På initiativ af EP's formand afholdtes den 7. og 8. april 1988 i Bruxelles Verdensfødevarekonferencen, hvori deltog repræsentanter fra Kommissionen, FAO, Ver densbanken, De Forenede Stater, forskellige EF-med-lemsstater, OECD, GATT, Verdensfødevarerådet og andre udviklingsorganisationer.
At the initiative of the President of the EP, a world food conference was held In Brussels on 7 and 8 April 1988 in which representatives of the Commisson, the FAO, the World Bank, the United States, various Community Member States, the OECD, GATT, the World Food Council and other development organizations took part.