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  • INTRODUCTION
  1: ) 5 When drafting this document, particular care has been taken to draw on a wide range of recent [...]
  2: ) Cf. United Nations (UN), Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the Un[...]
  3: ) United Nations, Declaration on Social Progress and Development, proclaimed by the General Assembl[...]
  4: ) United Nations, World Food Conference, Rome, 16 November 1974, No. 1.
  5: ) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO)[...]
  6: ) Cf. ibid., No. 1. Cf. also FAO, Dimensions of Need: An Atlas of Food and Agriculture, Rome, 1995,[...]
  7: ) Cf. FAO, World Agriculture: Towards 2010, Rome, 1993, p. 1.
  8: ) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965), No. 40: "...[...]
  9: ) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965), No. 69.
  10: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo rei socialis (1987), No. 41: AAS 80 (1988), p. 570. [...]
  11: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo rei socialis (1987): AAS 80 (1988), p. 558. Cf. a[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
      • The challenge of hunger
  12: ) Cf. FAO, Dimensions of Need: An Atlas of Food and Agriculture, Rome, 1995, p. 16. Cf. also Footno[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
      • Malnutrition jeopardises the present and the future of a population
  13: ) Cf. Berg, A., Malnutrition: What can be done? Lesson from World Bank Experience, The John Hopkins[...]
  14: ) According to FAO and WHO surveys, the minimum daily calorie intake should be about 2,100, while [...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
      • Chief victims: the most vulnerable populations
  15: ) Cf. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Preparatory document for the Sec[...]
  16: ) FAO and WHO, Final Report of the International Nutrition Conference, World Declaration on Nutrit[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
      • Hunger generates hunger
  17: ) Cf. World Bank, Poverty and Hunger, 1986. This document describes the degrees of food insecurity [...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • A) ECONOMIC CAUSES
      • Root causes
  18: ) Cf. World Bank, Poverty and Hunger, 1986.
  19: ) The term "mis-developing countries", which covers a wider sphere than the economy alone, is appl[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • A) ECONOMIC CAUSES
      • Structural adjustment programmes
  20: ) As a general result of better policies and better implementation, Asia's performance has been mor[...]
  21: ) Cutbacks have had to be made in education in some countries. It should be remembered that in many[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • B) SOCIO-CULTURAL CAUSES
      • Demography
  22: ) Cf. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), The State of World Population 1993, New York, 1993. C[...]
  23: ) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Human Development Report 1990, Oxford Universi[...]
  24: ) Cf. Böckle, F., et al., Armut und Bevolkerungs-entwicklung in der Dritten Welt, Herausgegeben vo[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • B) SOCIO-CULTURAL CAUSES
      • The implications
  25: ) Cf. Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Population and Resources. Report, Vatican City, 1993. (The st[...]
  26: ) Cf. Pontifical Council for the Family, Ethical and Pastoral Dimensions of Population Trends, Vat[...]
  27: ) John Paul II, Address to the delegates attending the Week of Study on "Population and Resources"[...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • C) POLITICAL CAUSES
      • The influence of politics
  28: ) Cf. FAO and WHO, Final Report of the International Conference on Nutrition, World Declaration on [...]



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • D) THE EARTH CAN FEED ALL ITS INHABITANTS
      • The great progress made by humanity
  29: ) Cf. FAO, World Agriculture: Towards 2010, Rome, 1993, No. 2 § 13.
  30: ) UNDP, World Human Development Report 1990, Oxford University Press, New York, 1990, p. 18.
  31: ) FAO and WHO, Final Report of the International Conference on Nutrition, World Declaration on Nut[...]
  32: ) Ibid.



  • I THE REALITY OF HUNGER
    • D) THE EARTH CAN FEED ALL ITS INHABITANTS
      • Agri-food markets
  33: ) Argentina is one of the leading wheat and beef exporting countries. It is, therefore, not a mis-d[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Ethical dimension of the problem
  34: ) Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, Geoffrey Chapman, 1994, § 1906 in which the definition of [...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Love of our neighbour in order to achieve development
  35: ) John Paul II, Address at the Headquarters of West African Economic Community (CEAO), Ouagadougou,[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Social justice and the universal destination of goods
  36: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus annus (1991), No. 31: AAS 83 (1991), p. 831.



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Costly abuse of the common good: the "structures of sin"
  37: ) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Reconciliatio et paenitentia (1984), No. 16: AAS 77 (198[...]
  38: ) The manufacture of chemical weapons, which have no positive fall-out and are only used to attack [...]
  39: ) Cf. Paul VI, 1975 Christmas Homily for the end of the Holy Year: AAS 68 (1976), p. 145. This con[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Giving preference to listening to the poor and serving them: sharing
  40: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus annus (1991), No. 28: AAS 83 (1991), p. 828.
  41: ) Cf. Salmen, L., Listen to the People, Participant-Observer Evaluation of Development Projects, Th[...]
  42: ) Cf. the work of Fr. Joseph Wrejinsky and ATD Fourth World.



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Peace, a balance of rights
  43: ) Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in terris (1963), Chapter III: AAS 55 (1963), pp. 279-29[...]
  44: ) John Paul II, Address to the FAO Conference to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Organisatio[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Disarmament, an urgent need to be met
  45: ) World Bamk, World Development Report 1990, Washington, 1990, p. 19.
  46: ) Cf. Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace", The International Arms Trade: An Ethical Reflection,[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Respect for the environment
  47: ) Cf. FAO, Sustainable Development and the Environment, FAO Policies and Actions, Rome, 1992.



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Ecology and equitable development
  48: ) Cf. John Paul II, Address to the 25th Session of the FAO Conference, 16 November 1989, No. 8: AAS[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Acknowledging the contribution of the poor to democracy
  49: ) Cf. The Papal Writs (Chirographs) establishing the two Pontifical Foundations, "John Paul II for[...]
  50: ) Cf. John Paul II, Address to the United Nations General Assembly for the celebration of its 50th [...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Community initiatives
  51: ) To mention some by name: Economia di ComunioneOpera di Maria, the Focolare Movement (Grottaferrat[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Access to credit
  52: ) UNDP, op. cit., p. 31: Cf. also Footnote No. 29.
  53: ) Cf. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), The Role of Rural Credit Projects in[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Paramount role of women
  54: ) Cf. John Paul II, Letter to Women, 29 June 1995, No. 4: AAS 87 (1995), pp. 805-806.
  55: ) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Mulieris dignitatem (1988), Nos. 6-7: AAS 80 (1988), pp.[...]



  • II ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO BE TAKEN UP BY ALL
      • Integrity and a social sense
  56: ) The magnitude of corruption can be gauged from the amount of "laundered" money as estimated by t[...]
  57: ) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo rei socialis (1987), No. 44: AAS 80 (1988), pp. [...]



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Channelling the work of all to the same end
  58: ) John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in terris (1963), Chapter III: AAS 55 (1963), p. 290.



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Political will of the industrial countries
  59: ) Cf. Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter Rerum novarum (15 May 1891): Leonis XIII P.M. Acta, XI, Romae, 1[...]
  60: ) Cf. FAO, The Report of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development: Declaratio[...]
  61: ) Cf. FAO, Final Report of the 23rd Session of the FAO Conference, No. C85REO, Rome, 9-28 November [...]
  62: ) Cf. Footnote No. 4.
  63: ) Cf. World Bank, World Development Report 1990, Introduction, Washington, 1990.
  64: ) John Paul II, Address for the 50th Anniversary of FAO, No. 4; L'Osservatore Romano, 23-24 Octobe[...]



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Increasing overseas development assistance
  65: ) Cf. UNDP, World Human Development Report 1992. Cf. also UNITED NATIONS, Report of the United Nat[...]
  66: ) Cf. Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995, Declaration a[...]
  67: ) John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Mater et magistra (1961), Chapter III: AAS 53 (1961), p. 440.



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Coordinated aid
  68: ) John Paul II, Address to FAO on its 50th Anniversary, No. 3; L'Osservatore Romano, 23-24 October[...]



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Food security: a permanent solution
  69: ) Cf. UNDP, op. cit., pp. 164-165: Cf. Footnote No. 64.
  70: ) FAO, Dimensions of Needs: p. 35: Cf. Footnote No. 11, Food security depends generally on four el[...]
  71: ) Cf. also the World Food Security Compact, 1985, mentioned earlier in text in No. 40.



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Importance of agrarian reform
  72: ) Cf. FAO, Landlessness: a Growing Problem, "Economic and Social Development Series", Rome, 1984, N[...]
  73: ) John Paul II, Message for World Peace Day of January 1, 1990, "Peace with God the Creator, Peace [...]



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Role of research and education
  74: ) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Gravissimum educationis, No. 1, referring to PIUS[...]



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • International organisations
  75: ) Cf. also Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", Catholic Aid Directory, 4th Edition, Vatican City, 1988 [...]
  76: ) Unit IV of the World Council of Churches in Geneva is of great importance here, as is the worldw[...]



  • III TOWARDS AN ECONOMY BASED ON GREATER SOLIDARITY
      • Partnership in solidarity
  77: ) Cf. Footnote No. 48.



  • IV THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 A STAGE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER
      • The Jubilees: rendering to God what is God's
  78: ) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Tertio millennio adveniente (1994), No. 12: AAS 87 (1995), p.[...]



  • IV THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 A STAGE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER
      • Becoming "providence" for our fellow human beings
  79: ) Cf. ibid. No. 13: AAS 87 (1995), pp. 13-14.



  • IV THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 A STAGE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER
      • The dignity of the human being and the fruitfulness of labour
  80: ) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965), No. 39.
  81: ) John Paul II, Meditation at the Prayer Vigil at Cherry Creek State Park as part of the celebratio[...]



  • IV THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 A STAGE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER
      • The economy degraded by a lack of justice
  82: ) John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Tertio millennio adveniente (1994), No. 51: "...proposing the Jub[...]
  83: ) Cf. Hude, H., Éthique et Politique, Chapter XIII "La justice sur le marché", Ed. Universitaires,[...]
  84: ) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus annus (1991), No. 34: AAS 83 (1991), pp. 835-836.[...]



  • IV THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 A STAGE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER
      • Fairness and justice in the economy
  85: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Evangelium vitae (1995), No. 69: AAS 87 (1995), p. 481.
  86: ) The Encyclical Letter Centesimus annus (1991) by Pope John Paul II gives a number of indications[...]



  • IV THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 A STAGE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER
      • An appeal for Jubilee proposals
  87: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus annus (1991), No. 60: AAS 83 (1991), pp. 865-866.
  88: ) Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter Rerum novarum (1891), No. 35.
  89: ) "Cor Unum" will be asking specific questions in this connection.



  • V HUNGER: A CALL TO LOVE
      • The Church is with the poor
  90: ) John Paul II, 2nd visit to Brazil, 12-21 October 1991, Address at the Lixão de São Pedro shanty-[...]



  • V HUNGER: A CALL TO LOVE
      • Necessary reform of the human heart
  91: ) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965), No. 37. Cf. als[...]
  92: ) Cf. Footnote No. 38.



  • V HUNGER: A CALL TO LOVE
      • "Place not your trust in idols!"
  93: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptoris missio (1990), No. 59: AAS 83 (1991), pp. 307-308. [...]



  • V HUNGER: A CALL TO LOVE
      • ... to change life
  94: ) This conviction is not only common amongst Christians. It lies at the basis of a movement that wa[...]



  • V HUNGER: A CALL TO LOVE
      • Supporting initiatives
  95: ) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo rei socialis (1987), No. 40: AAS 80 (1988), p. 569. [...]
  96: ) Cf. Secretaria Status Rationarium Generale Ecclesiae, Annuarium statisticum Ecclesiae, Typis Vat[...]



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