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ROME, 17 November 2014 (IRIN): More than 20 years on from the first ever International Conference on Nutrition, its successor (ICN2) is due to take place in Rome from Wednesday to Friday with more than 90 ministers and hundreds of government officials attending.
The nutrition challenges facing the world have changed enormously. Undernutrition rates have dropped while obesity (overvægt /fedme) has skyrocketed – now killing more people than undernutrition.
Diabetes (sukkersyge) has become one of the top 10 causes of death globally, while increasingly volatile /erratic weather has brought with it new threats to global food supply.
Rome Declaration on Nutrition
ICN2’s official purpose is to finalize the wording, and plan the implementation of, the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, which will be signed at the conference by governments from across the globe.
At the 19-21 November conference, the outcome of which will set the path of nutrition policy for the coming years, the limelight will be dominated by heavyweights such as UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Yet IRIN wanted to give a platform to other voices from the frontline of the fight against malnutrition.
Speaking to a range of stakeholders – from local government officials to global experts – the UN-based news agency ask them what they want ICN2 to deliver, the biggest obstacles they face in their countries to nutrition scale-up, and what should be done to improve global nutrition.”
“That is pathetic (ynkeligt)”
Lawrence Haddad, UK, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and co-chair of the Global Nutrition Report:
“The big worry I have is of all the recommendations [of the ICN2’s framework for action document], there is only half a page on accountability. In other words there are all these lovely commitments and recommendations but who is going to lose their job if none of this happens?
Who is going to face consequences? And who is going to be rewarded? I feel like the accountability section is pretty weak”.
“Also there is nothing on spending targets for nutrition. That is one of the big gaps – governments not spending enough on nutrition. Donors are spending about 1.5 billion US dollar a year out of 140 billion dollar (830 milliarder DKR) official development assistance (ODA).
Not much really, considering child malnutrition is responsible for 45 percent of under five deaths”.
“The ICN documents are also really complacent about (tilfreds med) the role of nutrition in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]. There are 17 goals and 169 targets in the SDGs and nutrition is mentioned in one of the SDGs. That is pathetic (ynkeligt).
“This stuff is not rocket science, it is about being really clear about what the commitments are, being really clear about who is responsible for delivering on them and being really clear on the time frame.
Then you have to figure out what the sanctions are for delivering or not delivering them. I would like to see a document from ICN2 saying: ‘This is how we are going to track all this stuff.'”
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