UN appeals for $5.5 billion to avert famine for 34 million
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
March 11, 2021
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In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)AP
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an urgent appeal Thursday for $5.5 billion to prevent a “catastrophe” for 34 million people in over three dozen countries who are just one step away from famine driven by conflict and the World Food Program chief warned that 270 million people are facing “a hunger crisis” this year.