Breadbasket of the Caribbean

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The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has expressed confidence in the Dominican Republic's ability to set up a program aimed at solving food shortage problems throughout the Caribbean. The project to convert the DR into the breadbasket of the Caribbean could be pushed forward with the help of the UN and the developed countries, and it has a projected cost of between US$800 million and US$1 billion. Speaking at a luncheon hosted in his honor by Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Ban Ki-moon said that he would call the Security Council to session on Haiti and the Dominican Republic to take a look at the issue "where we should all work together and create a coordinated effort". All Rio Group representatives and the permanent members of the Security Council as well as Mr. Ban and members of his staff attended the luncheon.

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