Position Summary: Eradicate Global Hunger

Name of Delegate: Ging 11-01

Issue: What can we do (as a united faction) do to eradicate global hunger?
Country Assigned: Rwanda
1. What is the current issue in your country?
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), shows us that global hunger has
been improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made the
level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going
hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations.
Rwanda has made remarkable progress since the tragedy of the 1994
genocide, enjoying strong economic growth rates, creating new business
opportunities, and lifting people out of poverty. The country has seen an average
annual growth in incomes of nearly six percent over the past five years. But
Rwanda a landlocked country with the highest population density in Sub-Saharan
Africaremains one of the worlds poorest countries. Nearly 60 percent of the
population lives below the poverty line, with almost 40 percent living in extreme
poverty on less than $0.90 per day.
2. What is your countries stand on this issue?
The government of Rwanda takes poverty and global hunger very
seriously because they are one of the poorest countries in the world. With
regards to helping the rest of the world global hunger they arent doing much
because they have their own poverty and hunger to sort out. To help themselves
they have initiated an Economic Development and poverty reduction plan
(EDPRS) in the hope that by 2020 their poverty will have decreased. Rwanda has
started to welcome foreign investors in hopes of increasing its economy and
reducing the poverty and hunger. Rwanda have also recently entered into the
east African Community in hopes in improving its international standard of living.
3. Explain the reasons for this stand?
A new study has revealed that the effects of hunger and poverty in
Rwanda cost the country $820 million a year. 11.5% of its annual GDP. Rwanda
has to sort its own poverty and hunger issues out first before it can start helping
other countries. They have made great progress since the genocide in 1994 and
hope to continue to reduce the percentage of its people that are living under the
poverty line and reduce hunger as a whole in Rwanda.