UN General Assembly
2008

current framework to become an operational force of the United Nations, and that cooperation between MINURCAT and the other forces involved at the regional and community levels will continue. Referring to the situation in my country gives me the opportunity to emphasize that the recurrent political and military crises have further increased poverty and food insecurity, particularly in the rural and agricultural areas. A suggested theme for this year’s general debate — the impact of the world food crisis on poverty and hunger throughout the world — in addition to the need to democratize the United Nations, is at the heart of the international community’s concerns, and has been for some decades. The first matter involves the following questions: climate conditions, demographic problems, indebtedness, free and equitable trade, redirecting the agricultural sector towards biofuels, the price of oil and armed conflicts. In the current context of world trade and the world economy, there is a tendency for natural disasters and armed conflicts, because of their effect on socio-economic structures, to accentuate the impact of the food crisis on developing countries.