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Famine and global migration alert from United Nations

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Published May 20, 2022

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Speaking at the ministerial level meeting held at the UN Headquarters to draw attention to global food security, WFP Director David Beasley said, "I am calling out to you, President Putin, if you have a heart, please open these ports." Saying that the inability to export the grains stored in Ukrainian ports is a "war on global food security", Beasley warned that "famine and forced mass migration" may occur if the ports are not opened. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the level of global hunger is heading towards a new record and that those facing severe food insecurity have increased from 135 million to 276 million in the last two years. Noting that more than 500 thousand people live in famine conditions, Guterres noted that this figure has increased by 500 percent since 2016. Stating that ...
Source: Yenihaberden
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