Already Up 20 Per Cent, Acute Hunger Driven by Conflict, Instability Risks Increasing Further Due to Climate Change, COVID-19, Secretary-General Warns Security Council
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United Nations Food Agencies Ask for $5.5 Billion to Avoid Multiple Famines Worldwide
The world is facing multiple conflict-driven famines, aggravated by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, and without immediate action, millions of people from the Sahel to Afghanistan could well find themselves on the brink of extreme hunger and death this year, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, warned the Security Council today.
His dire warning delivered at the start of a videoconference Council debate on conflict-induced food insecurity came as the United Nations’ two leading food-related entities the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are appealing for the emergency mobilization of $5.5 billion to help 34 million people who are facing e