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The joint meeting of Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA; UNICEF and
WFP met in New
York City on January
23, 2009 to discuss unstable food prices and the linkage to food and
nutrition security.

The Executive Director of UNICEF made a presentation
pointing out the impact of fluctuating food prices on the world’s most
vulnerable groups, noting that when food prices increase, many families
decrease the quantity and quality of the food consumed, withdraw children from
school to save school fees, delay medical attention to save expenses, or sell
assets or borrow to get medical attention with long-term accumulated
vulnerability for the poor with women and children suffering the most.

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