupo hizo un llamamiento
conjunto "a todas las personas para ayudar a los más
desfavorecidos del mundo a salir por fin del círculo
vicioso del hambre crónica, la pobreza y la desnutrición".
Los embajadores también prometieron contribuir a conquistar
la opinión pública para esta causa.
La FAO designó en 1999 a sus primeros embajadores, para
captar la atención del público y dirigirla al sufrimiento
de los 840 millones de personas que sufren hambre en el
mundo, y canalizar apoyo en su ayuda.
"Los gobiernos no puede eliminar por sí solos el
hambre y la subnutrición. Las personas de todo el mundo
necesitan tener conciencia de los problemas que hay y deben
creer en la importancia de encontrar soluciones", dijo
Sidaty Aidara, coordinador del Programa de Embajadores.
"Los artistas, las personas famosas, los músicos y
otras figuras públicas son decisivas para transmitir el
mensaje y motivar a la gente".
Con este propósito, los embajadores de la FAO hacen
presentaciones especiales, hacen llamamientos, participan en
campañas para recaudar fondos y crear conciencia y visitan
los proyectos de campo de la FAO.
Desde 1999, 20 celebridades han asumido el desafío de
desempeñarse como embajadores de la FAO.
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Five more
international celebrities named as FAO goodwill ambassadors
16 October 2003, Rome, Italy -- Five more international
celebrities have signed on to FAO's campaign to end world
hunger, the Organization announced today during ceremonies
marking World Food Day 2003.
Joining the ranks of FAO's roster of goodwill ambassadors
are rai music sensation Khaled; Latin rock group Maná;
Israeli singer Noa;
Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2002; and Malian musician Oumou
Sangaré.
The group took part in a series of events held at FAO's Rome
Headquarters during which the Organization stressed the need
for the world community to band together in an alliance to
eradicate hunger - the theme of World Food Day 2003.
On 15 October the five new appointees participated in a
round-table discussion on the role of FAO ambassadors in
helping the Organization combat world hunger. They were
joined by previously named ambassadors, including singers Al
Bano Carrisi, Magida Al Roumi, Mory Kanté, Youssou N'Dour,
Massimo Ranieri and Dionne Warwick; athlete Debbie Ferguson;
Nobel prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini; and actress Gina
Lollobrigida. Mr. Vijay Amritray, UN Messenger of Peace also
participated in the discussion to share his experience and
to encourage the FAO Goodwill Ambassadors to be active in
their role.
At the close of the session the group issued a collective
appeal "calling on all people to help the least
privileged people of the world finally break out of the
vicious circle of chronic hunger,
poverty and undernourishment." The ambassadors also
pledged to help rally public opinion behind this cause.
FAO initiated its Ambassadors Programme in 1999 to draw
attention to the plight of the world's 840 million hungry
people and build support
for efforts to help them.
"Governments alone cannot end hunger and
undernourishment. People everywhere need to be aware of the
problems, and must believe in the importance of finding
solutions," said Sidaty Aidara, coordinator of the
Ambassadors Programme. "Artists, celebrities, musicians
and other public figures are crucial to getting the message
out and inspiring people to act."
Towards these goals, FAO ambassadors hold special
performances, issue public appeals, participate in fund- and
awareness-raising events and visit FAO field projects.
Since 1999, 20 celebrities have taken up the challenge of
serving as FAO goodwill ambassadors.
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World Food Day on 16 October was marked by a series of events at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome involving civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and celebrities.
On the day commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the FAO 58 years ago, Jacques Diouf, its director- general, made an appeal for "aninternational alliance against hunger" in order to turn verbal commitments to alleviate the suffering of the world's over 840 million undernourished "into practical programmes that address the underlying causes of hunger".
By now it is widely acknowledged that the absence of political will is responsible for the failure to effectively combat hunger and poverty. At the 1996 World Food Summit, and its follow-up in 2002 in Rome, world leaders adopted a commitment to reducing hunger by half by 2015. But the statistics are disappointing. For example, in its 2001 Rural Poverty Report, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said that aid for agricultural and rural development, mostly from the North to the South, decreased between 1987 and 1998. While there is no shortage of food production in the world, millions continue to suffer hunger and malnutrition.
Under the banner of the International Alliance Against Hunger, "everyone must be part of the solution," Diouf said. In other words, multinational institutions, governments, the private sector, NGOs and civil society organisations, as well as students, all have a role to play. By engaging NGOs to popularise the fight against world hunger, UN agencies have recognised the importance of these organisations in influencing public opinion to reverse the trend in aid and the quality of assistance.
At the World Food Day ceremony, Diouf introduced five new FAO goodwill ambassadors -- Algerian Rai singer Khaled, Malian singer Oumou Sangare, Mexican musical group Mana, Israeli singer Noa and Miss Universe 2002 Justine Pasek of Panama. These celebrities join 15 existing FAO ambassadors in a programme started in 1999 to support the organisation in its mission
to eradicate hunger. In the course of their activities, the FAO ambassadors encourage the public -- through messages, interviews and fund- raising events -- to become informed about and involved in fighting poverty. In their statement in support of the International Alliance Against Hunger campaign, the ambassadors promised to use their "talents and unique opportunities to help increase awareness and raise funds for the fight against hunger". Most of the ambassadors come from countries in the South, including Lebanese singer Magda Al-Roumi, Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour and South African singer Miriam Makeba. The official ceremony ended with performances by both Khaled and Noa, drawing ecstatic applause from the audience, amongst whom were President Jorge Luis Batlle Ibanez of Uruguay, Italian Minister of Agriculture Giovanni Alemanno, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Pier Ferdinando Casini and permanent Vatican Observer
at the FAO Monsignor Renato Volante.
Noa, a leftist and pro-peace activist, told Al-Ahram Weekly that working outside Israel -- in Europe particularly -- has brought her in contact with Arab and Palestinian artists. Apart from performing with Algerian singer Khaled on more than one occasion, here in Italy she has performed with Nabil Salameh, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon. She described their initial meeting as very negative, but the relationship gradually developed into a friendship. Salameh dedicated a song to her son, "something that I wouldn't have believed was possible a few years ago," says Noa. She has also met and collaborated with Amira Awad, a very popular Palestinian singer, whom she has performed with on many different occasions.
Later in the day, representatives from non-governmental and civil society organisations took part in a forum organised by the FAO to discuss different strategies to improve food production and accessibility. The recurring themes included calls for a more humane globalisation and fairer trade, as well as greater participation of farmers in strategies to combat hunger and
poverty. One particular initiative which was enthusiastically received -- introduced by the International Focal Point, an Italian NGO -- called for farmers and producers' representatives to be invited to future FAO events as they are directly involved in the business of producing food and rural products. FAO officials promised to act upon this suggestion.
La chanteuse Noa a été nommée ambassadrice de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture
vendredi 24 octobre 2003.
Désormais, Noa ne sera plus seulement une chanteuse internationale renommée, mais également ambassadrice de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO). Cette nomination a eu lieu lors d'une cérémonie qui s'est déroulée à Rome le 16/10 dernier pendant la Journée Mondiale de lutte contre la famine.
Noa a déclaré être heureuse et fière d'avoir été choisie et a ajouté qu'elle s'impliquera aussi souvent que possible dans des opérations de lutte contre la famine.
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