UN General Assembly
2008

energy crises, are an infringement on people’s rights to food, health, education, security and the overall freedom to live in dignity. Those tribulations are intertwined and universal and thus beyond the control of any single nation. Millions of vulnerable people are therefore looking to the international community, with the United Nations at the helm, for effective measures to bring some kind of relief. The Economic and Social Council recently recognized the seriousness and complexity of the global food crisis and reiterated that its consequences require a comprehensive response by national Governments and the international community. It is essential for us to intensify our combined efforts, and we therefore support the emergency global partnership plan for food, called for by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his address to the General Assembly high- level event on the global food and climate change crises. The financial and monetary implications of the global crisis require substantial political and financial commitments from us all, from national Governments, from multilateral organizations, including international financial institutions, and from the private sector. We