January 2003
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=1593122
Jean Ziegler, a Swiss UN ambassador, has launched broadsides against capitalism and its proponents during a speech at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre.
To rapturous public applause, the sociologist and author railed against capitalism and the elites – Bush, Sharon, Putin and bin Laden - as well as the UN and IMF.
http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=Mr+Ziegler%2C+a+Swiss-born+sociologist&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/1794&w=mr+ziegler+swiss+born+sociologist&d=GU7BsWFULenY&icp=1&.intl=us
Sept 2005 (following Israel's pull-out in Gaza)
A UN report, by Jean Ziegler, a Swiss sociologist and UN special envoy, blames Israel’s security policies for “collective punishment” of the Palestinians. The 25-page report says 22% of Palestinian children under the age of five suffer severe malnutrition, and most families have only one meal a day.