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Liaison Newsletter > LIAISON Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1997 - Articles

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Milestones in UNA-Canada’s Role in the Canadian lead-up to the World Food Summit

October 1994 Bretton Woods Revisited conference plants seed for an NGO commemoration for 50 years of the FAO
May 1995 UNA participates in North American NGO strategy session for a "Assembly on Food Security"
October 1995 UNA-Canada with several partner organizations hosts Global Assembly on Food Security in Québec City
Fall 1995 UNA-Canada and its partners develop a consultative secretariat to facilitate Canadian, regional and international preparations for the World Food Summit (Nov. 1996)
February 1996 UNA-Canada participation on official Canadian delegation at FAO’s Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
March 1996 UNA-Canada and Institute for Agriculture on Trade Policy (IATP) co-host North American Workshop on Food Security, Minneapolis, MN
May 1996 UNA-Canada conducts six-city civil society consultation on food security. Largest public consultation on food security in nearly twenty-five years.
June 1996 UNA-Canada with partners organizes NGO component at >US-Canada Forum on the World Food Summit, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
September 1996 UNA-Canada participation on official Canadian delegation at FAO’s Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
October 1996 UNA-Canada with World Food Day USA and other partners organize eight-hour telecast on CPAC, launching Eight Days for Eight Hundred Million campaign to raise awareness around food issues
November 1996 UNA-Canada participation at NGO Forum and World Food Summit, Rome, Italy