Release No. 0581.96

                             Lynn K. Goldsbrough (202) 720-3930
                                       goldsbrough@fas.usda.gov
                                    Jim Brownlee (202) 720-2091
                                             jbrownlee@usda.gov

GLICKMAN TO LEAD U.S. DELEGATION TO WORLD FOOD SUMMIT

     WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 1996--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will
lead the U.S. delegation to the World Food Summit in Rome, which will take
place November 13-17.

     "The message that the United States will take to the Summit is that we
will continue to provide support to those countries that take the necessary
steps to promote their self-reliance," said Glickman.  "In a world of
diminishing development assistance resources, the most important thing that
food-insecure countries can do is adopt national policies that ensure
stability, promote sustainable development, and encourage private
enterprise."

     The World Food Summit is being convened by the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.  FAO is seeking a renewed
commitment from world leaders to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and
achieve food security for all through concerted policies and actions at the
global, regional, and national levels.  This commitment will be expressed
through adoption of a policy statement and a plan of action.

     Glickman said that Eugene Moos, Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, and Timothy E. Wirth, Under
Secretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State, will serve as
alternate delegates to the Summit.

     Other members of the delegation are:
     Senior Advisors:  Melinda Kimble, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for International Organizations; Jeff Lang, Deputy U.S. Trade
Representative; Diana Josephson, Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of
Commerce; Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research,
Education, and Economics; and August Schumacher, Jr., Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service.

     Advisors:  Nils M. Daulaire, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy
and Program Coordination, U.S. Agency for International Development; Thomas
Forbord, Permanent Representative to FAO; Avram E. Guroff, U.S. National
Secretary for the World Food Summit, FAS; Leonard M. Rogers, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian Response, U.S. Agency for
International Development; and Frank Vacca, Alternate Permanent
Representative to FAO.

     In addition, 10 private sector advisors will attend the Summit.  They
will advise the U.S. delegation and participate in negotiations of World
Food Summit documents, as well as attenda Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)
Forum and other activities, which will take place at the same time as the
World Food Summit.  The advisors, who have been selected to ensure
representation of various groups that have a major stake in world food
security issues, are:  John Cady, president, National Food Processors
Association; Martha Cashman, Land-O-Lakes, Inc.; Dr. Walter Hill, Tuskegee
University; Charles Johnson, president, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.;
C. Payne Lucas, president, AFRICARE; Charles MacCormack, president, Save the
Children; Craig McNamara, McNamara Farms; Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Zero
Population Growth; Dr. G. Edward Schuh, dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
of Public Affairs; and Leland Swenson, president, National Farmers Union.

     Questions may be addressed to the Office of the U.S. National
Secretary for the World Food Summit, USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service, Room
3008-South Building, AgBox 1081, Washington, DC 20250-1081, telephone (202)
690-0776, fax (202) 720-6103.  USDA is working in close collaboration with
the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development on
preparations for the World Food Summit.

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