This practice often leads to undernourishment or malnutrition among women and girls.

KIGALI There is no greater hindrance to a country s long term economic development than childhood undernourishment.

Undernourishment affects to 47 of Haitians, 27 of Nicaraguans, 23 of Bolivians and 22 of Hondurans.

The examination of the body of I. S. Nasjirov revealed clear signs of cachexia, which is indicative of prolonged undernourishment.

Two thirds of the human race suffers from hunger, endemic disease, malnutrition, undernourishment, unemployment, lack of information, acculturation in short, total underdevelopment.

However, 10 of 24 countries analysed saw an increase in undernourishment or could not reduce it enough to be on track to reach the target.

The Zero Hunger Program has contributed to lifting out of extreme poverty 24 million people in five years and to reducing undernourishment in Brazil by 25 .

According to this approach, the main emphasis on combating undernourishment has been placed on improving the legal status and capacity of women to carry out food production activities.

KIGALI There is no greater hindrance to a country s long term economic development than childhood undernourishment. When a growing body does not get enough essential vitamins and nutrients, the harmful effects last long into adulthood.

For example, undernourishment is a notorious attribute of poverty, but at the same time it is partly responsible for the reproduction of poverty as it creates a low learning capability among children from the poorest families.

Women's poverty is reflected in undernourishment and malnourishment, resulting, inter alia, from inadequate income, lack of education and gender inequality within households.10 Women in rural areas have high fertility rates and limited access to information and services on reproductive health.

Many developing countries have attempted to approach the problem of undernourishment from another angle by addressing such important factors as the intra family distribution of food, the role of women in the provision of food and food security, and the interrelation between nutrition, health and hygiene.

The peoples of Africa, already the victims of undernourishment, famine and all kinds of other ills, are also bearing the full brunt of the constant decrease in export prices, the continuous deterioration of terms of trade, the obstacles imposed on trade, and the burden of indebtedness.

The Czech Republic considers the problems of economic and social development to be one of the priorities for international policy making, as these issues directly influence other current burning issues, such as local and ethnic wars, drugs, poverty and undernourishment in some regions of the world.

It would be recalled from the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to food (A 59 385) that 842 million people suffered from undernourishment and that one child died every five seconds from hunger related diseases, but the most shocking fact was that hunger was increasing.