India’s ‘murukku’ diplomacy has received unanimous support in the 193-member UN General Assembly for its resolution to designate 2023 as the International Year of Millets to promote healthy foodgrains in a world facing both malnutrition and unhealthy diets.
The Indian Mission to the UN distributed the savoury snack ‘murukku’ made of millets to the diplomats at the UN ahead of the voting on the resolution that took place on Wednesday along with information on the benefits of millets, also known as nutricereals because of their high nutritional content compared to popular cereals like rice and wheat.
The gustatory campaign for the resolution is “to raise awareness and direct policy action to the nutritional and health benefits of millets consumption and their suitability for cultivation under adverse and changing climatic conditions”, the Indian Mission said.
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