Politicians urged to tackle hunger

A WORLDWIDE commitment to halve global hunger levels will only be realised if political support is urgently stepped up, a UN meeting in Dublin heard yesterday.

George McGovern, a former US Senator and Presidential candidate, warned that the fight against hunger was regressing and a new strategy was needed if targets were to be met.

Launching the UN World Food Programme (WFP) meeting in Dublin, he appealed to developed countries to begin by making the world's 300 million starving school children a priority.