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The international community must offer short-term emergency measures to meet critical needs. But it must also make longer-term investments to promote food production and agricultural development, enhance food security and maintain and accelerate momentum towards the MDGs.

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Ban Ki-moon
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 13
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