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Mass starvation threat drives US call for moral leadership
The Overseas Development Council urged the United States to lead a global effort to avert mass starvation in 40 poorest nations amid a 27 day world food supply. Hesburgh warned of a coming disaster and urged fuel, food, and fertilizer aid coupled with development capital from Arab countries. The report urged immediate debt relief, fertilizer aid, and a worldwide push to boost production while Americans cut consumption.
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Theodore M. Hesburgh
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