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WHAT:
World Food Program USA, in partnership with the U.S.
Department of State, is hosting a global hunger conference
at the U.S. Department of State to highlight the
contributions made by Howard Buffett and Bill Gates to
global hunger efforts and to discuss the importance of
public and private sector efforts in addressing global
hunger.
WHO:
HONOREES
Howard G. Buffett, president, The Howard G. Buffett
Foundation
Bill Gates, co-chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will present WFP
USA's George McGovern Leadership Award to Mr. Buffett and
Mr. Gates in recognition of their leadership in establishing
the World Food Program's Purchase for Progress initiative
which helps transition small-scale farmers from extreme
poverty and chronic hunger into active participants in
agricultural markets.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Vice President Joe Biden
PANELISTS
Conversation #1
Focusing on private sector efforts to address global hunger
--The Honorable Dan Glickman, former Secretary of
Agriculture
--Howard G. Buffett
--Greg Page, chairman and CEO, Cargill
--Dr. Rajiv Shah, administrator, USAID
--Betty Liu, Bloomberg Television, moderator
Conversation #2
Addressing global hunger and creating economic opportunity
by helping small-scale farmers through efforts like Purchase
for Progress
--Secretary Clinton
--Howard G. Buffett
--Bill Gates
--Josette Sheeran, executive director, U.N. World Food
Programme
HOSTS:
Rick Leach, president and CEO, World Food Program USA
U.S. Department of State
WHEN:
October 24, 2011
4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
WHERE:
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Pre-set time for video cameras: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance lobby. Final access time
for journalists and still photographers: 3:15 p.m. from the
23rd Street entrance lobby.
Media representatives may attend this briefing upon
presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S.
Government-issued identification card (Department of State,
White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign
Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card,
or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying
their employment as a journalist accompanied by an official
photo identification (driver's license or passport).
WHY:
All sectors have united around an unprecedented initiative
that is making significant headway in eradicating global
hunger. With U.S. leadership like that provided by
Buffett, Gates, and Shah guiding the way, the global
community has united around a plan to transform the lives of
millions of the world�s small-scale farmers, who comprise
about one-half of those who suffer from hunger. Governments
and humanitarian organizations are not alone in this
endeavor, with major corporations like Cargill joining the
effort because they understand that as work is done to
reduce hunger and poverty, the global economy will grow and
thrive.
World Food Program USA (WFP USA) is a nonprofit organization
that builds support in the United States to end global
hunger. WFP USA engages individuals and organizations,
shapes public policy, and generates resources for the United
Nations World Food Program and other hunger relief
operations.
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