Pakistan for efforts to end poverty

NEW YORK:

Pakistan Wednesday stressed the international community  for evolving an emergency action plan to ramp up food production, keep supply chains open, assist poor farmers and build food bank for the developing countries.

Pakistan also called upon the international community to mobilize financial resources to address such issues.

Addressing a press conference here at the United Nations, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said being the President of G-77 in order to overcome poverty and hunger, there was a need to address the complex structure and systemic issues impeding food production by developing countries.

Being the President of G-77 countries, the minister added that Pakistan had proposed to the UN to lead an international effort to provide support to the developing countries to mitigate the effects of the supply chain shocks.

The minister, who is currently visiting the US to attend the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) session at the United Nations said this was a component of the global effort to implement the SDGs.