U.N. task force action plan to tackle food crisis
The United Nations plans to expand assistance through food aid, vouchers or cash, scale up nutritional support, and improve safety nets and social protection programmes to help the most vulnerable sections caught in the food crisis and price spiral. This comes as part of the Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) prepared by a high-level task force established and chaired by the Secretary-General. "It is intended to be a guide for global and national actors, both institutions and governments, and a catalyst for action that needs to start now,' says a UNIC communiqu