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The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999.

The main purpose of the programme is to attract public and media attention to the unacceptable situation that some 1 billion people continue to suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition in a time of unprecedented plenty.

These people lead a life of misery and are denied the most basic of human rights: the right to food.