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...definitely not saying GM food is The Solution to the problem of hunger - it?s going to take social and political change too - but we are saying that technology is one of the ways to meet that goal...
...UNDP believes those nations should be permitted to evaluate GM technology independently of Western political tensions. "There may well be food risks inherent in GM crops, but they are as yet unproven," says Mark Malloch Brown, administrator of the UNDP. "But those speculative risks have to take second place to the fact that hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry every night. We?re not advocating the suspension of responsible public policy; just the opposite, in fact. We?re saying we cannot turn our back on prolonged malnutrition and hunger...
...Another major issue is that currently the private sector owns the key tools of this technology. And that means the agenda of how it is used is not being turned toward the needs of poor people. We're calling for greater public investment so that GM technology is not used just to pursue commercial interests but to meet human needs...
...Would you say the UNDP report makes a value judgment about GM crops...
...have the capacity to handle those risks. In Europe and the US, millions of people are dependent on their mobile phones - without the certainty that there is no cost to their personal health. That?s a risk that people have chosen to take themselves. Likewise, we're not pushing GM technology, nor are we saying it should be banned. But we are saying let's look at this debate from the perspective of people in developing countries, and let them weigh the risks and benefits themselves...