Suspension of food summit proposed

Rome - The director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has proposed that a World Food Summit scheduled…

Rome - The director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has proposed that a World Food Summit scheduled for next month should be postponed until June 2002, the Rome-based body said yesterday.

The proposal was a response to fears for the safety of the heads of states expected to attend the meeting in the wake of the US-led attack on Afghanistan.