His main mechanism will be an interdepartmental food policy task force, which had its first meeting in February.
Barbara Stocking, the head of Oxfam UK, is on the B20's food-security task force.
As for the grisly tales of parched and frenzied passengers stranded without food or drink, the task force recommends that airlines offer refreshments and entertainment "when practical".
In 2008, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, created a high-level task force on food security on which Graziano Da Silva serves as vice-chairman.
Among the global responses, the United Nations Secretary-General created an inter-agency task force on food security and to develop a common strategy and framework for coordinated action.
The food policy coordinator will oversee a task force that will not only help agencies develop and coordinate a range of programs, but also ensure that those agencies serving meals — like the Department for the Aging, the Administration for Children's Services and the Department of Homeless Services — buy nutritious food.
U.N. to Address Food Crisis BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The United Nations will set up a top-level task force to tackle the global food crisis and avert "social unrest on an unprecedented scale," Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Now their non-organization has organized with a food committee, media center, sanitation department and task force to encourage more debate.
From the outset, when the FAO team mooted the idea of a street food assistance program to the city, the Mayor constituted a task force that included the CEO and veterinary officers of the KCC whose remit includes food safety.
For Leil Zahra, an activist who stationed herself in Tahrir Square and who worked on anything from food distribution to working with the anti-sexual harassment task force, the term is insulting and reductive.
