U.N. forum says food crisis threatens basic rights
                   
thestar.com.my     May 22, 2008            

GENEVA (Reuters) - A dramatic rise in global prices threatens the basic human right to food and may undermine others like health and education, a top United Nations official said on Thursday. (REUTERS/Daniel LeClair/Files) U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the 47-country... [read full story]                

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