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The Food Aid Convention, 1999, is an agreement among donor countries to contribute to world food security and to improve international response to emergency and other food needs of developing countries. It describes the acceptable methods for providing food aid and includes minimum annual commitments for each participating country and the European Community. The United States has the largest minimum commitment of 2,500,000 metric tons.
In fiscal year 2009 (October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009), the United States provided more than $2.9 billion of food assistance to developing countries, providing approximately 2.8 million metric tons and reaching over 70 million people.
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
I always wondered this..
Since the US economy is in dire straits and Debt is out-of-control, why doesn't the world come together and ask the U.S to cut back in Nukes in exchange for international aid and cash?
Originally posted by METACOMET
reply to post by Azadok
I wish that being educated in the west was more reassuring, but it isn't. Most 2-bit dictators are educated in the west. Bashar al-Assad of Syria was educated in the west to be an optometrist of all things. Look at him now.
...the regime change in North Korea has now resulted in concrete dialogue over reunification of the Korean peninsula and possibly even a union between a united Korea and Japan.
Originally posted by METACOMET
reply to post by Clairaudience
Your premise is incorrect. This is from the link you provided.
The Food Aid Convention, 1999, is an agreement among donor countries to contribute to world food security and to improve international response to emergency and other food needs of developing countries. It describes the acceptable methods for providing food aid and includes minimum annual commitments for each participating country and the European Community. The United States has the largest minimum commitment of 2,500,000 metric tons.
In fiscal year 2009 (October 1, 2008-September 30, 2009), the United States provided more than $2.9 billion of food assistance to developing countries, providing approximately 2.8 million metric tons and reaching over 70 million people.
And maybe it's not a good thing to be giving endless aid packages to a totalitarian regime that has no intention of fulfilling its obligation? That is, if we are really holding them to any obligation at all.
Maybe because the US and NK have been in an bona fide state of war for decades?
Maybe because they have the largest army per capita in the world and a food aid package = feeding their army?
NK is a sad sad place. I feel for the people of NK for having to endure under a heinous oligarchy. That said, let NK collapse due to its own weight. Propping up the dictatorship whenever it's about to fall isn't helping NK's people.
edit on 29-2-2012 by METACOMET because: fx