Dear Colleague,

    On 28-29 April, there will be a high-level meeting in Switzerland of
United Nations Agencies.  The high cost of food, increased hunger and the
recent food riots have put agricultural policies at the center of the World
Agenda.  The food riots are desperate cries for help.  There is a need for
action by UN Agencies, regional bodies such as the European Union and the
African Union, by national governments and by civil society organizations.

    I would be pleased if you can alert your government authorities,
development research institutes, and Non-Governmental Organizations to the
importance of the UN meeting and especially the need for coordinated follow
up action on world hunger.

    Sincerely yours, Rene Wadlow, Representative to the United Nations,
 Geneva of the Association of World Citizens