Hun Sen Calls on G-8 to Stabilize Food Prices
Going back on an earlier promise not to make any more public speeches before next month’s commune elections, Prime Minister Hun Sen gave the opening address at a two-day conference on food security and nutrition in Phnom Penh yesterday. At the event, organized by the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development with support from several international NGOs, Mr. Hun Sen said maternal and child malnutrition can stifle intellectual development, which could in turn hurt the national economy. …