Global Parliamentary Pact
July 27 , 2023
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- The second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition was held in Chile.
- Parliamentarians from 64 countries signed the Global Parliamentary Pact at the summit.
- They all are committing to push for reforms in the agrifood system to make food sustainable and accessible to all.
- They have formed a new multilateral body to address the issues of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition in the agrifood system.
- In 2021, there were 46 million more people who endured hunger than in 2020.
- Some 2.3 billion people in the world did not have access to adequate food in 2021.
- The first such summit on hunger and malnutrition was conducted in Spain in 2018.
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