Lateef said achieving the potential to ensure food security has been a joint effort.

拉蒂夫说，要实现确保粮食安全的潜能，需要联合行动。

Ms Lateef says many countries have work together to try to end hunger worldwide.

拉蒂夫说很多国家已经联合起来试图终结全世界的饥饿问题。

Ms Lateef says the crisis helped political leaders understand that food insecurity was a threat to national security.

拉蒂夫说这场危机使得政治领袖们明白，粮食危机是对国家安定的一大威胁。

However, Lateef said that at the time there was no unified strategy as to how to do that.

然而，拉蒂夫说当时缺少指导如何去做的统一战略。

Ms Lateef says when the document was released there was no plan on how to meet that goal.

拉蒂夫说当这份文件公布时，并没有如何实现该目标的计划。

Asma Lateef said that the opportunity exists to tackle hunger on a sustained basis -- and not just address emergency situations.

阿斯玛·拉蒂夫称现在有机会以可持续的方式解决饥饿问题，不仅仅是解决燃眉之急的问题。

Ms Lateef says a food security crisis in 2008 caused by high prices and shortages, caused countries and organizations to change the way they fight hunger.

拉蒂夫说2008年高粮价和粮食短缺导致的粮食安全危机使得各国和各组织开始改变解决饥饿的办法。

" Well, I think we are in a good space right now. I think for the first time in human history we have the prospect of ending global hunger within a generation – by 2030, " Lateef said.

“我认为我们现在的机会很好，在人类历史上我们首次可以展望在2030年之前，也就是一代人的时间内终结全球饥饿。”