UN warns of global hunger due to conflict in Ukraine
If the hostilities in Ukraine don’t stop, a total of 323 million people may be on the brink of starvation, said UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley, RIA Novosti reports
He noted that the problems of global food security are now quite strongly felt.
“We’re facing unprecedented challenges to global food security. In the past year alone, conflict, the climate crisis, COVID and rising costs have pushed 276 million people to the brink of starvation. If the Ukrainian conflict doesn’t end soon, that number could rise to 323 million people.” the WFP Executive Director explained on his Twitter account.
In late May, Deputy Director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Maurizio Martina, said that food shortages in the world could affect another 18 million people. In an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper, he said that the number of ‘experiencing acute hunger’ in the world could reach 220 million people because of the Ukrainian crisis.
