'We let them starve'
'We let them starve' Global development news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk The former UN food envoy explains his claim that we are all accomplices in creating a world where children starve to death – in a confrontational interview with Swiss media Jean Ziegler was until recently (2000-2008) the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and subsequently, in a similar function, he served on the Advisory Committee to the UN Human Rights Council. He is also a vocal critic of global capitalism's effects on the developing world, especially Africa. The last few days he has been doing the media circuit promoting his new book, "Mass Destruction: The Geopolitics of Hunger" ( the French title ) or "We Let Them Starve: The Mass Destruction in The Third World" ( the German title ). There's no English title available yet. Ziegler is a well-known Swiss author and politician — his writing is prolific and ever ...