UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has accepted Bangladesh's proposal for forming a task force to address the current global food crisis particularly as rice shortages triggered a stir. The proposal, placed by foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury during the current UNCTAD XII session in Accra, the capital of Ghana, was enthusiastically received by the participating delegations. The foreign adviser's proposal, made from the chair of the LDC ministers' conference on the sidelines of the UNCTAD meet, was incorporated into the Declaration issued by the LDCs in Accra on April 20. Addressing at the meeting of the UNCTAD XII on April 21, Ban Ki-moon said,