Move from political commitment to action [Recommendation one]

The world’s political leaders have repeatedly committed to ending hunger, but

so far have fallen short of achieving this goal. As a quantitative, time-bound

goal-first adopted by the World Food Summit (1996), reiterated at the Mil-

lennium Summit (2000), and reaffirmed at the World Food Summit five years

later (2002) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)—the

hunger Goal enjoys unprecedented global political endorsement. The World

Food Summit of 1996 outlined a comprehensive Plan of Action to halve

hunger by 2015 and established a system for monitoring progress by the FAO

Committee on World Food Security. In addition, the Monterrey Consensus of

2002 promised increased financing for development by both donor countries

and developing country governments.