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TURKEY'S PRESIDENT SAYS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SUFFER MALNUTRITION IN ISLAM WORLD
ISTANBUL (A.A) - 07.10.2010 - Turkey's president said on Thursday that hundreds of millions of people in the Islam world were suffering from malnutrition and food shortage.
President Abdullah Gul said almost half of 57 Islam countries were in the United Nations (UN) list of underdeveloped countries.
"I believe that multi-lateral relations, shaped up under the auspices of international organizations, will contribute to development of these countries," Gul said during the 26th meeting of Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul.
Gul said Turkey was supporting those countries and drawing the attention of the world to the problems of those countries in international platforms.
"Islamic countries own almost 25 percent of total world area, and 44 percent of this area is suitable for cultivation as of 2007," Gul said.
Gul said however, Islamic countries could only use 20 percent of their agricultural fields, which was below developing countries and world average.
President Gul said the number of people living under hunger threshold in the world was up by 100 million and exceeded 1 billion in 2009.
"According to the global hunger index of 2009, almost half of 57 Islamic countries were in serious and extremely alarming categories," Gul said.
Gul said Turkey would host the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul between May 30 and June 3, 2011, and invited all COMCEC member states to the meeting.
"The food safety problem and the expectations that this problem will continue in the short and medium term urge mankind to take urgent and structural measures to eliminate this problem," Gul said.
Gul also touched on the flood disaster in Pakistan, and said Turkey would continue to extend support to Pakistan on bilateral and international grounds.
COMCEC is one of the three Standing Committees established during the Third Islamic Summit Conference held in Mecca and Taif in 1981. The duties of COMCEC are monitoring the decisions that were taken or will be taken on economic and commercial cooperation by OIC; taking necessary precautions to strengthen the economic and commercial cooperation between the member countries; preparing plans; and offering recommendations to increase the economic and commercial capacity of the member countries.
President Abdullah Gul said almost half of 57 Islam countries were in the United Nations (UN) list of underdeveloped countries.
"I believe that multi-lateral relations, shaped up under the auspices of international organizations, will contribute to development of these countries," Gul said during the 26th meeting of Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul.
Gul said Turkey was supporting those countries and drawing the attention of the world to the problems of those countries in international platforms.
"Islamic countries own almost 25 percent of total world area, and 44 percent of this area is suitable for cultivation as of 2007," Gul said.
Gul said however, Islamic countries could only use 20 percent of their agricultural fields, which was below developing countries and world average.
President Gul said the number of people living under hunger threshold in the world was up by 100 million and exceeded 1 billion in 2009.
"According to the global hunger index of 2009, almost half of 57 Islamic countries were in serious and extremely alarming categories," Gul said.
Gul said Turkey would host the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul between May 30 and June 3, 2011, and invited all COMCEC member states to the meeting.
"The food safety problem and the expectations that this problem will continue in the short and medium term urge mankind to take urgent and structural measures to eliminate this problem," Gul said.
Gul also touched on the flood disaster in Pakistan, and said Turkey would continue to extend support to Pakistan on bilateral and international grounds.
COMCEC is one of the three Standing Committees established during the Third Islamic Summit Conference held in Mecca and Taif in 1981. The duties of COMCEC are monitoring the decisions that were taken or will be taken on economic and commercial cooperation by OIC; taking necessary precautions to strengthen the economic and commercial cooperation between the member countries; preparing plans; and offering recommendations to increase the economic and commercial capacity of the member countries.
