Republicans together around hungry children and they laid aside their differences in made peace and brought four majors successes for the World Food Program but we want to take the same concept using food as a weapon of peace a weapon of unification as we do that with different tribes children from different ethnic groups trying to bring different sites is together terrorist groups like isis and alqaeda book Raman Al Shabaab they want to use food as a weapon of starvation a weapon of war or weapon of division and we see food as a weapon of opportunity of Development Sustainable to build a success from not just bringing in the Music Together but bring in nations together and so now correct me if im wrong but i think even after securing that on the part of the United States the problem before famine remains very very accurate were still talking about millions of people on the bring of not just starvation but on the brink of death and i heard you say that the only two solutions are number
To be able to move the supplies the food the medicines youre going to have a catastrophic event there now there are lots of International Organizations National Governments can down a saudi way of waging a war on yemen but it doesnt seem to change. To have changed their behavior much now i notice something about your own personal thout i think you like to practice a lot of positive reinforcement do you think that me get a better traction with the saudis we are in my opinion were seeing a positive turn in the right direction with the saudis in the saudi the coalition i have been traveling to the middle east lately had very positive meetings and trying to appeal to the heart that you know these innocent victims of this conflict the children they dont deserve this this is a nation that is now in ruins and we need to step up as ive told the saudis and others if youre not willing to stop the war and you have a moral obligation to make certain that the humanitarian fallout the consequences a
Twenty second century in america cant even get from point a to point b. Welcome back to worlds apart to me David Beasley executive director of the World Food Programme mr beazley earlier this month to trumpet ministration and its vision of the us budget for the fiscal year of two thousand and nineteen which features a substantial increase in military spending cuts and social spending as well as some restructuring of the u. S. Contributions to the United Nations have you done any preliminary asked cement so how this proposed pattern now spending may affect the World Food Program you know the president s budget very well dramatically impact us but if you know anything about the u. S. Process of budgeting just the house and senate makes the final decision we feel very confident before that the processes that works its way through the president and the leadership in the senate in the house will come together with a budget that will be that i think will be good for the World Food Programme
So when we think about that from a poverty standpoint i think the visit is important and important to us for a dialogue. We have invested in at Aarp Foundation, for example, a program in l. A. Which is important us. Fundamentally its a food program called l. A. Kitchen but the premise is neither food nor people should go to waste. It is concept taking abundance of fresh food and growing amount of food waste in the country but of course in l. A. , packaging that in nutritious meals available to seniors. That it is a very multicultural population in l. A. What is interesting it is combined with a Job Training Program for either individuals who may be aged out of foster care system or those released from facilities. You have something . Yes. As some of you may know this is a significant issue in the more generally immigration arena. Federal judge about a week or two ago has ordered release of all mothers and minor children being held in detention waiting for their cases to be heard and be
This. Id like to open it up to questions. I know we have, again theres a lot of interest we have several issues and a lot of them are interconnected as we saw. Who is first . I under how important is the popes science background to the development of his ideas . I know hes got degrees in chemistry . Actually the vatican has held several conferences on science to help educate both the staff. And i think its very interesting in the encyclical, he speaks to the importance of having a dialogue with science. And, you know, i think theres a misperception sometimes borne from a lengthy history that the Catholic Church is somehow hostile towards science. I think thats really an outdated perception. Engagement with the Scientific Community has been very strong, not just on Climate Change. The encyclical talks about gmos. In a very nuanced and interesting way that talked about technology. So ill say two things. First of all, i think it isnt just this pope bumt the Catholic Church has a strong in