UNITED NATIONS: Over 150,000 people in 70 countries participated in “End Hunger” rallies held on Sunday to support the efforts of the United Nations World Food Programme to fight global hunger during the eighth annual ‘End Hunger: Walk the World’ event. Leaders and experts on child nutrition from all over the world will gather in Rome next week for a major nutritional forum, hosted by WFP and the Municipality of Rome. WFP and Rome will co-host other international events in support of the battle against hunger. The activities include distribution of hunger education packs to 20,000 schoolchildren, an annual day to bring the message of hunger to millions of people, and use of the city’s public transport system, including its buses, to display information on hunger and WFP’s work. “We are launching Rome as the international capital in solidarity with the world’s hungry,” said Josette Sheeran, the Executive Director of WFP, when she signed the partnership agreement with Gianni Alemanno, the Mayor of Rome. “We join together in making Rome ‘Ground Zero’ in a global solidarity campaign against hunger,” she added.