UN General Assembly
2008

developing countries to find lasting solutions to the food crisis. In the light of that, my country has put in place various strategies to ensure food security. The nation continues to hold consultations on those issues. For instance, we had a national agricultural meeting last year and the Sibaya — the people’s parliament — this year, which looked at ways of increasing our food production and other issues of national interest. The nation came up with different suggestions, and we are in the process of implementing them. We developing countries were looking forward to positive results from the Doha round of negotiations, particularly on agriculture. Developing countries were hoping for secure and increased market access for their agricultural products. Unfortunately, that has not been the case. We hope those talks will be concluded soon for the benefit of the developing countries. Swaziland fully supports the global dialogue to ensure that the world is rescued from the dangers of global warming and other damage to the environment. It is true that global warming is a major contributor to