1. Ensuring access to adequate food and water supplies Georgina Wong Jed

2. The Issue Food Security- having physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs Water Security- having physical and economic access to safe, potable water and sanitation Availability- Having adequate food and water within the country available for use and consumption Accessibility- The ability for people within a country or area to obtain food and water supplies

3. Key Players (NGOs) -World Food Programme -UNICEF --JMP (with WHO) -FAOUN -- Rome Declaration on World Food Hunger --World Food Summit Plan of Action -WHO -UNESCO -- UN Water --World Water Assessment Programme

4. Things to Focus On -Address not only the availability but the accessibility of food and water supplies -Tackle the issue with long term objectives by going to the root of the problem -Initiatives that involve local governments, institutions and markets for sustainable development -Take into account social factors affecting access to food and water -Possibly try to solve issue by region- all encompassing global approach might be ineffective- every country has a different set of problems

5. Sources - http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/0 6/74&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en -http://www.ipcc.ch/activities/activities.htm -https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/appendix/appendix-c.html -http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html -http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/compliance/items/2875.php -http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=404 -http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/ -http://www.unicef.org/supply/index_46238.html -http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/w3613e/w3613e00.HTM -http://www.wfp.org/our-work -http://www.unwater.org/statistics.html -http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx