Conclusion

Abstract

It is clear that there is still much work to be done to make the right to food a reality, both in times of peace and in times of war. We are fighting for a world in which, as Martin Luther King hoped, the word ‘hunger’, like other words of oppression such as slavery, racism and discrimination, will disappear and can be taken out of the dictionary forever. Hunger and malnutrition still sentence millions of people to underdevelopment and death. It is an outrage that over one billion people still suffer from hunger and chronic malnourishment and that more than five million children die from hunger or hunger-related illnesses each year. This silent massacre occurs in a world which is richer than ever before and already produces more than enough food to feed the global population.