In furtherance of the call made by the Peoples
Congress in its Declaration
of 1974 at the time of the World Food Conference in
Rome, and in view of the worsening food situation
affecting two thirds of mankind, the Food and Development
Committee of the Citizens of the World has now proposed,
under the auspices of the Peoples Congress, the creation
of
WORLD
COMMUNITY FUND AGAINST HUNGER
The aims of the Community Fund are to :
- fight hunger,
- aim at food self-sufficiency for every human being
to enjoy a minimum life-supporting share,
- institute a true "world tax against hunger",
- work for preserving, increasing and rationally
employing the food resources of mankind,
- support the studies and implementation of useful
research for feeding populations,
- support community or cooperative organizations
whether already in existence or to be created in the
nutrition field,
- organize information on the necessary projects and
the results of those that have been carried out,
- persuade States and international organizations to
accept the transfers of sovereignty .necessary to the
creation of a genuine World Solidarity
Institution.
The Community Fund is maintained by individuals the
world over who levy themselves voluntarily and regularly
for the sake of global solidarity. This global levy is
set for each person at the equivalent of one day's food
consumption.
The Fund may be thought of as a transnational friendly
society whose members each hove the right to scrutinize
its activities, to vote and to put up proposals. Everyone
shall participate within this Fund on a basis of complete
quality as regards both his vital needs and his moral
contribution.
The last thing sought by the promoters of this
Community Fund is that it should compete with existing
groups oriented to the Third World. Rather it should help
them.
It foreshadows the World Solidarity Organization yet
to be created, free from the influence of national
governments and alone able to replace ineffective
international aid by a true world cooperation.
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