Of the United Nations which by the way seventy years of history here and in russia and so we were facing a catastrophic situation along with the fact that the number one donor into the u. N. System the United States was talking about cutting all the money so who would want that job well frankly if they persuaded you to take on that you certainly had some successes already here for example of securing presence chunk of g twenty pledged shelf six hundred fifty nine Million Dollars to relief famine in four african countries was that pledged on earth in full and how far did it go in addressing the problem well the United States is historically been a tremendous support of the World Food Program as has russia but the United States was giving about one point nine billion what i assume this role in everyone thought that it would go the other way zero out. Which would be catastrophic and in fact the United States went from one point nine billion to two point five billion in other countries as
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
Yes been interesting to watch and see that the International Community has has come together to help bring about a change in the saudi in the sort of coalition by that you mean they the plaid that they made just recently of additional aid and easing up of their c h well you know two or three things number one the Saudi Led Coalition in the blockade was creating catastrophic situation and so lack of money lack of access was a huge issue but we really are see the sea change in the Saudi Led Coalition in terms of the blockade and they exist now weve got to get access on the ground with these and so were working with these and all parties involved to make certain that we have the money we need and then the access we need on the ground so weve got to get the food in from the air in the sea and then on the ground is so were making tremendous headway but the blockade set us back quite a bit so were looking at seven point four Million People literally literally on the brink of starvation that
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